HAPPY FUNDAY SUNDAY!!!!

Happy Funday Sunday friends!  Today my son Pry'nce and I shot our July "Fitness is Fun with your Kids!" video which I will post on Thursday.  Well, afterwards I thought I'd lift a little to get a quick Sunday burn going and the hubby took some photos...so enjoy!

I love working my chest on my HOIST machine...nothing better than using those cables and focusing on my form.  Oh and BREATHING too!  Look at that focus in my eyes...

One of my personal favorites is the SHOULDER PRESS!  Can you tell by the HUGE smile on my face???

And you can't forget the back!  I absolutely LOVE this exercise because who wants to have "bra fat?!"  So the Lat Pulldown targets ALL my favorite muscles...

FINALLY...ending with one of my favorite CORE exercises!  Single leg push-ups on the BOSU ball.

Hope you enjoyed going thru my little mini-workout with me today!!  I'll blog with you again on Thursday.  Enjoy your FUNday Sunday!!!

As Always...Stay Fit and Happy!

Famisha :-)

WEEKEND WARRIOR BOOTCAMP PICS...

Fitness is Fun!!  Great job to Corissa and Jenna today at Weekend Warrior Bootcamp!  They came out and made it happen this morning...it's so nice to be at 1000 CALORIES burned by 8am.  And doesn't Corissa look nice and RELAXED after it ended? ;-)

EVERYBODY talks about wanting RESULTS...but you have to actually GET UP, DEDICATE and COMMIT YOURSELF to it to MAKE IT HAPPEN!! I LOVE my Weekend Warrior Bootcamps!

Me and my AMAZING 60+ year old client Linda headed to the beautiful site of WEEKEND WARRIOR BOOTCAMP!

We GET.IT.DONE at Bootcamp!  HARD WORK IS WHAT IT TAKES!

STRETCHING IS KEY after a HARD workout!!

SUMMER FUN POOL WORKOUTS!!

Hi friends!!!  Happy, healthy day to you...I just had the best workout this morning and you know what?!  It was short and sweet, but INTENSE!  There is something about watching Serena Williams play at Wimbledon that gets me to push myself harder and harder during my workout.  Now if you read what I just said, it was a SHORT and SWEET workout!  My workouts average no less than 90 minutes on a regular basis, however with today being jam packed with fun events with my son, I only had 40 minutes to make it happen today...but I did it, NO EXCUSES!

Unfortunately, alot of people who live an unhealthy lifestyle or are overweight have just that EXCUSES.  Make today the first day of your life that you decide to STOP making excuses and do something that's going to benefit not only your MIND because of how proud of yourself you will feel for actually getting off the couch and away from the REALITY SHOWS and MOVE...but you will be on your way to a healthier, happier YOU for YOU.   Who is going to benefit from this you ask???  YOU, your KID(S), your SPOUSE, your SIGNIFICANT OTHER, your BOSS, and your overall SELF-ESTEEM.

Okay, so let me get into what today's topic actually is that a fabulous blog follower asked me to speak on which is FUN POOL WORKOUTS!  If you own a pool (which MOST people who live in hot AZ do or at least an outdoor jacuzzi...or have a friend with a pool), here are some fun exercises to do starting today.

Get into your pool and run as fast as you can from one end of the pool to the other.  Now if it goes very deep at one end, then just run across in the shallow end.  When I say run, I mean RUN...get those knees up and pump your arms...the resistance you will feel in your legs will tell you "wow, I'm really doing something!"  If you really want to make it fun, race your kid(s) from one end of the pool to the other.  Now don't get so competitive you make your kid(s) cry because you leave them in the dust...but make it fun because now you are helping prevent CHILDHOOD OBESITY by making your kid(s) get away from the video games and actually have fun exercising!!

One last fun one is grab the edge of your pool and lay on your stomach keeping your head up.  Kick your legs as hard as you can for 30 seconds...DO NOT STOP until you reach 30 seconds.  Your legs (hamstrings specifically) and glutes will thank you after you've done these exercises for at least 3 weeks and you start to notice your legs and glutes (butt) looking much tighter.  And to that I say...YOU'RE WELCOME!

So, next week my son Pry'nce and I will have our JULY "Fitness is Fun with your Kids!" video up on youtube.  In the meantime, if you haven't checked any of them out yet and are looking for fun ways to incorporate fitness into your kid(s) life....go to Youtube and search FAMISHA or FITNESS IS FUN WITH YOUR KIDS and you will see a ton of our videos to choose from...enjoy!

I hope you liked today's pool tips and please feel free to leave me comments or ask any questions you may have!  Also, if you enjoy my blogs...please join TODAY as a follower.  You may also follow me on twitter @FITDIVAFAMISHA for my latest updates on my Bootcamps, my website www.glistengirlsfitness.com for training specials and fitness clothing specials AND I'm now on Pintrest.  I know...it's getting crazy!  But if you want tons of Famisha'isms and want to make Fitness a LIFESTYLE check out all my different sites.  Thanks for your support and please make today a healthy, happy day!!

