Celebrity Workouts Made Easy!
One of the biggest reasons many people, especially beginners, give up on regular fitness training is the lack of motivation. One of the best to overcome this and keep your motivation up is to work out with a buddy. When you make plans to meet at the gym to train with your buddy, unless you're of a particular disposition which we do not advocate or an emergency occurs, you'll actually show up! It's one thing to cancel plans with yourself but it's another to cancel on your friend—someone who's counting on you. Instead of bailing and letting down your friend, you're much more likely to meet your friend for a planned workout session at, say 6 pm after work, compared to tentative plans you made with yourself. After three or four weeks, once you're in the habit, you won't even think about canceling on your friend.
And let's face it:working out isn't always the top of mind way to pass time, especially if you're just starting out on a fitness program. Moreover, most beginners to fitness tend to have little to no knowledge and still think the treadmills and the machines are the ‘time honored' traditional ways of training which aren't necessarily the most exciting ways to get fit. With a partner, you can get your heart racing in more interesting ways. You can take turns leading new movements that each of you has learned, or cheering your partner to do “just one more rep”. Whenever you're working out with someone else, the intensity is always going to be greater than when you're alone. You don't want to be the weak one who can't keep up, your best bud would never let you live it down! One key tip when picking your partner, though, is that your athletic abilities should ideally be about the same. A more seasoned gym rat won't get as much out of working out with a newbie. When you're both on the same level, you can push each other to go a little longer if your gym buddy is still at it.
So, now that you've persuaded your best mate to hit the gym with you, what can you guys do when you're there? How about these movements for a full body workout:
Move 1: Body-Weight Squat
(A) Stand facing your partner at arm’s length with feet slightly wider than hip-width apart. Grasp your partner’s forearms.
(B) Maintaining a secure grip, lean back slightly as you both squat down until your thighs are about parallel to the floor. Pause for three seconds, then slowly return to the starting position. Repeat 12 times.
Move 2: Reach-and-Touch Plank
Lie on your stomach, facing your partner. Keep elbows under shoulders, palms flat on floor, and toes tucked under. Using your abdominals, elevate your torso and reach forward with your right hand to touch your partner’s right hand. Switch arms. Gently lower your body back to the ground. That’s one repetition; complete 12 total.
Move 3: Split Lunge
Stand facing your partner at arm’s length, grasping forearms. Stagger your feet, left foot behind the right. Slowly bend your knees into a lunge position, so your right thigh is parallel to the floor. Pause for three seconds, then slowly return to the starting position. Complete 12 reps, then switch legs and repeat.
Move 4: Triceps Extension
Face your partner, right foot in front of the left, holding one end of an exercise band in your right hand. (Your partner holds the other in her left.)
(A) Contract your abs and bend forward at your hips with your knees slightly bent.
(B) Slowly straighten your arm to pull back the band, then return to start. Complete 12 reps, then switch arms and repeat.
Move 5: Push-Up With Shoulder Tap
(A) Face your partner in a modified push-up position.
(B) Bend your arms to lower your body toward the ground.
(C) Push back up to the starting position, lift your right hand, and tap your partner on the left shoulder. (Your partner taps your left shoulder with her right hand.) Complete 12 reps, switching hands each time.
One of the things I have learned in my working out is what I give my body immediately after working out. I avoid all artificial/processed sugars. I love my home recipe from my mom with natural sugars from nothing but fruits. Here is one:
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