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Quality Time Together
Many couples already spend considerable time apart because of career demands and other responsibilities, but the need for quality time together often increased dramatically when preparing for a wedding. What was once free time is now spent picking out invitations and meeting with vendors, so they are looking for ways to stay connected. Having a scheduled workout appointment with a personal trainer is a way to guarantee that they’ll have at least a bit of bonding time every week.

Bedtime Benefits
Exercise is known for causing the brain to produce chemicals that reduce stress, evoke feelings of happiness and increase libido. Studies show that couples who exercise regularly report better, and more frequent, sex with their partners. This is a huge motivator!

Through Sickness & Health
Couples recognize that working out together is an effective way to demonstrate a commitment to their wedding vows before they even take them. By taking care of their bodies, they show that they care about being their best for each other and that they’ll do what it takes to stay healthy and strong.

Accountability
When schedules start getting crazy before the big day, workouts are often among the first things to be let go in a quest for more time. Working out solo becomes increasingly more difficult because it’s much easier to break an appointment when no one is counting on you to be there. By working out together, and paying a trainer to be there with you, couple have a heightened level of accountability to each other – and to the trainer. This ensures that all of those extra cake-tasting calories don’t go straight to the hips (or tummy) before the wedding.

The Dress
This may be the #1 motivator for women to work out in the months leading up to their weddings, and oftentimes the men in their lives agree to join them in an effort to be (or at least appear…) supportive. Every bride wants to feel beautiful on her special day, and this often involves making it through a series of dress fittings with the hopes that bare shoulders and toned arms win out in the end.

by Amber O’Neal

Start each day early, meditate and center yourself through prayer. Reduce stress by planning ahead and taking time. Identify your goals, and focus on them.

Don’t be persuaded by others.
Follow through .

Training:

Plan each workout.
Work each body part for total body symmetry.
Select 1-2 body parts per day: Chest, Biceps, Quads, Hams, Glutes, Shoulders, Triceps, Adductor, Abduction, Mat Work, Abdominals, Stretching, Pilates.
Go for the burn, some sets use heavy weight, then burn it out with high reps.
Mix in Cardio or out door drills to spice thing up.
Grave diggers, sprints, steps, jump rope, lateral movements, Leap frogs, jumping jacks, Plyometrics, treadmill, stepper, or bike. Maintain your target heart rate.
Maintain, proper form and a moderate pace.

Do not over train, Rest, Recovery, and Nutrition are essential for maximum results.

Nutrition:

Keep it simple, eat carbs when you exert.
Never say never, think moderation.
Keep it lean: Grill, bake, broil… Chicken Turkey, Fish.
Think fruits instead of sweets.
Vegetables and salads are free! Go crazy!
Essential fatty acids (EFA) are essential, don’t eliminate, incorporate.