Wedding Fitness Routine (getting Healthy)

I personally love Beach Body on Demand. It’s all online videos and they have barre workouts so it incorporates some ballet moves, which I love dancing as well. It’s super convenient to be able to do them at home and there are tons of options. You don’t really need any equipment. I have some dumbbells and for the barre I just use a kitchen chair.

Squats, push-ups, situps, flutter kicks, planks, and lunges are great workouts you can do at home. Be sure to drink lots of water and go for a run a couple times a week. I love running to Disney music and anything upbeat to help embrace the suck 😹😺

I love Body Groove and Zumba! Body Groove is a dance workout where you basically walk to the beat of a song with a couple low impact moves thrown in. It’s SO much fun and one hour in you suddenly find that you’re sweating like crazy without feeling like you had to bust ur booty!!

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The Sweat App is great! So many different guided workouts (including barre!) that can be done at home or at a gym. I love it.

I personally love chloe ting workout regimens on youtube. she has a ton that you can easily follow in certain time frames

You can always do at home work outs and YouTube offers a ton of different work out videos. So, I'm sure you will definitely find one that you really like So, you can type in something like "toning up at home work outs".

Eating healthy definitely plays a big factor too! So, make sure you are eating the right foods. In this case just reduce constant take outs, sugary drinks, and junk food.

And I agree that Zumba is super fun! I didn't know I would be sweating quite a bit after a good Zumba work out lol.

If you like HIIT workouts then I suggest kickboxing type workouts. When I did kickboxing years ago, boy do you really get toned from those types of workouts! I definitely miss it, but it's just a little pricey to get back into it. But you can definitely still do some kickboxing type of workouts at home because YouTube does offer videos for that online as well

I've been following Sydney Cummings for almost two years now and she's fantastic! She is a fitness Youtuber who posts videos pretty much daily. She has a new program every month where she'll focus on different things. For example, one month is called "Strength" where the workouts were all about strength based moves. Her videos range between 30-60 minute workouts. She also has a Sydney Squad you can sign up for where she provides a calendar each month as well as nutrition tips.

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I’m not sporty either. My go-to is yoga & I use the Downdog app. A subscription is $10/mo & you also get access to the Barre app. The workouts are different every time. If you’re consistent & pair it with a healthy diet, you can see really good results in a few weeks and excellent results in 6 months. I only do 30 minutes/day & it’s amazing for arms/core. Barre is great for your bottom half, but I’m not as committed to that as I should be. FYI: I NEVER liked yoga but now it’s become necessary for survival lol. I started off doing only 10 mins/day & worked my way to 30 mins/day at my own pace.

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I love DownDog, been using it for years!

I didn't see anyone here empathize the importance of diet, which should not be understated.

I found Mari Llewellyn on Instagram a few years ago and have her PDF gym guides! She lost a lot of weight weightlifting, but I focus on toning with her guides. She also has an app, but I prefer the PDFs and then manually load the workout into my Garmin app.

Also, if you go the weights route, a 45sec-2min rest between sets will focus your body more on muscle than fat loss, and a shorter rest of 10-30sec will focus more on fat burning.

I love the Peloton app. So much variety. 12.99 per month

View Quoted Comment I love BOD. That's the first program I really got into! I definitely need to jump back in!

View Quoted Comment Disney music is a brilliant idea! I have a T.Swift soundtrack that's my go to when I'm unmotivated!

I like Caroline Girvan's programs. I started Epic II a few months before and noticed I had back muscles in my wedding photos. No pull ups needed, just consistent weight training. Her program is 5 days a week, but I only did 3-4 with an additional day for jogging. I am still doing her program and am about to finish up Epic III

I have been following The Betty Rocker. She has a free 30-day fitness trial as well as a youtube channel. She also has some recipes, alternative foods, and things to change up your diet or make healthier changes. When I am bored or less motivated I find some dance classes on youtube like belly dancing. It helps me to be motivated because I get to change it up and have fun.

Hopefully, that helps!

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Another vote for this! Beachbody on demand whipped me into shape. They also offer nutritional advice which is so important for losing weight.