As Always...Stay Fit and Happy!
Famisha :-)

MAKE TODAY AN "ACTIVE" DAY!

Good morning friends!  Well, as always I just completed a great workout and am feeling full of ENERGY and ready to take on the day...100 degree+ weather and all!

I just want to take the time to tell all of you to take some time today to do something ACTIVE and positive for your health and fitness.  You don't have to spend HOURS in the gym today....even if it's for only 10 minutes, take the time to stretch your neck, calves, hamstrings.  Roll your shoulders back and forth while breathing a deep sigh of relief.  ANYTHING...walking for 10 minutes today, doing laundry (fun, huh?!), rolling a ball back and forth on the floor with your kid(s), swim a couple laps in your pool, dance to your favorite songs on your ipod, do ab crunches during the commercial of your favorite show (instead of fast forwarding on your dvr)....JUST MOVE!

I wish you all a very HAPPY, HEALTHY day and will see you back here next week to answer any BURNING fitness questions you FABULOUS Blog Followers may have.

Thanks for stopping by and for your continuous support!  Follow me on twitter @FITDIVAFAMISHA or check me out on Facebook for updates on my Bootcamps or for Fitness Tips of the day....and remember as I always say "FITNESS IS FUN!"

As Always...Stay Fit and Happy!
Famisha :-)

WAYS TO GET IN SHAPE THIS SUMMER!

Hi friends!  Just finished a KILLER weight training workout and am getting ready to head out into the day of our usual Summer Mommy/Son fun today...  Before I do so, I want to give some quick suggestions to my blog friends out there on how to STAY in shape this Summer.

Now if you live in a super HOT climate like Arizona, it's almost mandatory to be in shape because in order to stay cool you have to wear less clothing.  If you're wearing LESS clothing, you want to feel good about how you look in that clothing right?  So today I'll give a few Summer workout tips for you and hope you take one of them.  So here you go!

If you're a "morning person" and also like being in the outdoors then you must get up early so that you don't suffer from heat stroke in the middle of the day.  Especially in AZ where we are getting heat advisory warnings like EVERY DAY and it isn't even July yet!  So the first fun exercise I'm going to suggest is something that my husband and I have been enjoying on our Sunday mornings which is playing tennis.  Now you don't have to be the Williams sisters or whoever your FAVORITE tennis player is to get a good workout.  All you need are some good tennis rackets, tennis balls and a fun attitude...oh and a tennis court to go to too and go for it!  In an hour of playing tennis, you can BURN over 400 calories!  We bring our son and he rides his bike around while we play or he hits tennis balls as well against the "practice wall" with his own racket.  Great cardio and you use EVERY muscle!

Second way of getting a full body workout for FREE does involve waking up early again...sorry!  Hiking!  Look online for where most hiking trails are.  If you're a beginner, don't get too excited and go for the biggest mountain there is and decide to try hiking for the first time...look for where most beginners like to go and try it.  It's another great FULL BODY workout that gets you outside enjoying beautiful nature around you while working every muscle in your body.

Finally, once it cools down (which means drops to 90 degrees by 7pm if you live in AZ) in the evening, go for a long walk or head to an outdoor basketball court and shoot around with your kid(s) or friends.  It's fun and actually gets the blood flowing.  Don't like basketball (GASP!)???  Then grab a soccer ball and look for a grassy area to kick the ball around...next thing you know, you're running and smiling and burning some calories!

One last thing, if you are lucky enough to live in a beach city (oh Cali I miss you so!) then go for a walk along the beach and take in the waves crashing back and forth.   Go to the pier and walk up and down the pier while watching the surfers.  If you live close enough, ride your bike on the beach trail.  When we lived in the OC, this was something that I now realize I took for granted because I didn't realize at the time how lucky I was to be so close to the beach that I could ride my bike from my house on the trail to Huntington Beach...those were the days!  If you live in a beach city, then get on your bike or get those legs moving and walk!

Take the time today to do something for your health and fitness.  Just because it's HOT outside doesn't mean that you shouldn't be able to exercise and MAKE THE TIME.  No one knows more than me what it's like to be busy...but you still make the time for fitness.  You will be glad MENTALLY that you did and your family will be glad you did too!

Thanks as always for reading my blog and don't forget to follow me on twitter @FITDIVAFAMISHA if you want to stay on top of my upcoming bootcamps, more fitness tips, or overall "Famisha'isms" of the day.  Have a beautiful fitness filled week!!

As Always...Stay Fit and Happy!
Famisha :-)

WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 10 YEARS?

Good morning friends!  It's another beautiful (but HOT already) morning with my workout complete and then off for another busy day of Summer fun...

