fun, accessible workouts for women
Believe it or not (and ‘not’ seems a much more obvious choice to make given the weather right now) summer is almost-pretty much-kind of-just around the corner. Yep, the season of swimsuits and tank tops and trips to the beach and summer barbecues and short shorts (ok I’ll stop there) is almost upon us, and you know that that means… it’s time to take your training up a notch.
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Kettlebells are one of my favourite pieces of fitness equipment. Compact, versatile and oh-so effective, I can’t remember life as a trainer before them. One of the things I love about them is that you can design a whole workout using only a couple of bells. This means that you can set yourself up in a space on the gym floor and not have to worry about fighting people for the cable machines or treadmills. Or – if you prefer to work out in the comfort of your own home – it means that for a small investment you’ve got yourself a mini gym!
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Annoying fact of life: sometimes you don’t have an hour to fit your workout into – heck, sometimes you don’t even have 30 minutes. I found myself in this situation recently when I had an hour-long lunch break into which I needed to fit a workout plus do some shopping for my brother’s birthday.
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Recently, a colleague asked for my thoughts on weight training. She’s thrown herself into an exercise regime, but the weights component is starting to bore her. She’s still using the program that was designed for her (and I use the word ‘designed’ loosely) when she signed up at the gym. You know the one – three sets on a chest press machine, followed by three sets on the rower, followed by snooooorrrrrrre.
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