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New Fitness Workout at Club Pilates for Summer Workout Regimen

Jun 17, 2019

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Pilates

My new fitness workout for my love of the summer season. My first workout was trying a thirty-minute intro class at Club Pilates. I took Pilates back in 2012 at a local yoga studio. All the exercises at the yoga studio were from the mat.

Club Pilates

My class at Club Pilates uses a reformer which I loved. The reformer supports the back and allows for fluid movement of arms and legs. I did not feel any strain on my neck from any of the exercises. By using the reformer I am able to adjust the setting for positioning my head depending on the exercise. The exercises from the floor and mat were easy for me to maneuver. I like the diversity of exercises to work the entire body. There were exercises from the floor and using resistance bands.

Diversify Workout

One of my favorite options of working out at home is the ability to diversify workouts. Pilates is excellent for improving posture, flexibility, and overall movement. I like the movements that allow me to stretch, use my core with proper breathing. Club Pilates offers a number of classes, times, and days. I am going to try the Suspend class next because it incorporates Pilates with the TRX.

One of the best goals I have worked on is using different types of equipment for strength training. It has increased my muscle mass, flexibility, and endurance. The best way to stay motivated is to include different forms of exercise you enjoy. There are a number of classes whether it is yoga, pilates, boxing, TRX, or kickboxing trying something new adds more fitness motivation. Club Pilates offers a number of packages to choose from for various schedules. I am planning to do a package that will allow me to do a class per week in addition to my strength training.

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Filed Under: Fitness, Wellness Tagged With: #pilates, fitbody, Fitness, staying fit, workouts

How a Fit Lifestyle can Improve Performance in the Bedroom?

Feb 6, 2019

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Fitness Goals

My fit lifestyle goals are to stay consistent and reverse the aging process. Each week my fitness regimen has provided me with more strength, endurance, and flexibility. A fit body gives me a high level of confidence due to my weekly results. According to fitness expert, there is correlation between fitness and a healthy sex life.

I am sharing fitness tips from Fitness Expert, Vince Sant, co-founder and lead trainer of VShred.

Sant explains that there’s a logical relationship between being fit and a more enjoyable sex life. Muscle tone and cardiovascular health help us perform better and have more gratifying orgasms. Mentally, physical fitness plays a huge roll in one’s confidence which is just as much a part of sex as your partner’s attraction to you.

For these 7 exercises, we are focusing on fortifying the stabilizing muscles in the pelvis, lower back, and core. This group of muscles is responsible for handling any position you get into with your partner and enjoy intense finales.

High-Intensity Interval Training (H.I.I.T)

“Your stamina and endurance are central to sex. Interval training helps increases just that. The great thing about H.I.I.T is that you can make it a part of any of your cardio and body weight routines,”  says Sant who makes H.I.I.T a fundamental part of his fitness programs.

Lying Leg Raises

Not only does this move engage your lower abs, thighs, and glutes but it also challenges your hip flexor muscles. “The hip flexors include the psoas muscle which connects your spine to your legs. The Iliacus muscle located deep within the pelvis which helps rotate your thigh bone and is helpful in sustaining certain positions in bed, explains Sant. Other muscles engaged by this exercise are the rectus femoris (one of the four quads muscles), the pectineus muscle and the sartorius.

Crunches

A strengthened core gives you the ability to maintain pleasurable positions for increased passion. For added benefit, use a stability ball to enhance your crunches. This will work your balance and stability as well as your back which will improve your thrusting ability and help prevent back injury.

Push-ups

If your partner likes you being on top you have to condition your upper body and core. Push-ups accomplish exactly that. Strengthening your arms, shoulders, and chest, push-ups help you to maintain a dominant thrust and increased energy. “Remember to find ways to practice progressive overload in your push-ups and other resistance training by adding weights to your exercises or increasing repetitions. Resistance training has been shown to increase the male sex hormone, Testosterone,” says Sant.

Squats

“Squats mostly work your glutes, hamstrings, and quadriceps,” says Sant. Everything from your abs, obliques, and lower back to your calves and ankle complex are engaged in this exercise as well. The Instagram model turned fitness mogul explains that “a lot of pleasurable positions for both partners need a stronger core and lower body to sustain the positions until orgasm.”

Stretch – The Seal Pose

People overlook stretching all the time. It is an important part of preparing for your physical activity both at the gym and in the bed. The lumbar extension aims at stretching the forward curve of the lumbar spine in your lower back. “You will be using your lower back a lot during sex and making sure the lower back is prepped for activity will prevent any pulled muscle or embarrassing moments,” says Sant

Stretch –  The Butterfly

You want to avoid waking up next to your partner the morning after you’ve had great sex feeling sore and unable to move your legs. “The butterfly stretch helps target the groin and inner thigh. You should use this stretch after a variety of normal leg stretches to avoid overstretching the groin,” explains Sant. He maintains that this stretch is very helpful in warding off soreness in that hard-to-stretch area.

