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At Home Circuit Workout For Beginners

January 1, 2016

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Hey everyone! And welcome to the first day of 2016! Seeing as how the most-commonly made New Year’s resolution is to “get in shape” or “start exercising”, I thought it would be appropriate to start the year with one of my favorite circuit workouts you can do at home with no equipment required! Now – don’t let the title fool you… this may be a “beginner” workout, but please don’t mistake that for easy! Here we go – first workout of the new year going in 3, 2, 1… …

Tone and Tighten’s Top Ten Workouts of 2015

December 27, 2015

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Hey everyone! And welcome to the start of another week here on Tone-and-Tighten.com!

Usually Mondays are the days that I like to post my “Weekly Workout Plans” – 5 or so workouts that you can do during the upcoming week to mix up your routine, get in some great workouts, and get a little closer to your health and fitness goals. Well – seeing how this is the last Monday of 2015, I thought it would be fin to do things a little differently. Your “Weekly Workout Plan” for this week is actually the top 10 most-viewed workouts on T&T from 2015! These are the workouts that most of you came to when you were looking for that perfect burner. Your assignment this week is to get through at least 5 of them – all 10 if you’re feeling up to an end-of-the-year challenge! Here we go…

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10 of the Best Stretches to Improve Your Flexibility

October 10, 2015

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As a physical therapist, I see a lot of different people for a lot of different reasons. Whether it’s back pain, neck pain, hip pain, shoulder pain, etc – 0ne of my primary interventions that I recommend for people on a daily basis is stretching. Improving your flexibility can decrease tension in tight muscles, improve mobility in your joints, and ultimately decrease pain in tense/tight body areas. Today I wanted to share with you 10 of my most-recommended stretches to help improve your flexibility. Let’s try them out… …

Strengthen your core in 5 simple moves

August 24, 2015

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Your core goes so much further than just your abs. I think oftentimes we get so caught up in our “6-pack” and looking really good that we forget the functionality of our “core”. It’s referred to as a “core” because it’s literally the center of our body; it’s the base from which most movement is generated. Without a strong core our movements become a little more sloppy, a little more uncoordinated, and we’re more susceptible to injury. Today I wanted to share with you a quick at-home workout that you can do to keep your core nice and strong. Hope you enjoy! …

3 Daily Exercises For A Stronger Upper Body

July 4, 2015

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Want a stronger upper body? These are the moves that will get you there!

Resistance training is a great way to not only tone sexy lean muscle, it’s a great way to increase muscle strength! Many people think that resistance training requires some sort of weights (dumbbells, kettle bells, etc) or resistance band. NOT TRUE! You can get a lot stronger and look/feel a lot better using just your own bodyweight as resistance. Today I wanted to share 3 at-home exercises guaranteed to make your upper body stronger: …