Drink water, juice, or sparkling cider in between alcoholic beverages at your New Years Eve party! This will ensure you don’t get too tipsy and you won’t drink all your calories away! Also, make your goals realistic. No one wants to wake up with a killer hangover on New Years day and than realize they made a goal to start working out January first!

Ladies if you’re at the gym, don’t be afraid to hit the weight machines! Building more muscle will burn more fat and give you defined muscles not buff, manly muscles. The chest Press is a great exercise to work your chest muscles and your upper back.

The Butterfly Crunch works your abdominal muscles and your inner and outer thighs. If your legs rub when you walk, you want to add this to your routine to slim down those thighs! Exercises that work multiple muscles at the same time are the best because you burn more calories in the least amount of time! This way you can benefit from a 20-30 minute workout!

When you use a swiss exercise ball for crunches, you get a wider range so you can do less crunches on the ball than standard floor crunches. This is exercise is in my abdmonial routine and really helps to obtain an hourglass figure! This exercise works your Obliques (side muscles), back, and helps to strengthen [...]

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Doing standard lunges not doing it for you anymore? Than you need to take it a notch and take your routine to the next level. There’s always a step further. By adding a simple kick or leg lift to standard exercise can make all the difference. Don’t be afraid to combine exercises or try something new. The Lunge exercise with a leg tap works your thighs (quads & Hamstrings) and your bottom! Giving your butt a nice lift! Give this exercise a try & you’ll be feeling the burn in no time! xOx

Every year at the gym we have a “Lose Your Tummy for the Money” contest. Whoever loses the most weight by percentage over a six week period wins the whole money pot! Sweet deal, right?! Not this year! Oh the excuses are flowing at the gym! “But I want fudge and cookies” and “It’s the holidays” is what I’m hearing when I check up on clients plans for staying fit & healthy for the holiday season.

Amanda Peet is a talented actress with an amazing body, it’s no wonder she’s made the list for sexiest women/people in the world, three times! She has starred in roles along side Bruce Willis in Whole Nine Yards.

I found this amazing recipe from FITNESS.COM! They remind be of peanut butter cookies, except they’re healthy for you! The are high in protein so they help you hit your protein intake for the day! You can even make a larger batch and freeze some so you have snacks for weeks to come! Also, make them for your Christmas party for an amazingly, healthy treat everyone will LOVE! xOx

Spending your day hunched over your desk for eight hours every day, you may find yourself muscles aching and may have noticed weight gain. Not only can you help prevent that weight gain and loss of tone, but you can alleviate stress with these five quick exercises.