Swimsuit Guide Series: Let's Get Physical!

With less than a month until Summer officially starts, I'm sure that squats, treadmills, sports bras, weights, crunches, and more are all on your mind. I know they're on my mind especially with my goal to minimize my love handles. Today on this week's Swimsuit Guide Series, we're going to talk about short and effective toning techniques that'll help you become bathing suit ready in a few weeks.

I'm a huge fan of Tone It Up, an international community of women, of all ages, inspiring and supporting one another to live the life of their dreams; happy, healthy and out of this world! There are free downloadable workouts, delicious fat melting recipes, and you can get ready to tone it up with inspirational and fun trainers, Karena and Katrina! TIU has a youtube channel with hundreds of fabulous exercise videos that most are to be completed 3 times. Right now TIU is running a free 8 Weeks Bikini Series filled with weekly exercise schedules, recipes, and weekly giveaways. Join! You won't be sorry.

Here are my favorite videos that sure will make you feel sore the next day, whittle down your waist, and tone your entire body.

Music is very suggestive and the right upbeat song can push you to run another mile while a tired old playlist shuffle can be boring and unmotivating. Update your playlist with these songs that I personally workout to. Hopefully they'll keep you pumped up and fantasizing about beaches and tropical getaways.



Now let's move on to what to where when working out. Not only do you need to where active wear clothing for support and wicking away moisture but also to feel good about yourself by looking fabulous.

3 different workout outfits by vintagedanielle featuring a pure lime sports bra

With less than 30 days until Summer, let's do this! We can help get our body and self esteem into tip top shape with effective toning techniques, cute activewear, and upbeat motivating tunes.

P.S. Tomorrow's post is featuring fun trends and patterns, cute accessories, and fab sandals for swimswuit season!

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Work it out

As part of turning over a new leaf, I've been trying to exercise almost everyday. I use the Zumba Fit Wii game which means I never have to leave the comfort of my apartment to burn off calories. However, I've noticed that my friends are not as lucky. I remember when I use to go the gym, I would spend a lot of time trying to find something to wear that was supportive, comfortable, and cute and then spend more time fixing my hair so it wouldn't stick to my face with all the sweat (not cute). The pieces I found are comfortable, supportive for us busty gals (bouncing is not fun), cute, form fitting in all the right places, and can fit the short and tall gals.

1. Target C9 by Champion racer back cotton bra 2. Old Navy Active sports bra 3. Old Navy Padded sports bra

1 + 2. Lulu Mon Athletica Cool racerback 3. Gapfit half-zip jacket 4. Gapfit Motion seamless top

1. Old Navy Active compression pants 2. Zappos CW-X 3/4 insulator stabilyx tights in rose pink detail 3. Lucy Cut for me leggings (great for the short and tall) 4. Gapfit gFlex colorblock waist pants

Here are some simple and effective hairstyles to wear when burning up a sweat!

1. Braids 2. Cornrow and ponytail 3. Messy bun with hairband 4. High ponytail