Fitness Tips: Spring Fitness Makeover!

Tank Top Arms, Bikini Belly, Boy Shorts Bottom - Spring Shape-Up Fitness Feature
By Laura Turner

As Summer approaches, there's no better time to freshen up your workout. With this in mind - Tank Top Arms, Bikini Belly, Boy Shorts Bottom is as fresh as it gets. Created by sought-after personal trainer and fitness supermodel, Minna Lessig, this book takes you step-by-step through a fabulous fitness makeover. Once committed, she'll show you how to use her book as your training manual. Too, you'll choose from workout options for every fitness level - all without stealing precious time. This Spring why not let Lessig help you give your fitness program an overhaul? Here's 5 simple ways you can use her book to get your body in fighting shape just in time for Summer.

First, let Lessig walk you through several of her 3 minute warm-up routines. You will have the opportunity to choose your favorite based on preference for general exercise or a more delicate Yoga and Pilates style. As you already know, a solid warm up is your most important base-line for a fluid, injury-free workout program. Therefore, regardless of how long you've been working out, it never hurts to take the time to revisit your pre and post workout exercises. That said, you will also want to take time to review Lessig's stretching program - this will give you stretching options for in-between exercises; an important step in depleting the lactic acid that can lead to days of muscle soreness.

Next up: A makeover to your cardio program. Here Lessig gives you an array of options, as well. Begin simply by choosing exercises you like and will stick to. You will also find her time suggestions similar to what you probably already know: perform one half-hour cardio program, three to four times a week. Moreover, if you're like me and the treadmill is your choice for cardio - you're in luck. Here, Lessig helps us give our workouts a fresh look. As an example, I've given my cardio workout a spring cleaning using the interval program she suggests: a tri-weekly, half-hour routine adjusting speed intensity in an interval format. If you've never tried interval training before, its great for burning calories and fat. In addition, if you are in a time pinch, interval training has all the trappings: its fast, easy and fun.

For my first week with Lessig's program, I devoted much time to learning and becoming comfortable with my new cardio workout. By the second week, however, I was ready to add some resistance training to the mix. Lessig's got it covered. What's more; she gives options based on one's current fitness level: Novice, Skilled or Master.

For me, I took the middle path approach to the program. Using the Training Log pages Lessig provides, I carefully chose my daily routines for one month based on her "Skilled" resistance training suggestions. Once I made the commitment to this exercise program, I spent the next week going through each exercise in my routine slowly and without weights. I then progressed by adding weights. For me, this approach increased my self-confidence and comfort with the exercises. Thus, if you try this practice for yourself, I think you'll find your resistance training routine will never get tired or boring. As you progress, Lessig gives you options for both changing up the workout, as well as offering advanced moves to keep you moving in a forward direction.

The final addition to any solid exercise program? Tips for sound nutrition. Here Lessig's got your back, as well. She'll first give you an overview of her suggestions which do not include "dieting." She shares the same vision that most in the exercise realm "who get it" do: It is more important to work toward lifestyle change then to deprive your body of nutrients which could lead to unhealthy eating habits later. Therefore, each week for four weeks, she'll give you an insightful, easy way to tune up your nutrition program all with common sense helpful hints that you can accomplish. It's fun to use them to slowly make healthy adjustments to your current eating program. Too, Lessig offers great recipe ideas, as well as other simple tidbits to help you enhance your workout. An example? Lessig will teach you the difference between appetite and hunger - the distinction could help you curb the "emotional" eating that leads to excess weight.

The added bonuses to Tank Top Arms, Bikini Belly, Boy Shorts Bottom, besides the obvious? Affirmations and creative visualization exercises. These are the intangible keys to health and fitness. Lessig understands that for changes to take place in the body it is just as much an inside job as an outside one. Therefore, she'll help you understand how to reshape your body by using some excellent tools: creative visualization and positive affirmations. Saying statements to yourself such as "I love my body," daily or carrying note cards in your pocket with power statements that can be reviewed when negativity arises - can all pay large dividends when it comes to body change. Hurray to Lessig for understanding this underestimated practice!

To Begin your workout makeover now, Grab your copy of: Tank Top Arms, Bikini Belly, Boy Shorts Bottom: Tighten and Tone Your Body In As Little As 10 Minutes A Day By Minna Lessig here: <<www.tanktoparmsbikinibelly.com>>

About The Author:
Minna Lessig is a sought-after personal trainer and an internationally recognized fitness supermodel who has been featured on the covers and inside such magazines as Muscle and Fitness, Fit, and Women's Fitness International. The star and creator of numerous best-selling workout videos, she lives in Virginia Beach.