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The Stair Workout- make those legs burn!

Need an awesomely effective workout that you can do right at home? Blast your lower body with this indoor or outdoor stair workout. Mix up your workouts by adding in this amazing stair challenge. 
 
 
 

The Stair Workout- make those legs burn!

  • Skip A Step
  • Side Step Ups
  • Hop Ups
  • Calf Raises
  • Two Up, One Down
  • Squats
  • Skater Steps
  • Static Lunges
  • Power Walk

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

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This workout is perfect for outdoors or indoors – if you are outdoors, find a local high school stadium or even a building with a large flight of stairs (I have a church in my neighborhood that has a great flight of cement stairs I use). If you are indoors, use the stairs in your house, the flight of stairs that leads up to your apartment, or even the stairs in a hotel. There is no excuse to not try this workout!

For this workout, I used a flight of stairs that had 20 stairs. If yours has less stairs (i.e. only 10), double the time or reps of each exercise for a killer workout!

Want to push yourself? I have included challenge exercises to try if you are an experienced stair climber!

 

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10 Minute Total Abs Workout – 20 moves in only 10 minutes!

Get the amazing abs you’ve always wanted in this 10 minute total abs workout. These exercises will help you tone and tighten your stomach for a defined six-pack and rock solid abs. All it takes is 20 moves in 10 minutes for 1 killer workout.

 
 
10 Minute Total Abs Workout – 20 moves in only 10 minutes
 

Keep reading for the video workout so you can follow along.

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Did you work out your abs already this week?

If not, there’s still time! I have just the workout for you- a short (but KILLER) 10-minute total ab workout video.

This workout includes 20 awesome ab exercises. Ab workouts are not just about crunches anymore, there are many effective ways to work your abs from all angles to give you a seriously tough and rewarding core workout. 

Try out this ab video and let me know what you think. 

 

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The Best Arm Toning Workout with Dumbbells

This complete arm-toning workout is just what you need to challenge your biceps and triceps to carve amazing definition. The exercises are designed to tone and tighten your arms with dumbbells. You’ll also get an extra boost from some added cardio moves as well. You can even do this workout at home. 
 
 
 
Arm-Toning Workout with Dumbbells
Superset #1:
  1. Biceps curls (light weight)- 10 reps
  2. Biceps curls (heavy weight)- 8 reps
  3. Overhead triceps extensions (heavy weight)- 10 reps
  4. Jumping jacks- 30

Superset #2

  1. Biceps crossbody curls (light weight)- 15 reps
  2. Biceps crossbody curls (heavy weight)- 10 reps
  3. Bodyweight dips- 15 reps
  4. Mountain climbers- 30

Superset #3

  1. Biceps hammer curls (light weight)- 10 reps
  2. Biceps hammer curls (heavy weight)- 8 reps
  3. Bent over triceps kickbacks- 15 reps
  4. High knees- 30

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

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One body part that I get questions about all the time are arms: how to tone them without bulking up, how to get rid of arm flab, how to get muscle definition, etc.
 
Well, you have come to the right place – I have the perfect workout that you can do at home or at the gym; all you need is a set of dumbbells.

Also, to give your arms a little rest between sets, I am going to throw some cardio exercises in there. You are welcome. 

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12 Minute Standing Abs Workout with Weights

Tone and tighten your stomach in no time with this awesome standing abs workout. Complete core strengthening in only 12 minutes and you never have to get on the floor. Beginner as well as advanced ab exercises demonstrated – grab your dumbbell and let’s get to work.
12 Minute Standing Abs Workout on Tone-and-Tighten.com

12-Minute Standing Abs Workout

  • Standing dumbbell crunch
  • Rotating dumbbell crunch
  • Rotating curtsy lunge
  • Standing oblique side bend
  • Plie squat and twist
  • Curtsy overhead bends
  • Wood chops
  • Plie side bend crunch

Keep reading below for video, pictures, and descriptions of each of these exercises.

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Looking for a great way to intensify your ab workouts and take your core to the next level? There are two sure-fire ways to do it…

Try some new exercises and add weight!

All-too-often we think “ab workouts” need to entail a million sit ups and crunches to yield toned and fit results. Not true!

I encourage clients and patients all the time to get up off the floor and try something new. It’s actually a more functional way to train your core, can be easier on your back and neck, and yield amazing results.

Today I’m sharing with you eight of my favorite standing abs exercises compiled in one awesome core workout you can do right from home.

All you need for this workout is one dumbbell (or any type of resistance – even a big water bottle would do!) and you will be feeling this in no time!

No weights at home or weights too difficult? No problem – just do it without the weight. I’ve got beginner as well as advanced versions of each exercise demonstrated in the video below.

Bonus: NO CRUNCHES REQUIRED! You will be standing the entire workout!

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Saturday Morning AMRAP Workout

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saturday morning at home bodyweight workout

Get up! It’s Saturday!

Happy weekend everybody! Aren’t weekends wonderful? Time to work, time to play, and time to otherwise tear it up! Make sure you get this weekend started the right way and get your workout in! This killer HIIT workout only takes 25 minutes, works your whole body, and is a great way to kick off your Saturday! Remember – just because you’re not going in to work today doesn’t mean calories don’t count! Let’s do this! …

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