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For so long I was dependent on the fitness programs I would follow to provide me with exercises that I hoped would help sculpt certain parts of my body, until I decided I’d had enough, as I wasn’t getting the expected results. It was time for me to learn all I wanted to know by myself and so I went on a hunt for information on how to sculpt my butt and abs. I have learned so much over the past couple months. I am now also training with a professional trainer once a week, but the remaining time, I exercise twice a day, five days a week. I am also reading as much as possible to broaden my knowledge about fitness and in just matters of weeks, my body has changed so much.
I started training with my trainer a month ago and the day we met, he made me step on a machine to analyze my body composition: body fat percentage; weight; muscle mass; calories needed daily; water percentage; how my body weight is divided between each arm, each leg and my bust; body mass index, etc. I’ll spare you the details, but in order to put together a program, we set an end goal to reach three months later and divided it into smaller goals for each month. My body fat percentage was at 17% when I started, and the trainer told me that in order to reach my goals I was going to have to get to 13 or 14% of body fat: he had planned on having me decrease it by 2% each month. He also wanted me to increase my muscle mass by 2 kg each month. Last week was our first check up, exactly a month after our first meeting and, by the look on the trainer’s face, I could tell that he couldn’t believe that my body fat percentage had come down from 17% to 12.5% in just four weeks (remember, I was supposed to get to 13% three months later, not just thirty days later). My weight has not changed, and my muscle mass has increased by 1.45 kg, which means that my body has toned up. He asked me if I expected it, I said no. He asked me if I felt the change, I said no. Because I honestly don’t take the time to look at myself in the mirror and I don’t take progress pictures. I don’t want to get distracted from the work that has to be done. I used to take progress pictures after every workout to track the slightest sign of visible physical change and when I didn’t see any, I would get discouraged, and when I saw some, I would slow down the pace and would rest on my laurels for a couple days. So now I just work really hard and, unlike a couple months ago, I now know exactly what I am doing, so the results are sure to follow. Since meeting with the trainer last week, I did a photo shoot on which I was wearing a cropped top and that’s when I realized that my abs were on another level. Now I can say that I notice the change.
As I mentioned above, I exercise twice a day five times a week. It is a commitment and it has become a habit for me. Whether I’m busy or not, I always find a way to fit my two training sessions into my schedule because that’s one of my priorities. It makes me feel incredibly good and happy.
On this post I would like to share with you a killer ab routine that will have your stomach cramped for the next ensuing days! This circuit works the whole abdominal belt: upper, lower, obliques and core.
Do 3 sets of 25 repetitions for each exercise and feel the burn!!!
