Five Fun Habits To Get Into Good Shape
The grocery store is inundated with low-fat, low-carb and sugar-free foods. But despite the widespread diets, “magic” pills and the newest, best fitness machines that all swear to dissolve away the extra weight, more than half of the American population are overweight or obese.
For real weight loss success, health experts emphasize the significance of changing your way of life for the long term and working out often. Here are a few creative ideas to make working out fun to do all over again as well as help you lose body fat and get abs fast.
* Take “healthy” vacations. Make exercise a part of your travels. Head to a health resort where, alongside a little pampering, you will also be able to take pleasure in hiking, rock climbing, kickboxing, aqua aerobics and yoga.
* Walk or run for a noble cause. Training for a 5K charity walk, for example, could be the only reason you need to get started on a regular fitness schedule. Best of all, you will be helping your much loved charity realize its goals.
* Dance. Join a ballroom or hip-hop dancing class. It is a great way to shed the added pounds, discover how to dance and have fun at the same time.
* Strip the pounds off. New DVDs featuring Carmen Electra help you jazz up your usual workout routine and give a great new way to tone your body right in the luxury of your own living room.
“Carmen Electra’s Aerobic Striptease” and “Carmen Electra’s Aerobic Striptease - Fit to Strip” are fast becoming wildly trendy. In addition to the help of fitness trainers, Electra demonstrates for viewers how to slim down with high-impact and low-impact dance and exercise techniques. The strength exercises are intended to help tone the hips, thighs, buns and abs. The DVDs’ special features include a pop-up video demonstration with workout instructions and a customized sound track.
* Do Pilates. Discover what has made Pilates the exercise of choice for many celebrities, and why your gym’s Pilates classes are constantly full. The “MTV: Pilates Mix” DVD, hosted by well-known Pilates and yoga instructor Kristin McGee, is just the thing for those people who need to add a more cutting-edge beat to their workout. The DVD features two half-hour exercise sessions that focus on toning the arms, legs and abs, with a music mix that motivates you to get up and work out.
The DVDs are available online and in stores countrywide.
