Girls just wanna… get fit!

One drunken evening Toni and I decided it would be a good idea to get together once a week for a workout. We told Jill about it and she was in too. Four months later, Koren and B have joined us. We are so motivated we now meet twice a week and we can really see our fitness improving. Plus it’s a good excuse to catch up with my beautiful girlfriends and in between Toni’s altercation with the treadmill, Koren’s fear of the med ball, Jilli’s funny stories from the week just passed, B’s infectious laugh and my beetroot coloured, sweat soaked face, there’s always something to have a giggle at. For awhile I had done personal training sessions so I had quite a few ideas on different exercises we could do at home. But you don’t need a personal trainer and there’s no need for expensive fitness machines. All you need is a few light weights, some imagination and a little bit of room to move.What you’ll need:

A place to work out
3 kg hand weights
5 kg hand weights
Fitness Ball
3 kg Medicine Ball
Skipping Rope
Some tunes
Lovely gal friends to keep you motivated

Exercises you can do:

Cardio
Skipping
Sprints
Suicide drills

Arms
Push ups
Push ups using the medicine ball
Push ups using the fitness ball
Chest press on the fitness ball
Medicine Ball throws
Bicep curls
Dips
Skull crushers
Tricep curls
Shoulder press
Flies
Flies using the fitness ball
Kneeling Row

Legs and Bum
Hamstring curls using the fitness ball
Lunges
Lunges with medicine ball twist
Wall holds
Squats
Squat jumps
Squats with medicine ball
Squats with fitness ball
Burpies
Bridge
Bridge with leg raise

Abs
Crunches
Crunches on the fitness ball
Side crunches on the fitness ball
Bicycles
Russian twists
Reverse Crunches
Reverse sit ups
Plank
Plank using the medicine ball
Side plank

If I’m doing the same boring workout every week I get over it pretty quickly. The great thing about these exercises is you can keep it interesting - mix and match them, change the number of reps, change the order you do them in. I’ll post some of our weekly workouts so you can see how versatile these exercises can be.

Also – be aware I’m no doctor, personal trainer or any kind of fitness guru so if you decide to do these exercises – you know the jazz – make sure you talk to your trusty doctor, do the exercises properly and stretch!

Love Alana xx