I’m about to share some priceless information with you, that’s an absolute game changer when it comes to achieving serious body sculpting results from your strength training. It involves the mind-body connection that you experience during your workouts.

I started learning these skills 15 years ago during Sport Psychology classes in University and through reading books such as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Education Of A Bodybuilder and The New Encyclopedia Of Modern Bodybuilding, as well as In Pursuit of Excellence, The Sport Psych Handbook, and Mind & Muscle just to name a few.

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Most women fear strength training, which is very unfortunate, because strength training is incredibly sexy! I’d say that the main reason why women avoid strength training is due to the biggest myth and misconceptions that lifting heavier weights will make you big and bulky. This is simply not the case, and as you can see, Jenn is proof that you can sculpt a lean and firm body by incorporating strength training into your workout program. My wife Angie is another prime example. Her arms are lean, tight, and have incredible shape to them.

What most women don’t realize is that strength training makes your muscles more dense, not bigger. It’s training in the rep ranges of 8-12 reps that is ideal for making your muscles bigger. So if you are currently lifting in the 8-12 range and not getting big and bulky, you have nothing to worry about when it comes to strength training. Plus there are many benefits for women to incorporate some heavy lifting into their workouts. Strength training has a great impact on your central nervous system, which for one, it increases your body’s ability to recruit more muscle fibers. It helps build strong bones. It’s empowering because your increased strength carries over into all of your every day tasks such as picking up the kids, carrying groceries, working in the garden, opening a jar of pickles, and just about anything that you can think of. As you age you will maintain your independence if you have improved your strength over the years.

Now lets take a look at some strength training in action! I caught a segment of a workout that Jenn Daoust was performing with BeachWalk Fitness Personal Trainer, Laura Antonini…

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If you’ve been wondering what Kettlebell training is all about, here’s a sneak peak…

Training with Kettlebells is a great way to improve your strength, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, and body awareness, all while transforming your body.

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Recently, we received a question from Kale, one of your fellow BeachWalk Fitness members and we are certain that the answer to this question will help you too. Here’s Kale’s question…

“My Question is, Are there ways of Doing Cardio by lifting weights, instead of going on a bike, treadmill, elliptical, Stairmaster, Jacobs Ladder, and others in order to get lean and ripped all at once so I’m not waiting an hour or so on one of these machines?

If you know a workout I can get planned out in this form with no Cardio equipment and all weights for the cardio and if I can have a trainer help me setup a program like this, I believe I would have a better looking body and have a shape to live with for life.”

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One of your fellow BeachWalk Family Fitness members recently asked the question, “How often should I work my abs?“ I recorded a video, which reveals the answer to this question as well as some very key issues that you must be aware of when it comes to achieving great abs, plus, my Top 6 Abs Exercises!

Here’s some key points about working your abs…

The most important point to clear up is that it doesn’t matter how many abs exercises you do or how often you work them, if they are covered with a layer of fat, you’ll never see them.

The way to remove the fat around your belly is to create a caloric deficit by consuming fewer calories than you burn on a daily basis. It’s as simple as that. There’s no magic bullet.

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The phrase, “Variety is King!” has been uttered by nearly every fitness trainer around the world, with the premise being that your body adapts to the stresses of a specific training protocol after four to six weeks, where the magnitude of the results that you have been achieving, begins to diminish. This is why you see Angie and I performing a new workout program each month.

There are many ways that you can incorporate variety in your training each month. Here are just a few:

a) Keep the workout the same, but change the exercises.
b) Keep the workout and the exercises the same, but change the reps, rest period, or tempo.
c) Change the entire workout plan.

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Today we would like to share some great exercises that will shape and sculpt your arms…

Straight Barbell Curls
Preacher Curls
Reverse Curls
Hammer Curls
Triceps Extension
Triceps Pressdown
Rope Pressdown
Reverse 1-arm Pressdown

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Adam is the newest member of our BeachWalk Family Fitness team and today he has a great superset routine for your chest muscles, that includes using the bench press and a Bosu ball…

Incorporate this superset into your training and be sure to let Adam know how effective it was for you.

Do you have any specific exercises that you would like to see demonstrated? Any problem areas that you would like to firm up or build? Let us know and we’ll be more than happy to help you out.

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Had fun kicking some butt at the Lifestyle and Fitness Expo

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In the video below Nathan demonstrates a great exercise to work your back muscles here at Beachwalk Fitness…

Come in and Try it TODAY!!

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