Fresh Fitness Tips: Slim down this weekend with this workout

I'm really digging the moves from Self's "Slim down this weekend" workout in the November issue (p.154). Today I created a great workout by incorporating the Sunday tone up moves and a few moves of my own. And since the moves were fun, I was able to entertain my boys while I got in some toning time. Here's what I was up to:

I grabbed a 4lb. medicine ball for me and a bunch of soft Nerf balls for the boys and we played "Can you do this?". I started with some of the basic moves from the magazine (the belly bridge was the best), then I let them make up a few moves with the ball, and at the end I went back for the second set while they played catch.

1.  Twist or Lunge

2. Belly Bridge

3. Ball Serve

4. Squat Toss

Go to Slim Down This Weekend to see the slide show of these moves! And find other great workout videos in our online library.

These are my add-ons:

5. Squat Circle- Stand with feet slightly apart. Squat down with the ball in one hand. Then pass it from one hand to the other making a circle around your ankles five times.Stand back up and repeat for 2 sets of 12 reps changing direction of the circle after each set. 

6. Figure 8- Stand with feet shoulder width apart. Squat down with the ball. Then pass it from hand to hand in and out of your legs in a figure eight pattern five times. Stand back up and repeat for 2 sets of 12 reps changing direction of the figure eight pattern after each set.

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