Women's Fitness

KIT YOU’LL NEED:

• Resistan ce band •Kettlebell • Barbell

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CLOTHING:Reebok bra £25 reebok.co.uk ;

Vict oria’s Secret leggings  £24

victoriassecret.com; Reebok CFRegionals

Speed TR 1.0 £75reebok.co.uk.

KIT: Mat and dumbbells physicalcompany.co.uk ;

kettlebell: gorillasports.eu

BICYCLE CRUNCH

Areas trained:STOMACH SIDES

PUSH PRESS

Areas trained:SHOULDERS TRICEPS

Technique

➤Start lying on

your back with

hands byyour

temples then

crunch your

shoulders off

the floor while

hovering

your feet.

➤Twist your

body to bring

your right

elbow across

your body as

your leftknee

comes in

to meet it.

➤Twist in the

opposit e

direction

bringing your

leftelbow and

right knee to

meet as you

extend the

leftleg.

➤Keep the

movement

fluid as you

rotate from

side to side.

Technique

➤Hold dumbbells

at your shoulders

and bend

your knees to

squat slightly.

➤Extend your body

while using the

momentum to

push the weights

towards the

ceiling.

➤Slowly lower

and repeat.

HOT TIP

Keep the

movement fluid

from rep to rep

without pauses

HOT TIP

Keep your shoulders

as highup off the

floor as possible and

extend ed leg as low

as possible without

touching the floor

‘In the study the

sessions were only

25 minutes long

but required

intense workouts

during which the

participants

achieved a 77-88

per cent max

heart rate’

WORDS: AMANDA

KHOUV PICTURES: HENRY CARTER MODEL: KATE IMOGEN WMODEL.CO.UK