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Hi there Beautiful one,

I’m posting a full body Free Weight Full Body Workout for your convenience to perform at home or at the gym.  If you have a selection of dumbbells you can start straight away! I won’t waste your time- you’ll know that you’ve worked out and your metabolism will be seriously boosted for the next 24-48 hours!

Free weight exercises for women normally involves the use of dumbbells, barbells, kettle bells, sandbags, medicine balls and weight plates. The major advantage of free weights is that they are more efficient in strengthening the whole body. Most free weight exercises are performed in a standing position. The whole body supports the weight. More of the body’s muscles become active when performing the exercise. Of equal importance is the fact that this “weight bearing” exercise promotes bone mineralization, which is important in preventing osteoporosis in later years.

When you lift a free weight, you are not just lifting the weight. You are also stabilizing the weight, or keeping it from moving in any other direction. This strengthens additional muscles in your body, especially your core.

For example, squatting with free weights requires you to push the weight from the floor while simultaneously requiring you to stabilize it – balancing yourself so you do not fall forward, backwards or off to the side, keeping your trunk straight, holding the weight, etc. You are not only effectively hitting the target muscle, the quadriceps; you are literally recruiting muscles all over the body to perform the squat.

This makes the squat one of the hardest, the most intense, and the most effective strength or mass building exercise out there. It will stimulate muscle growth throughout the body. You want to stimulate as much muscle as possible with each exercise you perform. Free weight exercises for women will help you do this much more effectively than a reliance on machines.

It may take a few sets to determine that weight especially if this is your first time training with free weights. Here’s a tip to determine the correct free weight: You should barely be able to finish a set of 12 reps; if that’s the case you’ve got the right weight there! As you get accustomed to working with free weights and building up your strength I would suggest going for lower repetitions with heavier weights. I like to stay in the 8-12 repetition range and perform 3-4 sets of each exercise- mostly in pyramid sets. When you stay within this rep range, you will find that you will be able to lift heavier and increase your strength without sacrificing form. Moving forward, you will want to increase the weight in each exercise every week so that you are continuously challenging your body and stimulating your muscle fibers to grow.

The goal is to train for strength. You will see a huge benefit when doing basic exercises by simply incorporating dumbbell exercises for women. There’s a whole range of creative dumbbell exercises for women and can be easily incorporated with most multi joint exercises.  It is available in every gym and comes in very handy to have at home.

Dumbbell exercises for women seem old fashioned, but still make out the biggest part of my daily workouts.  I am sharing with you stuff that works.  I love alternating an isolated muscle exercise with a Multi Joint exercise- that’s hte key to building lean muscle.

I want you to give this workout a try and let me know what you think.  Also,don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions. I’m here for YOU.
The range of exercises and the benefits are unlimited. The limiting factor is you.  I know you’ve got what it takes.

Keep pushing the limits… Passionately!

Emm

UNLIMITED FREE WEIGHT WORKOUT

COMBO 1 x 4

DUMBBELL BICEP CURLS  SUPER SET

(Halfway up x7/ Middle to top x7/ All the way up and down x7

SHOULDER WIDTH SQUAT JUMPS WITH DUMBBELLS  x 20

(Perform with dumbbells in your hands to maximize exercise)

COMBO 2 x  4

DOUBLE ARM TRICEP KICK BACKS   x 15

LUNGE JUMPS   x 30

(Perform with dumbbells in your hands to maximize exercise)

COMBO 3 x  4

BENT OVER FLY + BENT OVER ROW COM BO  x 12

ARNIE PRESS  AND SQUAT  x  12
(Shoulder width squat with forearms close to your chest and dumbbells resting against your shoulders. As you rise from a squat position push dumbbells out into a shoulder press.  Repeat by going down into a squat with arms back in the starting position.

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Yesterday was Go Wild Day!

Strategic Overfeeding is not a suggestion- It’s an order!  Bumping up food intake for 12-24 hours is an important reset. It took me a very long time to get comfortable with this “Go Wild”/Cheat day! It still sounds too good to be true that eating unhealthy stuff can assist in weight loss!

This is why my Lifestyle is SUSTAINABLE. I never feel deprived from any food.  Once a week, mostly on Saturdays or Sundays I eat to my heart’s desire. Once I had my share of whatever I craved for I feel even more motivated to get back to clean eating the next day, avoiding junk food.

Apart from this your body naturally restores all the hormonal balances to function at maximum calorie burn rate for the rest of the week.

OK, I don’t propagate long, endless cruises on the road or treadmill, simply because there are countless other ways to optimize calorie burn and fat loss. I did an early morning run yesterday for therapy that only nature can offer.  It was blissful!

Later in the morning there was more bliss- Our family outing to go wild on ice cream as part of our Strategic Overfeeding day!

