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How to Get an Hourglass Figure | If you want to know the secret to a small waist with curvy hips and a bigger butt, this post is full of diet and nutrition tips, as well as 5 hour glass workout ideas to help you see results fast. While you probably won't achieve an hourglass figure in a week or even in a month, cleaning eating coupled with the right exercise moves is key! If you're up for the challenge, use the tips and ideas in this post to create a routine to get you to your goals!

How to Get an Hourglass Figure: 11 Tips and Workouts for a Sexy Body

5 Best At Home CrossFit Workouts for Beginners | Whether you're looking for no equipment workouts, or workouts with dumbbells, kettlebells, barbells, and a medicine ball, these fat-burning, full body WOD workouts have it all. We've included an EMOM, HIIT, and AMRAP workout, with options to help you squeeze in a quick upper body workout with abs when you're short on time. Perfect for men and for women, these CrossFit workouts at home will help you lose weight and build muscle!

5 Best At Home CrossFit Workouts for Beginners and Beyond

How to Increase Flexibility Fast | If you want to know how to become more flexible in your hamstrings, hips, triceps, shoulders, and/or back, we're sharing our best tips along with 7 of the best stretching exercises for flexibility. Perfect for beginners and beyond, adding these stretches for flexibility to your daily workout regime will give you better posture and balance, resulting in greater mobility, less pain, and fewer injuries!

How to Increase Flexibility Fast: 7 Best Stretching Exercises

7 Full Body Medicine Ball Workouts | Working out with a medicine ball is a great core workout for those who want a flat stomach, but it can also work other muscle groups, including your abs, arms, glutes, and legs. If you're looking for beginner medicine ball workouts for men and for women, you can stream these fat burning videos at home! They include a mix of strength training, cardio, and HIIT, helping you burn calories while also tightening and toning your muscles!

Strength Training at Home: 7 Full Body Medicine Ball Workouts

5 Core Strength Workouts You Can Do At Home | Perfect for women, for men, for beginners, and beyond, these core strengthening exercises will improve your balance, stability, and posture, tighten and tone your abs, and they are perfect for back pain! If you want flat abs, you can do these core exercises at the gym or at home with little to no equipment, and if you're looking to strengthen your core after baby, we've included a 10-minute workout you can start after pregnancy.

How to Strengthen Your Core: 5 At Home Core Strength Workouts

9 Recovery Day Workout Ideas | If you're looking for active recovery workouts for days you're dealing with muscle soreness from strength training or body fatigue from running and high intensity interval training workouts, we're sharing 9 exercises you can do at home - and at the gym - to help your body rest and repair. Active recovery days are an essential part of any training program - even CrossFit! It allows your body to repair itself, and also improves your energy, performance, and stamina.

How to Have an Active Rest Day: 9 Recovery Day Workout Ideas

5 Fat-Burning Low Impact Workouts for Beginners | If you're looking for workouts you can do at home that aren't high intensity, but will still allow you to break a sweat, burn calories, and burn fat, these full body low impact exercises are for you! Whether you're new to fitness, recovering from an injury, have bad knees, bad hips, or a bad back, or you're looking for workouts you can do after surgery, these are the best of the best!

No Excuses! 5 Fat-Burning Low Impact Workouts for Beginners

7 Shoulder and Back Workouts for Women | Whether you're training at home with no equipment, or lifting weights at the gym, working your shoulders and back helps increase range of motion, prevent injury, improve posture, and enhance strength and performance. And sculpted shoulders are sexy, too! If you're looking for shoulder workouts and/or back workouts for women to tighten, tone, and get rid of back fat, grab your dumbbells and give these a try! We've included no equipment options too!

Sexy and Sculpted: 7 Shoulder and Back Workouts for Women

10 Morning Workout Motivation Tips | If you're looking for a little inspiration to help you get up early and get in a good sweat sesh to kickstart your day, we're sharing our best morning motivation tips to help! Whether it's a gloomy Monday or a lazy Saturday, these morning motivation tips will help you create daily routines to increase your energy, boost your metabolism, feel happier, sleep better, and lose weight fast! If you want to know how to get up early and workout, these ideas work!

No Excuses! 10 Morning Workout Motivation Tips to Get You Out of Bed

10 Trampoline Workouts For Weight Loss | Whether you have a mini indoor trampoline in your basement or a big full size trampoline in your backyard, there are tons of ways you can use it to lose weight. Jumping is such a great form of exercise, and we're excited to share our favorite trampoline exercise tips and routine ideas for beginners and beyond! The benefits of having a trampoline aren't just for kids - the offer a great way for adults to squeeze HIIT and cardio in at home too!

Get Fit at Home: 10 Trampoline Workouts For Weight Loss

10 Inner Thigh Workouts To Do at Home | If you want to tighten, tone, and strengthen your inner thighs, these are the best workouts for you! We've included no equipment workouts, as well as exercises that use basic equipment like ankle weights, an exercise ball, and resistance bands. From quick and easy 3-minute workouts, to standing exercises, to barre workouts, to advanced 10-minute routines, you can mix and match these based on your ability and schedule!

