1. Add Weight to Lose Weight
Should I do more reps with less weight? Or use more weight and do fewer reps?  If you are looking to shed pounds, the answer is to use more weight and do fewer reps.  Select a weight heavy enough that you are able to do 15 reps maximum.  Work up to completing three sets of 15 reps.  It seems contradictory – but increasing lean body mass is the best way to lose excess fat and maintain a long-term healthy body weight.

2. Best Butt Workout
Get on the EAGLE Leg Press and adjust the back to position #4.  Adjust the footplate so that when your toes are at the top of the footplate, your knee is at a 90 degree angle.  Select a weight where you can’t do more than 15 reps.  Repeat 15 reps three times.  (Extra tip: for added variety, do one leg at a time placing less stress on the back and greater emphasis on the glutes.)

3. Flattest Tummy
Get on the EAGLE or VR3 Ab machine.  It may not look like it is going to work your abs – but from the first lean-forward you will know it is working just the area you need to tighten up those ab muscles.  (Extra tip – REALLY IMPORTANT: Always work opposing muscle groups in tandem.  Do 10-15 reps on the ab machine and then 10-15 on the Back machine.  Repeat 3 times.)

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 at 3:21 pm and is filed under Fitness.