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Five Tips For A Summer-Ready Body

Five Tips for a Summer-ready Body!

Winter is gone, spring is here and summer is fast approaching. It’s time to shed the heavy coats and sweaters and bask in the warm sunshine. Worried that the winter has added bulk, not only to your clothes, but to your body as well? Anxious about trading in your turtle neck for a tank top? Afraid of what you’ll see in the mirror when you exchange your corduroys for shorts? Here are 5 quick and easy weight-loss tips that will make you look and feel oh-so-good in your smashing summer wear!

1. Start Eating Right

The holidays are over. So, put away the cakes, pastries and the steaming mugs of coco. Now that the parties and celebrations have all become ghosts of Christmas past, there can no more excuses for the gazillions of calories you store in your fridge. Go to the supermarket and stock up on fruits and vegetables. Choose low fat and low calorie products. Use sour cream instead of mayonnaise. Skip the potato chips aisle and buy nuts, yoghurt or whole grains for snacks. Remember that eating right not only makes you slimmer, but more importantly, keeps your body healthy.

2. Say “No” to Not Eating

When you look at the weighing scale and see the needle tip ten or more pounds to the wrong side, the temptation is to stop eating. But skipping meals or starving one’s self is never the answer. In fact, research has it that when you skip meals, your body, thinking that you’re in some sort of danger, reacts in self-defense: it stores the fat and refuses to burn it in order to “save” energy. Moreover, when you skip meals, you tend binge during the times you do eat, simply because you’re starving.

3. Exercise Let’s face it

No one can successfully and healthily lose weight without exercise. So, get off that couch and hit the gym. If you’re not the “gym type,” go outdoors and take a walk around the park. Form a jogging club with your friends. Do yoga at home. Take a dance class. Learn a sport. The key here is to stay active.

4. Snack

Yup, you read it right. Snack in between meals.

This will help you maintain a proper blood sugar level and keep you from dizzy spells and the like. Also, snacking will keep you from getting too hungry between mealtimes and thus help you control your appetite during lunch/dinner. But of course, when you snack, snack healthy!

5. Drink Water

There’s nothing like good, old H2O. It hydrates you – without the extra sugar and calories! Drink water with your meals instead of soda or juice. And like every doctor says, drink at least 8 glasses a day. It will keep you healthy, make your skin look good and even keep you from eating too much. So, drink up!

Follow these five easy steps and you’ll be on your way to a healthier you. Oh, and start bringing out those shorts and minis – ‘coz you’ll be summer-ready in no time!

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How often should I lift? I'd like to bulk up this summer.?

How often should I lift. I hear it is bad to lift the same muscles everyday, so what can I do 7 days a week? Are push ups and sit ups okay to do every day? Also, how about dumbbells?

In order to "bulk up" you need to do a few things. First and foremost, you will need to put on lean mass. The best foods to stock up on during this workout would be foods high in protein (meats, dairy, tuna). Beyond that, here is what I suggest for weight training.

Workout Day 1-Chest and Triceps
Workout Day 2-Shoulders and Forearms
Workout Day 3-Legs
Workout Day 4-Back and Biceps
Workout Day 5-Rest
Begin to repeat Workout Cycle on Day 6.

Abs are the only muscle group you would train everyday since it is the most commonly used muscle and it can handle the most punishment. I would suggest training abs each day although you may not get your intended results because you are trying to put on mass and that might prohibit you from "6 pack abs".

Last but not least, when you work out with free weights, always try to get sets of no more than 6-8 reps. In order to get bigger, you need to push your muscles by really working hard for short amounts of time.

Hope this helps, good luck.

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