Tighten and Tone: 10 Inner Thigh Workouts To Do at Home

Meditation for Beginners | Want to know how to meditate but don't know how to get started? We're sharing 9 tips and guided meditations to help! Mindfulness meditation is an excellent way to help you cope with stress and anxiety, helping you feel calm and more grounded, and allowing you to find inner peace and to sleep better. Meditation is quite easy once you get the hang of it, and we're sharing the different types of meditation along with our favorite meditation apps and guided meditations.

Meditation for Beginners: 9 Tips and Guided Meditations

15 Home Gym Ideas | If you're looking for DIY tips and hacks to help you transform a small space in your bedroom, basement, or garage into a home gym, we're sharing 15 budget friendly ideas to inspire you! These cheap home gym essentials and simple home gym organization ideas will help you tighten and tone your body while also getting in a cardio workout without leaving your house! From tips for transforming small spaces into a gym, to gym equipment swaps, these hacks are a dream come true!

Home Gym Ideas: 15 Tips for Creating a Home Gym on a Budget

6 Diastasis Recti Exercises for Women | If you're looking for workouts you can do to get rid of your mummy tummy, you're in luck! We're sharing everything you need to know for healing and recovery, including 8 exercises to avoid, and 6 core strengthening workouts you can do at home post-baby for the best results. Commit to the challenge and don't forget to take before and after photos to track your progress!

No More Mummy Tummy: 6 Diastasis Recti Exercises for Women

5 Powerful Plyometric Exercises for Beginners | Do you want to take your cardio to the next level? These fat burning plyometric workouts will help you boost your power, speed, and endurance while also burning calories. These exercises will also help you build muscle, which will boost your metabolism and help you lose weight. Great for runners who are looking for speed and strength training, these HIIT workouts require minimal equipment (a jump rope and box step at most!).

Strength and Speed: 5 Powerful Plyometric Exercises for Beginners

10 Full Body No Gym Workouts | Perfect for beginners as well as fitness gurus who are looking for at home workouts they can do when they can't make it to the gym, we've curated a full workout plan complete with videos you can stream anywhere to help you tighten and tone your arms, legs, core, abs, obliques, and glutes. If losing weight is your goal, strength training is key, and these workouts will help you target specific parts of your body while also getting in some cardio.

Get Fit at Home! 10 Full Body No Gym Workouts for Weight Loss

5 Fat Burning Jump Rope Workouts | Perfect for beginners and those who want new ways to get a little HIIT into their day when they're strapped for time, these jump rope videos for weight loss are the perfect cardio challenge! Find out the many benefits of using a jump rope routine for fat loss, what you can expect from a transformation perspective, and why it's a great workout for women. Make sure to take before and after photos to measure your progress!

Feel the Burn! 5 Fat Burning Jump Rope Workouts for All Levels

8 Full Body Pilates Workouts for Beginners | Whether you're in your 20s or over 50, pilates is a great way to strengthen your core and improve your posture, flexibility, balance, and coordination. If you want to lose weight and tighten and tone your body at home, we're sharing 8 fat burning videos you can stream from anywhere. With both mat classes and reformer workouts to choose from, we've included exercises specifically for your abs, as well as a video to help with back pain.

Tighten and Tone: 8 Full Body Pilates Workouts for Beginners

6 Workouts You Can Do Sitting Down | If you're looking for a sitting workout you can do at home or at work, we're sharing 6 chair exercises for abs and glutes, for legs, for thighs, for arms, and for a flat belly. Perfect for women and men who work at a computer all day, for injured athletes, for seniors, and for those with limited mobility, we're teaching you how to get in a good cardio and strength training workout while seated! #chairworkouts #chairexercises #seatedworkout

Chair Exercises: 6 Workouts You Can Do Sitting Down

27 Motivational Weight Loss Quotes to Inspire You | If you're trying to lose weight and need positive and encouraging words to remind you to keep going when you feel like giving up, this collection of truths is for you! Weight loss motivation can be difficult, especially when you hit a plateau or fall off track. Remember that every meal is an opportunity to start again, and bookmark these motivational quotes for weight loss! #weightloss #weightlossquotes #weightlossmotivation #motivationalquotes

27 Motivational Weight Loss Quotes to Inspire You

9 Ways to Boost Your Metabolism Naturally | If losing weight is on your mind, you probably want to know how to boost your metabolism fast so you can burn energy more efficiently. While genetics can play a role in whether we have a fast metabolism or a slow metabolism, there are certain things you can do to improve your resting metabolic rate. The foods you eat and drink, your workout preference, and other small lifestyle changes can help! #metabolism #boostmetabolism #weightloss

Weight Loss 101: 9 Ways to Boost Your Metabolism Naturally