One of the best moments of fitness clarity is when you finally realize that the best toning exercises are also the best fatloss exercises. Not many women understand that both go hand in hand but those who do get this key tip are the ones who get that sleak sexy look much faster and with much less time spent in the gym.
Below are the best toning exercises that I use with all my female clients who want to lose the fat, firm up, and look lean and sexy. Consider adding some variation of each toning exercise to your workout routine if you want to get your best body in record time.
Gliding Lunges: preferably with a medicine ball or resistance band. This killer leg exercise targets all those lower body trouble zones including every inch of the thighs, butt, and hips. It also strengthen and flattens the abs and if you’re adding a reach with a medicine ball or resistance band your abs work even harder and your arms get a little bit of action too. This is the exercise that sculpts dancer looking legs, the move that creates a separation between butt and leg, the exercise that shrinks the booty or creates one if you’ve got none. It can be performed with a gliding disc, valslide, or a towel if you have wood or tile floors. You can even fake this move, just watch my Leg Toning Exercises workout video to see how I do this with no disc or towel. With a disc just place the ball of one foot on the disc or towel then glide that leg back as you allow the other one to bend until the thigh is parallel with the floor. Try 3 sets of 8 on each leg.
8 Count Bodybuilders: also known as burpees or squat thrusts with a pushup. This heart pounding boot camp exercise can burn more fat than 15 minutes on the elliptical if performed correctly and it tones the abs, arms, and chest all while strengthening the lower back. Just squat down place the hands on the floor right in front of the feet, brace the abs as you kick the feet back into a pushup position. Perform a pushup then tuck the feet back in and jump to standing. Try it for 5 minutes using a 30 second work to 30 second rest ratio. Drop the knees for the pushup if necessary. Check out my Adult Phys Ed Bootcamp Workout to see this move in action.
Resistance band squat swimmers: is a killer exercise that not only corrects forward shoulder posture it strengthen the low back while tightening and toning the thighs, butt, upper back (bra fat area), triceps (bat wings), and the back of the shoulders. Just attach a band to the top of a doorway then face the door and grab the handles and take a few steps back until the arms are straight and there is slight tension on the band. Keeping the arms straight pull the handles down along the sides of the legs as you squat down. Make sure to stick the butt back, keep the abs tight, and heels glued to the floor and don’t allow the chest to shift forward. This is the moves that will allow you to wear a backless dress without any nasty fat rolls (video of this exercise coming next week).
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