Become a Lean Strong Mom Strategy #1: Choose a workout that will give you fast results

Fast results will encourage you to keep exercising

This is so important! There really are some types of exercises out there that will give you weight loss results FAST. They will change the shape of your body quickly. I am not talking about weight-loss pills, I’m talking about real exercise. These workouts are really effective for fast results. This is one of the best ways to get started with your weight loss goals. Efficient and effective exercise is great because you will actually spend less time working out but the time you do spend will be highly effective and your body will continue to burn more calories even when you are not working out. Just what a busy mom needs! You will feel so encouraged as your body starts to quickly change. This only adds to the forward momentum you will need to keep up your regular workout.

Exercise smart – build muscle

One of the most effective ways to quickly lose fat off your body and change the shape of your body is to build muscle. Increased muscle actually makes you smaller. There are some women’s gyms (like Curves) that are set up to combine a cardiovascular workout while you are doing resistance exercises (building muscle) all in just 30 minutes! I did this for a while and really liked it – I got great results from the time I spent at Curves. However, now that I have three small children it is not practical for me to leave the house to accomplish such a workout.

Get the most you can out of a short workout

Luckily I found some workout videos that intelligently combine strength training into a cardiovascular workout. Working my muscles quickly gave me an edge on my weight loss endeavors. Building muscle allowed me to burn more calories throughout the day, even when I wasn’t working out. My body became tight and toned through the muscle training. As well, the way the workout videos were designed, every time I worked out my muscles my heart rate would go up, too, for a great cardiovascular workout at the same time, doubling my efforts and giving me the most bang for my buck! What I mean is, although I was only spending 30 minutes a day working out – that 30 minutes was the most effective, efficient workout I could do in order to see and experience results quickly, which encouraged me to continue with my workouts. There are two great workout videos I would recommend for getting started with this type of effective exercise. They are the ones I used and, honestly, though the workouts are only 30 minutes each, I had a really hard time finished any of them…at first. But with a daily commitment to try one each day it only took a couple weeks before I saw that my “meager” 30 minutes a day was really paying off. I gained endurance, my clothing got too big for me, I had more energy and my body started to look and feel different fast, which only spurred me on to keep my commitment. Here are the ones I started with, I still use them periodically when I am short on time but need to exercise smart!

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