Exercise for Beach Body

Are you ready for summer?

After following winter around the globe over the past year, here at Targeted Fat Loss, we are VERY excited to be around for a Sydney summer.

Not only are we around, we have just moved our house and training studio into a more permanent abode. We have been nomads for the past year, so this is very exciting.

We are settling in and brushing dust of things that have been in boxes for over a year now. If you are anything like our bits in boxes, maybe you feel like you need to be brushed off and picked up to get ready for summer.

Our first tip for you to get your body in shape is to get up and get moving. In winter months, we tend to hibernate and sit around more. If you want to shed the winter layers, get up and move.

In order to do something long enough to make it work for you, you must like what you are doing for exercise. Let me share a bit of insight into this...

As you can imagine, my husband Hugh loves exercise and weight training. For the past year or so, I have really struggled to enjoy it. The reason for this is because I love lifting heavy weights (not piddley weights for high reps). I had lost so much muscle while I was pregnant, that it took awhile to build up again, During that time, I was lifting lighter weights and more repetitions. To me, I might as well be sitting watching cars go by and yawning. I was bored. Yet, I couldn't lift any heavier. After having a c-section my core just couldn't handle it. I persisted through it and have gotten to the point where I can lift heavy again (yay)!

When I lift heavy weights, my training sessions are very different. I have more sets and less repetitions. I go hard and go home. Each movement takes my focus and concentration and at the end of my workout, I feel pumped and like I have achieved something. This is what I love! I get excited to get into the gym again. Each time I'm there, i'm looking to break my previous records by lifting heavier each time. I amaze myself that I am able to get better every time. There are so many reasons I love training this way, but it's not for everyone, which is my point.

One of my good friends and a client of ours is constantly looking at the record board and wanting to beat my records. For her, training heavy is brutal and not something she particularly loves, but the idea of doing 500 squats seems like a great challenge to her. To me... sounds like one of the worst ideas in the world. (Yes, 500 squats is a record on the board by one of our clients.)

Some people like to and feel better for training for endurance and some for more short term bursts of energy. Some people like walking, some running.

If you are struggling or bored with your weight training or if you are not getting the results you are after through the exercise you are doing, then do something different. My workouts change EVERY TIME I train. This is crucial for getting great results.

Personally, if I was in a gym, running on a treadmill or lifting weights a few times a week and not getting results, I would get bored and stop going. If you are going to go, make it worth your while. Just a few tweaks may make all the difference.

We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you get your beach body this summer.

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