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Back to Basics: Walking Forward Lunge
Skin is in this spring, so before you sport your cute shorts, do a few of these leg toning walking forward lunges.
Here's how to do it:
- Stand upright, feet together, holding two light (5-8 pound) dumbbells at your sides (palms facing in).
- Take a controlled step forward with your left leg.
- Lower hips toward the floor and bend both knees (almost at 90 degree angles). The back knee should come close but never touch the ground.
Increase Your Speed: Walking Lunges
There is a common misconception among people who run; they often think that their workouts can be limited to running. This is unfortunate since strength training helps to build lean muscle mass, and it can actually help your running. The perfect leg strengthening exercise for running is the walking lunge.
Green Exercise: Add Lunges to Your Walks
Green exercise is all about working your body without using electricity to get you going. Walking is a cheap and simple way to burn calories and you can do it anywhere, but it can be a little boring. So I add walking lunges to my walks to not only stretch the muscles in my lower body and increase flexibility in my hip flexors, but lunges also strengthen my quads and booty.
Get it Up - Your Heart Rate, That is: Treadmill Walking and Then Some
One way to keep your cardio workout interesting is by switching it up from time to time. Next time you're at the gym, try this cardio workout combined with a bit of strength training that will blast away calories and really work the muscles in your lower body. 00:00-05:00 Warm Up Incline 1%, Speed 2.5 05:00-10:00 Incline 6%, Speed 4.0 10:00-11:00 Get off the TreadMill and do alternating front lunges 11:00-16:00 Incline 8%, Speed 3.5 16:00-17:00 Get off the TreadMill and do alternating reverse lunges 17:00-22:00 Incline 10 %, Speed 3.0 22:00-23:00 Get off the TreadMill and do squats 23:00-28:00 Incline 12%, Speed 2.5 28:00-29:00 Get off the TreadMill and do plié squats 29:00-34:00 Incline 15%, Speed 2.0 34:00-40:00 Cool Down Incline 1%, Speed 2.0 Fit's Tip: Be careful getting on and off the TreadMill as it will still be moving.Road Tripping Moves For T-Day Travel
Considered the most travel saturated holiday in the US, many of us will be taking to the road or to the skies to see our family and friends this Thanksgiving. If you're flying try these stretches to keep yourself sane on the plane. And if you're driving I have a few moves to keep your body awake and make good use of your time stuck in traffic.
Take Your Lunges For a Treadmill Walk
Lately, I have been pressed for time and have been searching for ways to combine strength training and cardio equipment. Trainer Jackie Warner, of Bravo TV's Workout, shared this tip with Prevention, and after trying it last night, I am going to share it with you. Add lunges to your treadmill walking workout.
Have You Ever Kept a Health Problem Secret Like TLC's T-Boz
Tionne Watkins is better known to most as T-Boz, and a member of the former girl group TLC. Watkins has been extremely open about the fact that she lives with sickle cell anemia, but I was shocked to hear that she secretly battled a deadly brain tumor that led to a risky surgery.
Watkins discovered the grapefruit-size tumor in 2006 and faced the frustrating challenge of trying to find a doctor who would operate on her.
How Octomom Slimmed Down to 125 Pounds
Whatever your opinion of Nadya Suleman's decision to carry eight babies at once, most can agree that her quick slim-down is rather astonishing. When her octuplets were born nine months ago, Nadya weighed 270 pounds. In the latest issue of Us Weekly, she admitted she packed on the pounds by "eating everything in sight."
I Need Your Help . . . Dealing With Aggressive Dogs on Walks
Nothing turns a walk time from rad to bad quicker than a foul-tempered pooch. I'd hazard a guess that very few, very lucky pet owners have never encountered an aggressive dog while out and about — even an attempted lunge is scary stuff — and what if it continues on way too far? Community member Beaner explains:
We've been going in the woods off-leash ever since we had our dog and, last weekend, the same dog went after him for the third time.
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