While I was visiting my parents over the weekend, I decided to revisit my youth — one of the chores that I used to do in the yard growing up, that is also a great full body and abs workout. And that was… Splitting fire wood (the old fashioned way… with an axe instead of [...]

One woman recently wrote to me and said she would do anything to have a body like Miss Fitness Olympia, Monica Brant. The very next day, another woman e-mailed me and said, “I wanna look like Demi Moore, Sheryl Crow, Halle Berry or Jennifer Aniston, NOT Miss Olympia.” A 19 year old wrote to me [...]

Start out with 2 sets of 15-20 reps for each exercise. Over time this will become less challenging. Increase to 3 sets of 20 repetitions. The last phase will be 4 sets of 20 repetitions. Use a weight that you will be able to lift for 20 reps for each set, with the later repetitions [...]

Crunches Lay down on a mat on the floor, bending your knees slightly so your feet are flat on the floor. Curling your hands behind your head, slowly lift your shoulders off the mat, squeezing your abdominal muscles with each raise. Be sure not to pull your neck upwards; rather, make it a natural, smooth-flowing [...]