The Skinny Confidential: A Babe's Sexy, Sassy Health and Lifestyle Guide

The Skinny Confidential: A Babe's Sexy, Sassy Health and Lifestyle Guide Read Online Free PDF

Book: The Skinny Confidential: A Babe's Sexy, Sassy Health and Lifestyle Guide Read Online Free PDF
Author: Lauryn Evarts
Tags: General, Health & Fitness, Healthy Living, Women's Health
But I’d be doing you an injustice if I didn’t mention running. Never in my life do I feel better than when I’m running three days a week.
    Sorry.
    I know a lot of people don’t want to hear the cold, hard facts.
    It really is that simple. So simple, it’s almost stupid.
    An amazing benefit of running: It’s a serious metabolism speeder.
    I’m into intervals. After talking to multiple fitness trainers, it seems that intervals are the way to go when it comes to running.
    Why?

GLAD YOU ASKED.
    Instead of running 30 minutes consecutively at a pace of 6.5 or 7.5 minutes per mile, allow your bod to recover every minute. For example: Run 1 minute at 3.5 pace and 1 minute at 6.5, increasing slowly up to 7.5 as you go. I like to run for 30 minutes total.
    Allowing the body to recover through interval training will help with stress in general. Interval training allows the body to deal with stress constructively because it’s taking the heart rate up and then down, and then up and then down, etc. It puts the body under stress and then allows it to recover. These stress tactics can be applied to life in general.

TAKE A HIKE
    A great activity to do with friends. An even greater activity if you can cut the gossip in half and kick the speed up ten notches. Make sure you’re not just using hiking as “fake cardio.”

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.
    Get your heart rate up. I’m sure you’re dying to hear whose boyfriend is a scumbag, douche and what happened to Cindy last night, but if you decide to hike, then hike.
    Besides, in-between breaths, I’m sure you’ll be able to hear what happened on last night’s epi of “Real Housewives.”
    Anyway, my trick to hiking is to bring arm weights. I purchased these bad boys at a superstore (think Walmart, for example). I like 5-pound/2-kg arm weights. They wrap around the arms so they’re not in the way, and they can also be used as ankle weights.
    Get creative! Walk half the time, run half the time. Do lunges up the hill. Skip. Stretch afterward. Side-step up.

ELLIPTICAL TRAINER, STAIR MACHINE AND/OR SPIN CLASSES
    I pick one of these workouts and use it only once a week. I notice my lower body bulks up if I do too many machines or classes. I also get bored.
    Again, do what works for you. If spinning keeps your stems slim, spin, spin and spin some more.
    The elliptical can be great, too; however, nothing raises your heart rate like running.
    Sorry, Ellipty.

GOOD OLD SPORTS
    We all loved at least one sport when we were kids, right?
    I definitely was and still am into tennis.
    Anyway, revert back to your childhood. Pick a sport, any sport.
    And go play it. Grab some friends (and most likely a ball of some sort) and get at it.

SWEATING WHILE YOU’RE HAVING FUN? THERE’S NOTHING BETTER.
    A little FYI: The more creative you get with your cardio routine, the better. If you change it up frequently, the body will be shocked.
    That’s right. Shock the hell out of your body.
    The last thing anyone wants is to be stuck in a plateau.
    Plateaus are like being in a bad relationship for six months too long.
    You’re bored, uninspired, lazy and miserable.
    Leave the plateau in the dust just like that sucky ex.
    Mmkay?
    So every week, switch up your workouts. If you hiked last Tuesday, run this Tuesday. If you did hot yoga on Friday, do yoga with weights on Sunday.
    Mix it up.

SO, HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU WORK OUT?
    Welp, everyone’s different.
    All of us have different genetics, different diets and different shapes.

    My biggest tip? Say you’re going to work out seven days a week. Shooting for all seven days will force you to get in at least five or six. Plan for every day and you’re bound to get more workouts in than if you planned for five workouts. Let’s face it: Shit happens … life happens. So instead of freaking out because you have to skip yoga due to traffic, don’t fret. You still have six more days of the week!
    Plus, if you end up working out all seven days, you’re a total
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