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First Trimester Pregnancy Workout

February 5, 2020

An effective first trimester pregnancy workout to target key muscles for pregnancy. 6 great exercises to strengthen your hips, back, butt, and core to ensure a strong, healthy, and happy pregnancy.

First Trimester Pregnancy Workout

Plie Squats
Push ups
Side Plank
Star Lunges
Bent Over Dumbbell Rows
Bridges

Keep reading for a step-by-step guide with pictures, videos, and descriptions of each of these exercises for a great workout during your pregnancy.

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First and foremost, CONGRATULATIONS!

I assume if you’re reading this post there will be a pretty significant life change for you in the next 6–9 months.

Truth be told, someone near and dear to us just announced that she was pregnant (NOT my wife) and was asking about some workouts that would be safe for her to do.

I told her that I would come up with something for her and voila – here we are.

In all honesty, pregnant patients are among my favorite to work with. Strengthening key muscles in your back and hips can result in a much healthier (dare I say happier) pregnancy.

Today I wanted to share a simple workout that you can do throughout your first trimester (as you feel up to it) to stay strong and healthy and carry your baby safely….

Tone and Tighten’s 8-Week Workout Guide for Beginners

January 24, 2020

Want to get in shape, but don’t know where to start? Check out Tone and Tighten’s 8-Week Beginners Workout Guide to get you exercising. Don’t feel comfortable at the gym yet? This complete at-home plan will help you reach your fitness goals. It’s the perfect 8-Week exercise guide to educate, motivate, and Tone and Tighten.

8 Week At-Home Workout Plan for Beginners

This e-book contains everything you need to start a workout plan and get stronger, tougher, and in better shape. Including:

50+ workouts
15 healthy recipes
Fitness tips
Motivational quotes
and more

only $7.99!

The one that so many of you have been waiting for . . .

Since I started Tone-and-Tighten.com about a year and a half ago, the one question that I am most-commonly asked goes something like this:

“I am new to working out. I know that I need to take better care of myself and get in shape, but I just don’t know where to start. Can you help me?”

I’ve heard the question – today you get the answer… and so much more. I am beyond excited to introduce you to my newest e-book:

“Tone and Tighten’s 8-Week Workout Plan For Beginners“

Keep reading for more details of what is included in this amazing workout plan.

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Beginner’s Total-Body Workout With Weights

January 21, 2020

Dumbbells are not just for biceps curls, this total body workout will teach you some beginning dumbbell technique. This step by step how to guide walks you through a dumbbell workout. These exercises will challenge your muscles and tone and tighten your biceps, legs, shoulders, triceps, and abs. You can even do this workout at home.

Beginner’s Dumbbell Workout: Total-body Workout You Can Do at Home

Thrusters
Lunge with dumbbell curl
Side lunge with lateral deltoid raise
Plié squat with triceps extension
High plank with march

Keep reading for a step by step guide with pictures and descriptions of each of these exercises

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I have found that oftentimes people would love to try weight training, they just don’t know where to start.

Today on Tone and Tighten I wanted to share one of my favorite total-body workouts that you can do at home with just a pair of dumbbells.

Want to start feeling more comfortable in the gym? We’ve all been a beginner at some point. Don’t let it keep you from hitting the gym and getting a good workout.

This is a great place to start. I am actually a huge fan of combining resisted exercises. Why spend time working out just one body area when you can get twice the burn in the same amount of time?

Keep reading below to find five of my favorite combination exercises that are designed to sculpt and tone your entire body.

Hope you like this one.…

STOP Kneecap Pain – Best Exercises For Patellofemoral Pain

August 29, 2019

Patellar pain, or pain under the kneecap, is a painful condition that can be treated effectively with the right exercises. Get the best patella pain exercises you can do at home to eliminate your kneecap pain and start to feel better today. Demonstration of patellofemoral pain exercises presented by a physical therapist.

THE BEST EXERCISES FOR KNEECAP / PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN:

1. STRAIGHT LEG RAISES WITH QUAD CONTRACTED

2. STRAIGHT LEG RAISES WITH FOOT ROTATED OUT

3. SIDELYING HIP ABDUCTION

4. HIP HIKES

5. LATERAL BOX STEPS

6. REVERSE LUNGES

7. BAND WALKS FORWARD

8. BAND WALKS LATERAL

Keep reading below for video instruction on how these exercises should be performed!

Your knee is a joint that is made up of three bones – your femur, your tibia, and your patella (or kneecap). While we typically think of our knee “joint” as the spot where the femur and the tibia come together, there’s actually one more joint in the knee – that’s where the patella and the femur come together.

Believe it or not – this joint where the kneecap sits on top of the femur is one of the most-common sources of knee pain I treat in my physical therapy clinic.

Today I wanted to talk more about this patellar pain – what is it, why you get it, and then share about 8 simple exercises you can do at home to help it feel better….

Standing Abs Workout With Weights (No Crunches!)

June 3, 2019

Crunches and sit-ups not your thing? This standing abs workout with weights is one of my favorite core routines with 6 awesome ab exercises and no crunches or sit-ups to be found! Grab some dumbbells and get ready to tone and tighten your midsection while standing.

Standing Abs Workout With Weights (No Crunches!)

Standing Oblique Twist
Standing Reverse Oblique Crunch
Standing Oblique Sidebend
High Knees
Standing Trunk Rotation
Dumbbell Chop

Keep reading for a step-by-step guide of the workout with pictures and descriptions of each of these exercises.

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Who loves a good ab routine?

Take your abs to a whole new level by smashing them with some weights!

Adding resistance to any exercise is a great way to jump off plateaus and see some serious gains. Today we’re adding some weights to one of my favorite core routines – 6 awesome ab exercises without a crunch or sit-up to be found!

In fact we’re not going to get on the floor at all.

Try it out below:

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