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Never mind the adorable girl showing off the exercise, but pay close attention to the instructions, here. I find that it took me a while to focus doing this exercise. You have to be careful that you’re not just swinging your legs back and forth, that you’re really working muscle groups with this one!

I started this one doing 10 of them back to back in three different sets. Give it a shot! Great for the booty, too!

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Dumbbell Bicep Curl

Erika Nicole Kendall — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:05:23 +0000

I know the girl in the video is using maybe 4 times as much weight as I use right now – maybe when I “grow up,” I’ll be more into lifting heavy! – but a 5lb (or even a 3lb) weight will suffice for a beginner, and for someone who’s simply trying to make use of what they have on hand? A water bottle works equally well. Give it a shot!

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Plank Position Kickbacks

Erika Nicole Kendall — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:10:22 +0000

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Triceps: Dumbbell Kickbacks

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Yoga: Gate Opening

Erika Nicole Kendall — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:51:20 +0000

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Calf Raises

Erika Nicole Kendall — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:51:18 +0000

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Yoga: Firebird

Erika Nicole Kendall — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:28:01 +0000

An interesting thing about Yoga is that it forces you to focus on yourself – you cannot, in my opinion, successfully do the poses without fully focusing on yourself and what you are asking your body to do. Because of that, I’ve learned a new appreciation for myself… because that ability to spend time thinking about me has allowed me to see things I didn’t see originally before.

Having said that, here is another clip from Namaste Yoga, a sequence titled “Firebird.” Enjoy!

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The Importance of Building A Home Workout Routine

Erika Nicole Kendall — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:49:06 +0000

A big part of my ability to workout was stripping myself of excuses. I run a business. I don’t have time to get dressed, throw my hair back, go to the gym, and spend an hour. That’s like.. two hours worth of time I could be spending on my business! I’m a single parent.. I can’t find a sitter for when I want to hit the gym!

I kind of had to develop a split personality, and beat myself at my own game. It sounds like I need psychiatric help, but it’s true in a sense. I needed to identify my own excuses, and start shattering them along the way so that I could begin to see my healthier self. I had to acknowledge, personally, that I was afraid to venture out into the world of working out because I was afraid to face the struggle that comes with it. I won’t lie.. I was also afraid to disappoint myself those weeks when the scale doesn’t move. To avoid the disappointment, I simply wouldn’t bother.

How awful does that sound?

I know not every woman will be able to identify with that, but I know some will. And even if that doesn’t define you, it may define someone you know. It’s important for you to understand this kind of mentality – not saying that it will always apply, but the self-defeating attitude that so many of us carry when it comes to weight loss and overall personal health? The difficulty of incorporating a routine in our lives that we might’ve never saw growing up? We might not’ve ever saw our friends partake? I had ONE friend in all my four years of college that worked out. It felt silly… why it might’ve felt silly? That’s a topic for another post, if you ask me.

Having realized my self-defeating attitude, I had to start slaughtering my excuses as they came. Can’t go to the gym? Fine. I’ll do a p90x workout, or other work out at home. I don’t have to “get dressed.” I don’t have to “look-presentable-even-though-I’m-going-somewhere-to-go-get-sweaty.” I don’t have to waste time in the commute. I can get just as good of a workout in the comfort of my own home.

That’s the purpose behind this series. I’m hoping to post videos from the web that showcase awesome techniques for working out at home without a single machine, barbell, or bendy band thingy. I don’t have them, and I do pretty well. Besides, this is a recession and jobs are here today, gone tomorrow, unfortunately. We want to focus on the ability to be healthy without having to purchase something.

In short, the Home Workout Routine is the excuse killer. If you make it as easy as possible for you to jump into, there’s nothing stopping you from doing so! Enjoy the series!

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Double Leg Lifts

Erika Nicole Kendall — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:06:31 +0000

Another big thing for my figure is working on these thighs! One of the slight downfalls – among all the blessings – with a major weight loss is the need to tone to make sure that the skin comes back into place… and has a nice place to come home to, if you know what I mean!

So, for the legs and abs, I present the double leg lifts! I’m not very familiar with Pilates (although I do practice Yoga), but the moves are challenging and leave you feeling like you really accomplished something!

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Good Mornings

Erika Nicole Kendall — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:38:47 +0000

Long live the back and booty exercises!

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Steam Engines

Erika Nicole Kendall — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:07:58 +0000

Cardio AND ab work at the same time? Total win!

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The Superman

Erika Nicole Kendall — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:38:51 +0000

Hey, we’re all about booty exercises, right?

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Straight Leg Crunches

Erika Nicole Kendall — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:38:49 +0000

I’m always asked to spill my ab exercises – by one persistent visitor in particular *waving to Tracy* – so I figured, why not? This section of the site serves as a directory for me as much as it does for you. I’d like to go exercise shopping, too! LOL

Here are the straight leg crunches I do. I started off doing ten crunches… then 3 sets of ten… then I went up from there. Give ‘em a shot!

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Yoga: Riding The Wind

Erika Nicole Kendall — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:07:28 +0000

Check out the “Riding The Wind” sequence, and see if you can give it a shot!

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Triceps: Dumbbell Kickbacks

Erika Nicole Kendall — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:08:39 +0000

A simple exercise that can be done with any weight that can be gripped and held for an extended period of time, dumbbell kickbacks are an awesome way to add a little definition to your arms!

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Yoga: Head To Knee

Erika Nicole Kendall — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:30:06 +0000

Seeking to strengthen your legs, this episode of Namaste Yoga demonstrates the Head to Knee sequence. Enjoy!

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