Are you looking to strengthen your core while trying to get the six pack abs you’ve always wanted? On this segment of the Today Show along with Colleen Oddegard and Paul Schadt, I will show you a few exercises that you can do at home or while on the road to help you keep in a good routine!
Whether we’re on a vacation, away on business or for some reason just can’t make it to the gym, there’s always a place to workout!
Below I’ve listed a five day plan of 20 minute workouts that you can do anywhere, and won’t need weights to do. The key to these workouts is to go at 100% intensity for the 20 minutes, you’ll put yourself in a great position to burn calories, burn fat, and get more toned while away from the gym.
So give it a shot and see which you like the best!
45 seconds of high intensity work followed by 15 seconds of rest before starting the next exercise.
5 Rounds – rest 1 minute between rounds
Day 1
– sprinters
– push up planks
– air squats
– mountain climbers straight knee to elbow
Day 2
– knee highs
– lying leg raise abs
– jump sqauts
– bicycles
Day 3
– reverse lunges
– mountain climber opposite knee to elbow
– forward lunges
– plank leg raises
Day 4
– jumping jacks
– plank jacks
– squat jacks
– south charlotte 3 step
Day 5
– full burpees
– flutter kicks
– side plank thrusts right
– side plank thrusts left
Here are 5 quick food changes that you can make in your fridge.
What You Need For Each Day ( Do This For 7 Days)
1 Gallon of Distilled Water
2 Bags Of Organic Dandelion Root Tea
3 Ounces Of Knuddsens Unsweetened Cranberry Juice
1/2 of Fresh Organic Lemon
Drink a full gallon per day for 7 days and this will help us to flush toxins from the liver allowing the liver to work on metabolizing body fat!
Enjoy!
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What does it mean to you to be your best?
How do you want your families to see you and think of you? As a hard worker? As someone to aspire to be like?
Of course we do and sometimes life gets so busy that we lose track of what we’re doing in our own lives to be our best. What does it mean to be our best? I know I’ve asked this question twice now, but it’s a strong question, and one that we should definitely kno
w the answer to.
To help you get on your way to answer this question I’ve broken down three areas of our life that we can focus on today that will help us to be our best.
The three things that I have personally come to live by that I consider my foundation for being my best
Mind
Body
Motivation
Here’s how they break down
Mind – To be our smartest we have to constantly be training our mind, this becomes especially true when start to get older. I’m not just talking about reading a book, or doing a crossword puzzle. Yes, reading and activities that help us think are very important, and they’re a must for us to be our smartest, but when we talk about the Mind, we also have to take into consideration, Positive Affirmation. Telling ourselves the good things we do daily, reinforcing good thoughts so that we keep a clear focused mind and are happy with who we’re becoming. Negative thoughts can be the most damaging and unhealthy things we can do to ourselves. To be our best mentally we must train the mind everyday.
Here are two ways to do this everyday:
1. Write down a positive affirmation list. Things that are good about you, and read it every morning first thing when you wake up. This way you’re putting positive thoughts into the mind and those positive thoughts are the seeds that start your day, they will grow throughout the day and you will find yourself in a positive mood more often.
2. Second, be sure to read something positive for 10 minutes straight every day. You may already be doing this, but if you’re not, be sure to start. It’s not long, 10 minutes a day, but this will help you to continue to exercise the mind, and just like our bodies, are brains want to be pushed, that’s what makes them better, don’t let the mind get lazy.
Body – When we think of training this is what most of us consider, our workout, whether it be running, walking, weight training, yoga, or anything else. Yes, these are all important, for the same reason as mentioned in the mind, the body wants to be pushed, challenged to be its best, so to be your best you need to be exercising at minimum 3 times per week for at least 45 minutes at a time. If your schedule allows for more than great, do more, but at minimum, you MUST make the time to exercise the body, and get the blood pumping. Your heart will thank you!
There’s a second part of Body, and that’s how we feed ourselves. 45 minutes of exercise or reading for 10 minutes is the easy part, the real training in life, happens in the kitchen.
What are we putting in our bodies to be our best? It’s so important that we take advantage of food and view it like its medicine, the healing power of food is above and beyond any medicine man has ever created. Train yourself to eat clean, so that you know you’re doing everything you can to be your healthiest! Here are 3 ways you can train yourself daily:
Motivation – How are you motivating yourself daily? Lets face it, life can beat us down, and it does everyday. It’s up to us to motivate ourselves to be positive and to be our best. This can be tough to do but here are a few ways you can be sure to motivate your self daily:
So why do I say all of this? Because I’ve seen so many people change their lives for the better in such a short amount of time simply by focusing on the basics. I want this for you to, and I KNOW you want it for you to.
The fact is there are some things nobody will ever be able to do for you, its up to you. Our training never stops because we can always work on being better. Being at our best, means trying to be better everyday, so if we’re putting in the effort we will always know what it means to be our best.
As you’ve heard me say before…..
Do
What You Can
While You Can
Because You Can