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To Be The Groom
by Melissa Darisay, SDSU Certified Fitness Trainer
It’s
your wedding day. You’ve been a part of a whirlwind planning
process for months & assisting your lovely bride-to-be with
the many things that precede the perfect day. You have been busy
& too busy to work out, right? So, your tux is a bit tight and
not fitting like you would prefer.
How do you make the time to work out? Always a
challenge, but a couple of small changes and you can fit in that
tux. First of all, careful attention to your diet is a must &
watch the beer consumption and saturated fat and processed carbs.
If you go to a gym then definitely make the time to continue with
your workout schedule. You will be amazed what 45 minutes, 3 days
a week can do. 20 minutes on your favorite cardio machine and 2
sets of 12 reps per major muscle group(bi ‘s, tri’s,
delts; chest & back; abs & obliques; squats for your glutes,
hams, quads and calves and bingo, you are done).
If you don’t go to a gym, either try one
out or take my suggestion and go out and buy yourself a boxing-gym
quality jump rope. Start slow and work up to 15 - 20 minutes of
skipping rope. When you get breathless, take a breather by doing
a set of 25 to 50 crunches or bicycle-style sit-ups. Skip a few
minutes more, rest by doing push ups. Skip again and rest by doing
chair tricep dips. Jump rope, and repeat. Do this three days a week
and you are set. This is a great work out. You are targeting all
your muscles and pumping your heart.
Your legs will love it, your heart will love it and the holder of
your heart will love your streamline bod. And best of all, you will
enjoy the pump for stress relief to get you through to the day you
are waiting for your beauty to cruise down the aisle and join you
as your wife.
Melissa Darisay,
SDSU Certified Fitness Trainer
619-540-5282 email
"Amor Vincit Omnia" - Love Conquers All." ~Ancient
Roman Love verse~
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