Get Your Body Ready For The Beach

5 Essential Fitness Tips To Get You Looking Your Best This Summer

1.Make sure you involve some form of resistance training in your fitness program. Countless studies have proven that this is the only way to achieve a lean, toned athletic look. Women should not be afraid to lift weights. It is a myth that women will get big and bulky.

2.Do the proper amount of cardiovascular exercise. This is where many females make a mistake. Less is actually more with cardio. You should not be doing more then 20-30 minutes 3-4 days a week. Start with 20 minutes after your weight training program and increase as you need to. You want to do the least amount necessary to achieve the results you want. If you have been doing an excessive amount of cardio you will need to take at least 2 weeks off, and don't do any to let your body rest. Your body will adapt to cardio very quickly. The best way to avoid this is to include intervals as part of your cardio workout.

3.Don't get stuck doing the same routine for months and months. You have to change it up once every 4-6 weeks. In order to keep your body changing, you have to continue to change your routine, as your body adapts make a change.

4.Take at least one day off a week. You don't get results from your workouts, you get results from your recovery. Let your body rest at least one day a week.

5.Hire someone to write an individualized program for you. You won't get the results you could by writing your own programs. Most people will do the exercises they are good at or like doing but not the ones they need to do. I highly recommend hiring someone to write a scientifically designed, individual program once every 4-6 weeks.