SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE WORKOUT
Friday, February 27th, 2009The soundtrack to this Oscar winning movie is AMAZING, so why not workout to it and maybe just maybe one day your Jamal will come after you!
Better yet, why not try the Bollywood Workout DVDs!
Archive for February, 2009
Working Out When All You Really Want to Do is Lay on the Couch
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Working Out When All You Really Want to Do is Lay on the Couch
by Kay Marryshow, Esq.
The desire to work out has never come easily to me. Sure I feel great when I finish a big work out. I cool down with visions of getting into a regular work out program dancing in my head. Who wouldn’t want to feel that high everyday? Once showered and onto my day, however, the visions are replaced once again by dread. Getting that high is hard work!
And I’m one of those people who usually bite off more than I can chew. I’ve signed up for the gym membership and made it to Spinning on time the first few weeks only to never make a class, let alone on time, the last 11 months of my membership. I’ve bought the Runner’s World magazine, researched the perfect running shoe, bought the shoe and the cute running pants, only to never make a single Road Runner’s meeting.
So this time I decided to start small. While laying on the couch watching my favorite show, I committed to staying on the couch during the commercials and started with a few leglifts. I did one side for the first commercial, the other side for the second commercial. I continued to switch sides for every commercial. When it wasn’t challenging enough for me anymore, i.e., when I wasn’t feeling that burn towards the end of the commercial, I tried it on one side for the whole set of commercials and the other side for the next set of commercials.
YOU CAN DO THIS! TRUST ME! Get creative, but stay on the couch. When you get bored with leg lifts start to advance to other exercises and body parts. (I do all legs one night, chest and arms the next night). On leg night: Get up on all fours and pull one leg into your chest, then push it backwards and out. Lay on my back and do bridges and butt crunches. Even scissor kicks!
On chest and arm night: Keep some light weights by the couch and sit there during the commercial and press them. Do bicep curls. Get up on all fours again and do triceps. Or don’t use weights and do arm presses off the side of your couch.
Pretty soon you’ll find yourself continuing to move during your show. Sometimes I’ve been known to jump off the couch and strike a downward dog or Warrior Pose during a commercial. Nobody said it had to be pretty or ambitious, and you know what… I still get that high!
About the Author: Kay Marryshow is a corporate attorney, mother of three, and former model. She is a life long runner with a passion for cooking new and exotic dishes.
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The Secrets to Being a Hot Girl (even if you are not really hot or perhaps not even a girl)
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Advice from Pittsburgh personal trainer and lifestyle coach, Jackie Omotalade, “The First Lady of Fitness, Fashion, and Fun:
1) WAX
Pubic, armpit, and leg hair are not cute! Do not believe all the feminist hype!
2) DON’T SWEAR
It just isn’t becoming!
3) TAKE CARE OF YOUR TEETH AND GUMS
A winning smile is white NOT yellow or brown or crooked or better yet missing teeth!
4) DUMP HIM IF HE IS NOT WORTHY!
If he doesn’t treat you right, dump him, otherwise you are wasting your time and time is finite!
5) TAKE FASHION RISKS
Dare to step out of your comfort zone and you may surprise yourself! try wearing colors that you do not normally wear or a dress or skirt length that you usually do not “do”! Have fun with it and you may end up starting a fashion trend of your own!
6) DO SQUATS
They work! Let the choir say “Amen!” They work! Try to do 100 squats a day. They do not have to all be done at the same time. Do them throughout the day. For example, when you go to the restroom and are squatting over the toilet and are done peeing, add in 20 squats! (You have to get in a workout where you can!)
7) READ A BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY ABOUT A PHENOMENAL WOMAN
Learn from her triumphs and her troubles. (Even Supahead has a story)
ALWAYS SEND THANK YOU CARDS WITH A PERSONAL NOTE FOR ALL GIFTS YOU RECEIVED IRREGARDLESS OF SIZE OF THE GIFT
It just shows class, breeding, and refinement!
9) OWN A FREAKUM DRESS!
Like Beyonce says, “Every girl needs one!” You deserve to have at least one dress that makes you feel hot and sexy!
10) TRY SOMETHING NEW AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH
Whether it is a tap class, riding lessons, Vietnamese food, or calligraphy, try it, try it and perhaps you’ll like it Sam I am!