Ok so now your tummy is tucked and your bum is toned after your Halloween indulgence. Now time to start training for the next big holiday THANKSGIVING! What will you need to train for, you may ask???? Well presents are heavy and you’re going to need to strengthen those arms if you want to carry all those gifts to your loved ones. Or that huge turkey that you have to heave home from the shops and stuff in the oven.  Candy carrying arms won’t cut it you need to beef the arms up to present carrying arms.

So follow these tips and get yourself ready and then pop back to FusionFitnessTV so figure out how to tone up after your turkey madness.

Luckily for me, the baby fat (I was the chubbiest baby ever) disappeared at a very young age and since then I’ve remained petite. But staying fit it’s not only watching your weight. It’s  letting your body absorb the minerals that you need and let your muscles stretch in order to avoid all the sedentary-related pains. To achieve a healthy state of mind, exercise is the key.

It’s easy to say, but  hard to do. Although in the last seven years I’ve practiced Yoga regularly, when it comes to cardio I automatically start begging for my life. That’s why some weeks ago, I did something I never thought I’d do: I joined the gym. So far, I’ve taken it very slowly, but I’m beginning to feel some change and I have to admit it, to feel better.

My trainer has faith, something I had never seen on anyone that saw how I struggle with the most basic workout routines, and gave me a few exercises that will make my Lilliputian muscles get stronger and in less than two months, look like Madonna’s.

So beware!

Or follow ExerciseTV’s tips on hot to get your arms in shape too…

It’s easy to see what a joy it was to discover yoga during my high school years. Oh, to take a nap at the end of a workout! What more can you ask for? Well, apparently, quite a bit: Soft music and soft spoken instructors, small classes with a variety of people, each progressing at their own individual pace. Yes, you still see people who feel a need to invest in expensive outfits and accessories, but many just go for comfortable rags.

Yet, I didn’t fully appreciate what Yoga had to offer until I got to India. For the first time in my life I practiced yoga not once a week for an hour, but 6 days a week for 3 hours each day. All of a sudden I saw it in a whole new light. If before yoga was just a relaxing workout, all of a sudden it became a way of life. It’s quite incredible to feel your body transform within a week and to manage things that seemed impossible up to that point.

It’s true that most people can’t find the time to practice for hours every day while juggling daily obligations, but taking even a few minutes to relax, breathe properly and pay some attention to your body can make a real difference.

As kids, we were all obsessed with Miss Jan: if she still lived with her parents, if she had a boyfriend, where was her accent from. And we never got all the answers: Miss Jan was like an angel and we were the blessed children who got to spend hours with her, listening to her funny stories about being stopped in the street and asked for autographs by people who could swear on their lives that they had seen the legendary Xuxa (before she was accused of satanic behavior).

The truth is, I discovered the myth behind Miss Jan when I saw her working out in the gym, 13 years after she was my teacher. She didn’t recognize me, but I could definitely recognize her: unlike Xuxa, she hadn’t aged a single day.

That’s why when I saw Zuzana Light, I couldn’t help but think of Miss Jan: always beautiful, happy and with a cute funny accent. And when she advises to exercise every day and cut your portions in half I understand the reason why Miss Jan kept herself fit for so long.

Take the latest iPhone, for example. One day you don’t even know it exists, and the next day you’re burning with desire for one of your own.

There’s a lot to say about consumerism and consumer culture as we know it, but at the end of the day, this yearning to have pretty-pretty things is what ultimately pushes humanity to create stuff like the Mona Lisa, The Marriage of Figaro and mini golf. Today’s society, flooded by temptations, commercials and subliminal advertising, is starting to develop a natural immune system; we know what we want, but do we need it?

Well, I don’t know about you, but I need sexy shoulders. Illumistream have opened a world of possibilities for me. I never understood how important shoulders are, or how much I missed all these years, treating my shoulders as if they were mere ligament connectors.

I couldn’t be more wrong. According to the easy-to-follow fitness doctrine of this video, sexy shoulders can be mine without the need to buy expensive gym equipment. Yes, that’s no lie, folks! Get your perfectly sculptured shoulders with some easy exercise! Boys will want you, girls will want to be you (or the other way around)!

For the time being, I’m just watching, trying some special power-resting before I kick into fitness mode for some shoulder buffing. But you go ahead now, I’m right behind you.

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