All workouts are effective for improving your body but learning how to choose the best workout for your fitness goals can help you tone up faster. Find your target body part below and the types of workouts that will tighten and tone them the best.
Shaplier Legs
For awesome legs strength training is a must but the best way to do it is with super circuits. 3-4 different exercises back to back 5 minutes of active recovery working another body part then repeating the same thing 2 more times. Check out the Bust & Butt High Intensity Fat Burner to get started. Your cardio options should include about 20-40 minutes 4 times a week of lifecycle, spinning, cycling, mountain biking, stairmaster, stadium steps, or heavy duty hiking. The more variety the better. Don't forget 10 minutes of stretching after each workout to lengthen those limbs.
Beautiful Butt
You only need about 10 minutes twice a week of focused butt work that includes skydiver hip extensions, hydrants, and kneeling hip extensions. Check out the bottoms up workout for details. Cardio options for a better butt should include 20 minutes of high intensity interval training 4-5 times a week with any of the follwing activities: stairmaster, stadium steps, cycling, step aerobics, roller blading, kickboxing, or tae bo.
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Tighter Abs
Cardio and the perfect diet are the key to having great abs. Start by varying the intensity and duration of your cardio. 20 minutes of hiit twice a week, 30 minutes of moderate to high intensity cardio twice a week, and 45-60 minutes of moderate intensity cardio once a week. Try the treadmill run/walk program or any of the Cardio Workouts That Work for great results. The next step is to include ab circuits, pilates, core training, and belly dancing for weightloss.
Great ab workout to try:
Toned Arms
The best way to tight and toned arms is to work them like you work legs. Supercircuits working 4-5 exercises back to back, taking a break working a different body part, then repeating the same sequence 3 more times. For example 10 incline dumbbell curls, 10 cable curls, 10 hammer dumbbell curls, 10 dumbbell tricep extensions, 10 bench dips, 10 overhead dumbbell presses 10 upright rows 50 crunches then repeat the whole thing two more times. A great cardio option to try after this type of workout is the crosstrainer with the arms for added resistance training. Other cardio options for great arms are swimming, spinning, cycling, golf, boxing, kickboxing, kayaking, or rowing machine.
Firm Bust
Not many women like doing pushups but it's by far the best exercise for firming up your bust especially after having a baby. Start with 2 sets of wall pushups and when you get stronger move on to 2 sets of pushups on your knees. Once you're able to do this try 1 set of regular pushups and 1 set on your knees. As soon as you're ready do two sets of regular ones and once you're advanced try balance ball pushups or decline pushups with feet up on a bench. If you have a problem with sagging be careful not to do too many high impact activities because this can make the problem worst. Stick to walking, crosstrainer, kickboxing, lifecycle, hiking, roller blading, swimming, or rowing machine.
