As you know, cardio and diet are great ways to drop weight and tone up, but weight training can also be instrumental in the process to transforming a better posterior. I’ve mentioned a few of these exercises previously, but they are worth mentioning again as they really do a great job working your gluteus.
1. Reverse lunges – You can do these with or without weight.  Either way you are in for a challenging exercise.  Give your legs a good stretch when going down and you will add to your workout.
2. Platform step ups – Step up onto an elevated surface …read more

Weight lifting or resistance training is often avoided by women because they fear they will “bulk up”.  This is an absolute myth.  In fact, weight lifting paves the way for the the toned, athletic look many women are after.  Unfortunately, I have encountered several stubborn women of various ages who have it ingrained in their head that they will become “bulky” or muscled up.
First, one thing women should realize is how hard it is to bulk up for men who have much more of a natural ability to gain mass than women do.  To add even 5 lbs of muscle …read more

The great thing about your legs is they can handle a lot of work on little rest. If you stop and think about the reason why, it does make sense. Your legs hold up your weight every day, wherever you walk so they’ve built up a great base of strength. This explains why when you have a leg day and follow it up by running 3 miles the next day, your legs are able to recover and perform.
Now I’m not advocating that your leg muscles don’t need rest, but what I am saying is that you shouldn’t …read more

SarahF sent me this question: 
I’ve been working out regularly for 7 months (I swim 2-3 times a week for an hour, run twice a week, sometimes for 30 minutes, sometimes for an hour, do a Cardio Core class once a week-which is 30 minutes of strength using your body weight and 30 minutes of different cardio workouts, and do strength twice a week, once with just arms, once with just legs) and eating healthy (I eat about 2000 calories a day) and although I’m in better shape (I can run further, do more push ups, etc) there’s no physical difference in …read more