New Bikini Workouts! Bikini Challenge at Tone It Up
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 in Fitness
Happy Thirsty Thursday!!
Water increases your metabolism so much that if you're chronically dehydrated, it can mean up to an 8 pound weight gain (or more) per year. No wonder weight creeps on! Your challenge for today... & for the remaining 5 weeks of the Bikini Challenge is to drink at least half your body weight in ounces of water PER DAY. Ex: 150lb = 75 oz of water. This doesn't mean all at once ;)... it means throughout the whole day!
We can all mistake thirst for hunger too, which leads to eating more unnecessary calories, so it's important to always have water handy. Can you do it? Get that Bikini CALENDAR out & mark it to remind yourself to drink at least your calculated water per day.
Yesterday's challenge was to do your TONING CIRCUIT (see below). Today... your challenge is to try something new! You won't regret it. Try a new DVD, a local Pilates Studio, Yoga... a workout video on ToneItUp.TV... anything! PS- Loving all your recipe posts on YouTube, Twitter & Facebook!! April 6th...
Some of you have been asking if you should start the Bikini Challenge over if you've slipped up. It's okay to miss a workout or if you slipped up on your eating habits. That's what this is all about!! It happens to us all the time too. Our suggestion, pick yourself back up, feel fresh in the morning and get it going again :) Don't get discouraged or frustrated... we're all in the same boat. Being healthy is for you, your family, disease prevention, to have more energy, healthy hormones, to be around your loved ones longer & beyond!!
Today your challenge is to do your TONING CIRCUIT with 20 minutes of cardio or your Beach Ball workout!
Did you see your other challenges?? Lean Arms Pyramid!!
- 10 Push-ups (can be on knees!)
- 20 Dips (on edge of chair or bench)
- 30 Bicep Curls (light weights or water bottles)
- 40 Seconds Plank on hands 50 Tone It Up Tummy Tucks!!! (click here if you want to see an example of the tummy tuck)
- 40 Seconds Plank on hands 30 Bicep Curls (light weights or water bottles)
- 20 Dips (on edge of chair or bench) 10 Push-ups (can be on knees!)
LEAN-LEGS Pyramid!! Do this in your living room, at the gym, in school, at the office- we don't care where... Just get it done ;) Ask your friends to join you!!!
- 20 Squats
- 30 Lunges
- 40 Toe touches (head forward, legs straight, bend down & touch your toes)
- 50 Second wall sit!! (sit up against a wall, legs at 90 degrees and hold it!)
- 100 Seconds jumping jacks
- 50 Second wall sit!!
- 40 Toe touches
- 30 Lunges
- 20 Squats
Make sure you print your new workout from yesterday!! Beach Ball workout. toneitup.com/blog/2011/04/beach-ball-workout-bikini-challenge
- For your workouts-- if you're a power walker, we want you to take it up a notch! If you can, try jogging for intervals for 10 minutes. 30 seconds jog; 1 minute walk! If you're a runner, we want you to do 20 seconds of sprints; 1 minute jog! For all of our sprinters? We want you to do hills! 20 seconds hills; 2 minutes run. (you can do this on a treadmill too) Also, choose a strength training routine for core & abs on Saturday-- we posted a bunch of workout here--> Workout videos
& don't forget about your other challenges...
- Download this amazing Music Mix by DJ Lindsay Luv on your printable workout page!
- Print out this CALENDAR to keep track of your workouts & the challenges! (we will be releasing a new one in 4 weeks)
- Put those fat storing carbohydrates down and pick up the good ones!
You can do anything for 8 weeks!!! Right!?
- Replace processed & packaged carbs with GOOD carbohydrates for fiber, nutrients, balanced blood sugar levels and to tone Up! Ex: Sweet potato, quinoa instead of white rice, brown rice, whole wheat wraps, oatmeal & cereals. Also, load up on veggies, fruit & almonds instead of chips or crackers! (most crackers are high in fat & butter - even the 'all natural' kinds) Check your labels :)
- Processed/packaged carbs to avoid... crackers, chips, white breads, sugary cereals, white pasta & candy (dark chocolate is GREAT- in moderation!!)- also, avoid pizza (unless it's a healthy pizza recipe :)
Did you see this week's giveaway challenge?
Inspire your friends & forward the Spring into Bikini Season Series to them!!
Sign up for the bikini challenge with me here :)
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