fitness

By Mike Mauney

Winter’s Body
By combining two strong
workouts with dedication,
you can cut an hour’s
routine in half

It’s hard to believe that another year has passed since I last wrote about getting your body in great shape for the Prom, beach, pool and vacation. These are such wonderful thoughts to brighten up a gloomy, cold winter’s day. Of course, winter is a great season to maintain your current body shape without having to worry about how you look in a swimsuit or how you look wearing your more revealing summer wardrobe.

Winter is the time when you can wear more clothes to keep you nice and warm and to keep those few extra pounds you may have gained under cover. But it is now time to time to pay the piper his dues and once again return to taking your health and fitness training seriously.

Taking your fitness training seriously again also means taking time away from your current busy schedule to give more time to your fitness training. I know what you are thinking—how I can

BICEP CURLS EXERCISE COMBINED WITH
CARDIO TRAINING

; Begin walking at a brisk pace ( 3. 5 - 4. 5 MPH). ; Hold the dumbbell in your right hand with your palm facing up. ; In the starting position your arms should be extended 90 percent, down by your sides, leaving a slight bend in your arm to protect your elbow. ; Raise the dumbbell until the forearm and the upper muscle (bicep) meet and no further movement is possible. The dumbbell should come fairly close to your chin. ; Squeeze the bicep for a full two seconds then lower the dumbbell to the starting position and repeat with your left hand.

JULIE ABERNATHY, Mrs. North Carolina 2009 and top five Mrs. America Pageant 2010, demonstrates the correct technique for combining the Bicep Curl exercise with her Cardio Training.