Fit Tip

We all do it!  Sitting at your desk all day, shoulders hunched, head jutted forward, scowl on your face and there is a name for why you feel the way you do after only a short time at the office:  upper-crossed syndrome.  By creating this environment for your muscles, imbalances in the neck, chest, shoulders, and back are occurring.
Try at YTA just at your desk a couple of times throughout the day to work out that kink. 

• Stand with feet hip-width apart.  Keep abs tight and bend at the waist slightly.
• Lift arms in front and just to the sides of body at a 45 degree angle, keep thumbs up, and squeeze your shoulder blades together (Y)
• Move arms straight out to sides keeping thumbs up (T)
• Lower arms to sides of body with thumbs up, retracting and depressing shoulder blades (A)

Move at a slow pace and repeat for two sets of 10 reps.

Fit Tip

This week while lifting, when you reach failure point, put the weight down, rest for 10-20 seconds then pick up the exact weights and push out two or three more reps.  Rest-pause strategies will overload your muscle and potentially lead to more growth. Bring on swim suit season!

Fit Tip

Don't be stuck in a rut!  If you are like me, you often search and look and read and study trying to find the perfect solution to fitness questions only to waste so much quality time just muddling through a bunch of stuff.  Everyone has an opinion and a solution to our questions.

This week, try to use your own mind/body/self as motivation.  You know what you want and I'm certain you also know how to make it happen.  

Go get it!