Nutrition and Weight Training for Women
Not too long ago I started a new-to-me workout program that is featured in The New Rules of Lifting for Women. If you want to learn more about the program, please refer to this post: New Rules of Lifting for Women: Stage 1 Workout Underway. A couple days ago I actually finished the first Stage [...]
If you aren’t happy with the way your legs are shaped at this point, some strength training can definitely change their overall shape. When you do weight lifting exercises what you’re doing is increasing the density and size of your muscles. Some people like to call this “toning”. Building the muscles in your legs provides [...]
The following is a guest post written by Kar. If you are interested in submitting a guest post to MFB, you can read the guidelines here. As our society progresses toward a more inactive lifestyle, we are quickly seeing a dramatic decline in the health of our nation’s individuals. Sedentary jobs and busy, chaotic schedules [...]
Bored with my workout routine again so today I created my own leg workout while I was doing my warm-up walk on the treadmill. If you’re bored with your workouts the best thing you can do for yourself and your motivation is to try a new one! There are some people who never do the [...]
Up until now I have never included a fitness FAQ post here on my fitness blog. The following are some popular questions asked by women who want to learn how to get in shape. Keep in mind that “get in shape” means different things to different people and I realize that. The following Q&A are [...]
Whoa. Legs are tired and feeling weird. Leg days always take so much out of me. This workout asks for jumping lunges and squats but there was no jumping today. It was hard enough just doing regular lunges and squats with no weight. Day 9: Off Day 10: Plyometrics Workout (Today) Bench Step-Up: 3 sets [...]
The last time I did this exact leg workout my legs were sore for the next 5 days. It was crazy. I think what did it is the fact that I did 3 leg exercises I haven’t done before. This just goes to show how important it is to switch things up every now and [...]
I finally made it to leg workout day! I haven’t done a complete leg workout since March 21st so I’ve been antsy to finally do this workout again! I was also excited because I got to use my new lifting straps. I just bought my own from Bodybuilding.com a couple weeks ago, but haven’t used [...]
To be blunt, frumpy butts are not attractive and in most cases probably mean you could be in not-so-good health as well. Whether the cause is from excess body fat, a lack of exercise or both, you don’t have to have frumpy butt syndrome forever. There are a couple things you can do to get [...]
I started a new leg workout again today. It’s really not THAT different than the recent leg workouts I’ve been doing, but it’s a lot quicker and more intense. I got the workout I did today from Bodybuilding.com. (You can find the workout I did here today under their workouts section) Bodybuilding is my favorite [...]
Another heavy leg day! I had to skip working out yesterday and did legs today instead. I plan on doing some cardio tomorrow since everything got twisted around this weekend. My legs are way too tired now to have even attempted a run at doing some cardio today too. My husband picked up the squat [...]
Today was heavy leg day followed up with a shoulder workout. I’ve decided that I’m going to start a new workout split next week, but I haven’t quite figured out exactly what yet. I’ll work on it tomorrow and Monday. I think I’ll probably keep the Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday split for strength training but I’m gonna switch [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day! <3 I did a heavy leg workout and a shoulder workout yesterday and then today I did a steady state cardio workout. I don’t do cardio on leg day – it gets to be too much for my legs, especially when I’m lifting heavy like I have been lately. So…I’m completely kosher [...]
This leg and shoulders workout took a lot outta me today! I did heavy legs again this week and I followed that up with shoulders. I was going to do weighted crunches afterwards but my arms (more specifically my shoulders) were too tired. I felt I wasn’t performing them properly because I wasn’t strong enough [...]
This post is a compilation of the workouts I did yesterday and today. I had a huge Christmas party to go to yesterday and before that started I had to go grocery shopping and then get my workout in. I had planned on doing abs yesterday, but I decided to do them today just before [...]
This is a guest video post by Marci Lall, a certified personal trainer who has over 9 years of experience in the fitness industry. If you are interested in guest posting on this blog, please check out the guidelines here. Here are the guidelines for the workout featured in the video above. You want to make sure to [...]
On a happy note, I’m so glad the Vikes won their playoff game today! But…wanna know what’s sad? My hamstrings were STILL hurting from the HIIT workout I did the other day. As a result, I decided to still do legs today but I used a light amount of weight and did a higher number [...]
