Here it is, Step 3 for Staying in Shape or Losing Weight During the Holidays.  Seriously, if you apply these 3 steps, I promise you will be flying through the holiday's looking and feeling fabulous.

Let's recap:

Step 1:  Commit to how much damage you are going to make, and be moderate.

Step 2:  Manipulate Carb Intake & Eat CRAZY Clean Before The "Holiday Feast".

Now the last step is pretty simple, you just have to commit to it.

Step 3 Staying In Shape or Losing Weight During The Holidays:

Commit to 3 WORKOUTS per week.

I know what you are thinking.......  "I don't have time."  "I have guests staying in my home".  "I have too much to do".  "The kids are home from school".  "I'm too tired".  BLA BLA BLA.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE TIME!

Trust me, I know how you feel.  But if you commit now, you will make it happen.  You will make the time, and you will get it done.  It doesn't have to be 1-2 hours of workouts.  Even if you have 20-30 minutes, you can get a great workout in that amount of time.

Quick Tip For Getting Your Workout In:

Try to workout first thing in the morning.  Maybe wake up 30 minutes before you have to and get it done.  Do your workout from home, if you can, to save driving time.  As the day goes by, things come up and you will never get your workout it.  So try to commit to first thing in the morning workouts.  

Maybe its before the kids wake up or after you drop them at their play dates or activities, but get it done.

Workout Tips:

You will probably be short on time and want to get a quick fat burning workout.  So here are some tips to help you with that.

• Do Full Body Workouts.

• Do Compound Movements:  exercises that use more than one joint.  So squats, pushups, pull-ups, shoulder presses, lunges.  Stay away from bicep curls and tricep extensions during these weeks.

• Do 20 repetitions for each movement and perform them all in a circuit fashion with minimal rest in between.

• After the circuit is over, rest for 60 seconds and repeat 1-2 more times, whatever time allows you for.

• Use weight that is challenging enough that you can not get 21 reps because you reach momentary muscle failure at 20 reps.

• Use proper form, technique, time under tension, and control each movement.

• If time allows, follow your workout with 10-20 minutes of cardio intervals.  If you don't want to run outside or go to the gym, here are a few things you can use for intervals at home.  You can do these for 20-60 second intervals. 

1. Mountain Climbers
2. Burpees
3. Suicides
4. Lateral Shuffles
5. T-Drills
6. Shuttle Runs
7. High Knees
8. Box Jumps

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