So, here’s my Go Wild Diary…

05:00 English Ceylon Tea with a dash of Honey and a Low GI Rusk

06:00  14 km run on the road

08:00 USN Pure Protein Shake
3 x Dried Prunes

11:00 Coffee with Fat Free Milk

12:00 Chocolate Brownie Sundae

13:00 Water with Lemon

16:00 Glass of White Wine

17:00 Mediterranean Oven Baked Kingklip with a Sundried Tomato, Olive, Feta, Garlic and Olive Oilve Oil topping
Microwaved Spinach with onions, salt and pepper
Fresh Herb Salad with Tomato, Onions, Cucumber and Sweet Peppers

Portion Lindt Dark Chocolate
Lychees

18:00 Water with Lemon

19:00 English Celyon Tea with Fat Free Milk and Honey

Water intake:  Approx 2 liters

If you have any questions or just feel like leaving a comment, please do!

Yours Passionately

Emm

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The pic says it all.  I did a "Back to Basics" Leg Workout yesterday and believe me; I'm fully aware of my legs and butt today!

Stick to the basics, concentrate on perfecting your form, increase the weight, remember to breath and train from the heart!

PASSION!

Emm

BACK TO GOOD OLD BASICS LEG WORKOUT

METABOLISM BOOSTER

3 x Interval Sprints @ 7 incline
Speed:
•    15km/h (9.3 mph)
•    16km/h (10 mph)
•    17 km/h (10.6 mph)
Here’s my sequence:
•    Run 2 minutes at 10km/h (6.2 mph), you determine your own ‘active resting pace’, you can even walk.
•    1 Minute Sprint as indicated above.  You MUST experience a burning sensation all over your body, barely able to finish the sprint.  Adjust the incline and speed to keep it as challenging as possible.

DEADLIFTS
40kg (88lbs) Barbell    1 x 15
45kg (100lbs) Barbell   1 x 12
50kg (110lbs)  Barbell  2 x 12

REVERSE LUNGES
12 kg (26lbs) Dumbbells  4 x 24 (12 x Left and 12 x Right)

LYING HAMSTRING CURLS AND DONKEY CALVE RAISES COMBO
25kg (55lbs)    1 x 12
30kg (66lbs)    1 x 10
35kg (77lbs)    1 x 8; 1 x 6

*ALTERNATE WITH

DONKEY CALVE RAISES 135kg (297lbs)  4 x max reps (aim for 30)

Duration: 60 minutes

Calories Burned:  490

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Sometimes it’s necessary to really push yourself through the ceiling.  This workout was one of those!  I just felt as strong as a tigress yesterday morning and I took advantage of that!

Needless to say, I had a VERY healthy appetite throughout the day, my body had to recuperate after this Blaster Workout!  Never ignore the messages that your body signal to you!  Tune in!

If you want to know more about this Workout or Meal Planner-  Post me a comment! I will gladly respond.

Your’s Passionately,

Emm

BICEP, TRICEP AND BACK BLASTER WORKOUT
10 min warmup on the Rowing Machine (resistance 10, maintain 700 cal/h)

WAKE UP BOOSTER CIRCUIT  x4
Bicep Curls 7′s Superset  (7 curls from bottom to halfway up, 7 curls from middle to top, 7 curls all the way up and down) 7kg (15lbs)
Tricep Dips between benches with 15 kg (33lbs) weight plate  x 20
Renegade Dumbbell Rows  12kg (26lbs)  x10

I’M AWAKE NOW CIRCUIT  x 4
Hammer curls  10kg (22lbs) x 10 (Left and Right Alternating)
Bent Over Dumbbell Flye and Bent Over Dumbbell Row Combo  7kg (15lbs)  x 12
Dip Walks (Position yourself in “Dip Position” on the floor. 15 steps to the front and 15 back) x 4

I’M PUSHING IT CIRCUIT  X4
Reverse Grip Bicep Curl  25 kg (55lbs)  x 12
Tricep Cable Pull Over  35 kg (77lbs)  x 12
Commando Push Ups  x 20  Narrow Grip Push up with Knee tuck (Left) Go all the way down onto your stomach, positioned to do the next, but first lift both hands from the floor.  Narrow Grip Push up with Right Knee Tuck and all the way down to the floor on your stomach. Repeat

Duration: 80 minutes

Calories Burned:  710

MEAL PLAN

04:30 English Ceylon Tea with a dash of Honey

07:00 Post Workout USN Pure Protein Shake

08:00 Coffee with Fat Free Milk and a dash of Honey

10:00 Oats, Swiss Muesli Mix with a +- 15 Almonds and Fat Free Milk
2 Pineapple rings
Boiled Egg

Green Tea

11:30 Coffee

14:00 Large Tuna Salad.  Salad Greens, Cucumber, Tomato, Red Onions, Spring Onions, Red and Yellow Peppers with Reduced Fat Yoghurt and Herb Salad Dressing

Small Sweet Potato (Microwaved for 3 minutes) with Salt, Pepper and Olive Oil  drizzle

16:00  2 heaped teaspoons of Peanut Butter
Small Apple

18:00  Coffee

19:00  Rump Steak

Large Mixed Salad-  Salad Greens, Cucumber, Tomato, Red Onions, Spring Onions, Red and Yellow Peppers, Asparagus, Basil with Reduced Fat Italian Salad Dressing

20:00 English Ceylon Tea with Honey

4 x Dried Prunes

21: 00 Another cup of Tea!
Water intake:  Approx 2 liters

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