About V Shred:

 V Shred is the fastest growing fitness and nutrition brand in the world offering online training programs designed to put the fun back into fitness and nutrition. V Shred provides a results-driven enduring lifestyle change instead of a frustrating battle that is easy to give up on. With a support network comprised of trusted accredited advisors and virtual personal trainers, people meet their fitness, nutrition, and goals.

The company, co-founded in 2015 by Nick Daniel, Roger Crandall, Kevin Pearn, and Vince Sant, sought out to create a healthy fitness movement specifically designed to deliver profound changes in your body with the minimal amount of workout time. V Shred has created some of the world’s most popular fitness and nutrition programs such as Fat Loss Extreme and Toned in 90 Days for women and men and Ripped in 90 Days for men.

The diet that accompanies the workouts in these comprehensive fitness programs, offers plenty of healthy food options and recipes. V Shred’s supportive coaches encourage “portion empowerment” which inspires people to eat and enjoy food knowing it’s the fuel they need to achieve the results they seek.

Rep Fitness

Filed Under: Wellness Tagged With: #strengthtraining, fitbody, Fitness, hearthealth, sex

Wellness Update for Physical Health with a New Fitness Regimen and Diet

Sep 29, 2017

Wellness

 

Wellness is an essential part of my health both physically and mentally.   Physical activity gives a boost to the spirit and a better perspective on why it is important on a daily and weekly basis.   On September 9th, I realized it was exactly thirty days until my 48th birthday.   I felt motivated to kick myself in gear with a consistent fitness regimen and a way to eat better consistently.   Fitness has been a part of my routine in the past three years, however, it ebbs and flows depending on my schedule and emotional state.   The more stressed I feel the more likely I am to overindulge with the wrong foods.   Then I find myself putting my fitness off for weeks.

Home Workout and What Equipment

A home workout comes with a laundry list of challenges but staying fit is mind over matter.   I need consistency and accountability so I created an IG page @fittofortyeight to log my progress for each week.    It is amazing how the fitness community offers support without knowing the people personally.    As I started to follow different pages I noticed all of the women over 45 in amazing shape.     A special shoutout to my sister-friend Tara Tucker on IG @fitfineforty.  She is my real life fitness muse.   I knew there was no reason for me to accept my body and not plug away at maintaining the body I wanted to achieve.

 

Equipment and My Workouts

I have always used my TRX (Total Resistance Exercise) and after talking with some folks I decided to add resistance bands and a kettlebell.   YouTube is my go-to for free workouts.     My TRX workout has increased from 2 sets to 3 sets and I use the TRX 20 minute workout with Dana Lee, IG @realfittv and YouTube, RealFitTv.   For the resistance band workout, I use The Live Fit Girl, IG @livefitgirl and YouTube, The Live Fit Girl.   Please do not underestimate resistance bands,  these bands are effective for both the upper and lower body as well as providing a great cardio workout.   They are inexpensive, I found the one above at Amazon.   A trainer recommended trying a kettlebell.   This one I found at Five Below.     I am starting with a 5 lb weight and use a 20-minute Kettlebell Blast video from BodyFitbyAmy, IG, and BodyFitbyAmy, YouTube.   All of these videos are on YouTube.    Now I know fitness is 80% of the challenge and the other 20% is diet.

What to Eat?

My diet has changed dramatically.   In order to not overindulge the simplest solution is to avoid purchasing items that work against eating properly.    I have resorted to increasing my veggies, fruit, protein, products with refined flour and minimize sugar.   I am really proud of my progress especially with sticking to a 4 x a week home workout regimen.    I literally use Instagram as my accountability coach and my source of inspiration.      Fitness means nothing if you workout all week and then fuel your temple with the wrong foods.

What does my diet look like each week?  Meal prepping is time-consuming and I found it was more expensive than I needed to spend.   I try to include specific staples each week on the grocery list  such as the following: fruit(bananas, berries, mango, pineapples, grapes, etc), brown rice, spinach (kale is an allergen for me), oatmeal, almonds,  walnuts, black beans, meat for protein (mainly chicken and turkey), seafood (salmon, cod, shrimp and crab), avocado, Greek yogurt.   I use Mrs. Dash, a salt-free seasoning.   Also olive oil for sauteeing food and veggies.   I think my biggest challenge with food is flavor.  I am always looking for other ingredients such minced garlic, low sodium soy sauce, balsamic vinaigrette, and herbs.

Snacks

Supplements

The only supplements I’m taking each day are my women’s multivitamins and fish oil capsules.  When I received my bloodwork last year my doctor noticed my LDL was high and she instructed me to take fish oil.

Filed Under: Fitness, Wellness Tagged With: #exercise, #healthyeating, #homeworkout, Diet, eatingsmart, fit, fitbody, fitgoals, Fitness, workout

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