Today's blog is a quick one...I know, shocker isn't it?!  I just want to ask YOU, my blog friends...where do you see yourself in 10 years?  The reason I ask this question is, I hear people make excuses all the time about why they can't find 10 MINUTES to get in some form of exercise every day.  Well, I must admit, now that I fortunately run my own Personal Training/Bootcamp business, I don't really hear it anymore.  But when I worked at the gym, the "I just don't have any time...I'm sooo busy...I have kids...I work LONG hours...etc, etc" was always overheard from gym members and other trainers clients making excuses as to why they only worked out ONCE that week (which was at their training appt with that trainer).

Here's the deal...trust me, I know what it's like to have a BUSY life.  But if you have kids, where do you see yourself in 10 years?  Attending their high school graduation?  College graduation?  Wedding?  Traveling the world to celebrate a successful job of raising your kid(s)?  If any of those examples ring a bell, let me just say...you need to be HEALTHY so you can be around to accomplish those goals. 

If you don't have kid(s) but work a very high stressed job, do you see yourself possibly retiring in 10 years?  Or at least traveling to places you always wanted to travel to because you want to celebrate the hard work over the years with treating yourself to fabulous vacations?  If that's the case, you need to be HEALTHY to be able to do these things.

So I will leave you with this, GET UP and GET OUT today and MOVE!  Exercise doesn't have to be a chore!  My clients and bootcampers hear me say all the time, FITNESS IS FUN!  Remember, as long as you're moving, you are doing something good for your heart.  So go for a walk tonight...go for a walk around your building during lunch...take the stairs instead of the elevator...turn on the stereo and DANCE your heart out with your kid(s) today...who cares how you look if you're laughing, you're burning even MORE calories, but MOVE!

Thanks for taking the time to read today's blog.  I hope you take a moment today to truly think about where you see yourself in 10 years and know that whatever and wherever that may be...you need to be HEALTHY to do it. 

If you haven't had a chance to check out this month's June warm-ups that both myself and my son Pry'nce enjoy doing...go to Youtube and search for "Fitness is Fun with your kids!" or put my name Famisha in search and enjoy!  Feel free to join my blog TODAY as a follower as well and follow me on twitter @FITDIVAFAMISHA for details on upcoming bootcamps and fitness tips.

Have a HAPPY, HEALTHY week!

As Always...Stay Fit and Happy!
Famisha :-)

UGH! HEARING YOUR BONES CRACK!!!

Good morning friends!  Just finished a FABULOUS 90 minute workout and am feeling strong and ready to take on the day of fun with my son!  I love starting my calorie burn flowing strong for the rest of the day after doing hard cardio and weight resistance training...if it "ain't burning....you ain't earning!"  Okay, I know enough of my Famisha'isms which I have a lot of!  I'll just get to the point of today's blog fitness question which one of my AWESOME blog followers has asked which is "I always hear my knees crack when I do squats and my elbows crack when I do bicep curls...am I doing damage?"

Well, let me tell you...if I could count how many times I hear my knees crack when I demonstrate exercises all day to my clients or even in this morning's intense workout when I was doing my FAVORITE lunges with bicep curls that number would be very high!  Unfortunately, as we "mature" in life we start to feel those old days of being an athlete, dancer, cheerleader (which is also athletic), runner, etc...etc.. in various joints in our bodies whether it be in our knees or lower back, we feel it!

Now, if you don't feel pain except for the pain you feel in your head from the embarrassment of the LOUD crack a lacking of your knees, then NO WORRIES!  You're fine!  The best thing you can do for your joints are weight bearing exercises, ie:  lifting weights and yoga.  If you do feel a bit of a pull in your joints when you are doing squats, lunges, bicep curls, shoulder presses then I highly recommend taking a supplement.  The one that I take religiously is Glucosamine Chondroitin...I like the one that has 1500mg of Glucosamine and 1200mg of Chondroitin.  You definitely want to take 2 tablets a day and what Glucosamine Hydrochloride does is assist in the formation of tendons, ligaments, skin, bones, nails and muscles.  The Chondroitin is a building block of cartilage and helps lubricate your joints.

So have NO FEAR...continue to do those squats, lunges and bicep curls because you will continue to gain LEAN MUSCLE MASS while tightening and toning your body!  If you continuously hear that lovely cracking while doing it....then look for the Glucosamine Chondroitin supplement I recommended and your joints will thank you for it!

Now, let's get into today's video...today my son Pry'nce and I show you our favorite warm-ups for the month of June.  If you don't have access to cardio equipment in your home but want to warm-up before doing some weight resistance training, check out our favorite warm-up ideas.  If you enjoy watching it and want to see more, go to Youtube and search for "Fitness is Fun with your Kids!" or put in my name Famisha and the videos should pop up...enjoy!

Thanks for reading today's fitness blog!  If you enjoyed it, join TODAY as a follower and follow me on Twitter @FITDIVAFAMISHA for upcoming news on Bootcamps, etc.

As Always...Stay Fit and Happy!

Famisha :-)