Are you bikini season ready ?
AmandaJuneFit
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Hey all ! So i started out here back in February at 217. I am now down to 192.5 and am so proud of myself. However, i am NOT ready for bikini season. I would like to get down to about 160 by the end of June as i am going to the waterpark capital of the world. I am working on loosing the extra pounds and tonight up my body !!! I hope all of you would like to join me on getting bikini season ready by shaping our glutes, and toning our tummy, thighs, and arms!!! Ill start by posting my favourite tummy exercises and i hope all of you can post your exercises that you enjoy as well !!
ABS ON FIRE:
-12 russian twists
-12 bicycle crunches
-12 plank jacks
-12 regular crunch
-12 leg raises
-12 bosu ball crunches
Repeat 3-4 times
I usually do this at the end of my workout! So if i am doing arms that day, i will start out with my entire arm workout. Then do my abs, then hit some kind of cardio. Either a 20 minute jog , bicycle, cybex, or elliptical !!! Please comment with your favourite workouts!!!
ABS ON FIRE:
-12 russian twists
-12 bicycle crunches
-12 plank jacks
-12 regular crunch
-12 leg raises
-12 bosu ball crunches
Repeat 3-4 times
I usually do this at the end of my workout! So if i am doing arms that day, i will start out with my entire arm workout. Then do my abs, then hit some kind of cardio. Either a 20 minute jog , bicycle, cybex, or elliptical !!! Please comment with your favourite workouts!!!
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Am I ready? Hell no.
Just started with a personal trainer. Cut out wine, well, mostly...and eating well. We shall see what happens!?!?!0 -
flippy1234 wrote: »Am I ready? Hell no.
Just started with a personal trainer. Cut out wine, well, mostly...and eating well. We shall see what happens!?!?!
Absolutely ! Im not bikini ready yet either so we can all work together and post our progress along the way !0 -
I'm getting there. Not going to be wearing a bikini mind.
I hate doing direct ab work, so I don't do any, except when my boxing coach makes me do situps/leg raises. But I'll have visible abs by june if all goes to plan.
I enjoy deadlifts, squats and bench press, and accessories that go with them, running and boxing for cardio.0 -
Eh, I stopped being interested in bikinis long ago. I'm a swimmer and a one piece is better suited for swimming IMO. Glad I've never been a sun worshipper given the way other family members are dealing with skin cancers.
But if that's what motivates y'all, go for it!0 -
I'm getting there. Not going to be wearing a bikini mind.
I hate doing direct ab work, so I don't do any, except when my boxing coach makes me do situps/leg raises. But I'll have visible abs by june if all goes to plan.
I enjoy deadlifts, squats and bench press, and accessories that go with them, running and boxing for cardio.
Ditto, and they really don't do what people hope they're doing.
I mainly do 40 min of some sort of cardio 4 days a week, and different full body exercises on 3 of those.0 -
I don't have a bikini, so I guess I'm not ready.
When I buy a bikini, I will have a bikini body!
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uh no. That's why I'm here.
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Yup...just picked up my thong banana hammock...epic summer ahead! Watch out ladies....0
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cwolfman13 wrote: »Yup...just picked up my thong banana hammock...epic summer ahead! Watch out ladies....
Lol kinda scared0 -
Don't want to rain on anyone's parade here but 30lbs in two and a half months is probably a no............
I'm not bikini body ready because so far I just have a one piece. Haven't found a bikini I like yet. When I have the bikini I will put it on my body, et voila, bikini body!1 -
I'm getting there. Not going to be wearing a bikini mind.
I hate doing direct ab work, so I don't do any, except when my boxing coach makes me do situps/leg raises. But I'll have visible abs by june if all goes to plan.
I enjoy deadlifts, squats and bench press, and accessories that go with them, running and boxing for cardio.
Ditto, and they really don't do what people hope they're doing.
I mainly do 40 min of some sort of cardio 4 days a week, and different full body exercises on 3 of those.
yup0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »Don't want to rain on anyone's parade here but 30lbs in two and a half months is probably a no............
Agreed. That's close to 3 pounds a week.
I've never even tried on a bikini.0 -
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No. But I am also not fat, just need a lot of plastic surgery.0
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TheBeachgod wrote: »
Perfect!! Not sure I'll ever have what general society deems a "bikini body" but that's not going to stop me from enjoying fun in the sun and water at the beach with my family!
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If you ask me, then no, I'm not because I could weigh 80lbs and still feel fat in a bikini. Hubby gives the thumbs up, though, so I guess weekends at the pool are still on.0
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Staying at a hotel next week and I'll be wearing a two piece suit. When I first transitioned into maintenance it was a big deal to wear a swimsuit at all but now a few years into it, swimsuits aren't not even a thing I think about (I just need to find the darn thing before we leave lol). I don't really exercise either but I'm happy with how I look, and my husband didn't like it when I had pronounced ab/back definition back when I did strength training, so it's all good
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ReaderGirl3 wrote: »Staying at a hotel next week and I'll be wearing a two piece suit. When I first transitioned into maintenance it was a big deal to wear a swimsuit at all but now a few years into it, swimsuits aren't not even a thing I think about (I just need to find the darn thing before we leave lol). I don't really exercise either but I'm happy with how I look, and my husband didn't like it when I had pronounced ab/back definition back when I did strength training, so it's all good
I will admit that I hate wearing bathing suits, period. I go swimming maybe once every other year and I always start crying while trying on suits. That's with a pretty conservative Lands' End type of suit. Trying on a bikini might do me in.0 -
ReaderGirl3 wrote: »Staying at a hotel next week and I'll be wearing a two piece suit. When I first transitioned into maintenance it was a big deal to wear a swimsuit at all but now a few years into it, swimsuits aren't not even a thing I think about (I just need to find the darn thing before we leave lol). I don't really exercise either but I'm happy with how I look, and my husband didn't like it when I had pronounced ab/back definition back when I did strength training, so it's all good
I will admit that I hate wearing bathing suits, period. I go swimming maybe once every other year and I always start crying while trying on suits. That's with a pretty conservative Lands' End type of suit. Trying on a bikini might do me in.
I have a halter style top (Old Navy), that I wear with a skirted bottom (Target). Before I lost the weight I wore t-shirts and shorts, so when I hit my first goal weight I made myself get a swimsuit. And then I wore it under a cover up the entire summer
It was hard to get over that hurdle mentally, but I'm now to the point in my life where I'm finally comfortable in my 37 year old/mom of 3 kids/lost a lot of weight skin 0 -
TheBeachgod wrote: »
That's funny!0 -
ReaderGirl3 wrote: »ReaderGirl3 wrote: »Staying at a hotel next week and I'll be wearing a two piece suit. When I first transitioned into maintenance it was a big deal to wear a swimsuit at all but now a few years into it, swimsuits aren't not even a thing I think about (I just need to find the darn thing before we leave lol). I don't really exercise either but I'm happy with how I look, and my husband didn't like it when I had pronounced ab/back definition back when I did strength training, so it's all good
I will admit that I hate wearing bathing suits, period. I go swimming maybe once every other year and I always start crying while trying on suits. That's with a pretty conservative Lands' End type of suit. Trying on a bikini might do me in.
I have a halter style top (Old Navy), that I wear with a skirted bottom (Target). Before I lost the weight I wore t-shirts and shorts, so when I hit my first goal weight I made myself get a swimsuit. And then I wore it under a cover up the entire summer It was hard to get over that hurdle mentally, but I'm now to the point in my life where I'm finally comfortable in my 37 year old/mom of 3 kids/lost a lot of weight skin
Two falls ago was the first I'd tried on suits since I lost my big chunk of weight. I thought I'd do a lot better but I still had fitting room tears. There's definitely a mental hurdle still. I still have abdominal fat/skin issues, which I hope that losing a bit more weight will help with, so maybe there's hope for me yet?
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After 2 skin cancers, and at my age (59), here is my bathing suit. Add a sunhat and I am ready to go.
Note: I also do not have a figure like this!0 -
Currently need to buy one that fits better.
I think this year I might go for a higher waist cut on the bottoms. Just wanting it to be high enough to cover my lower abdomen (which the look of has been bothering me recently).0 -
geneticsteacher wrote: »After 2 skin cancers, and at my age (59), here is my bathing suit. Add a sunhat and I am ready to go.
Note: I also do not have a figure like this!
Heh, I thought you were saying this was you, at first, and was amazed that you were 59.
Anyway, I'm more of a one-piece person, and really fair-skinned/prone to burning/used to northern climates so I also cover up when not in the water.0 -
TheBeachgod wrote: »
Yes, I am.0 -
I'm more focused on getting ready for a big week long cycling event in July... hopefully the training for which will also help me feel a little more confident in my bikinis I bought from Vicky's during the annual sale... I'll wear em either way though.0
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Hah, not even close! But I burn so badly anyway, so going out in public in anything less than a full body suit and a wide brimmed hat usually ends fairly poorly for me.0
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Unfortunately for the folks around me, ready or not, I will be at the pool & beach
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I avoid direct ab work because I have an umbilical hernia that didn't get fixed properly. But I have definition in my stomach area.
I do:
Run 10k-15k per week interval or tempo
Cycle 60-100k pw
Swim...some
Squat
Hip thrust and glute bridge
Walking lunges
Deadlift
Chest fly
Anything I can think of that fits 45 minutes!
Glute activation and yoga
Walking.
To be honest though, it's mostly the calorie counting, I've kept myself under 20% body fat for a while.0
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