TopCat's TopFit

Hi! 1. Introduction: my new exercise program to lose belly fat fast It's been a while since I came up with a new "own" exercise program, but I can assure you that I have been exercising diligently every morning, mostly using Youtube but occasionally doing my own thing. I have consistently been losing belly fat, although I have probably also lost a little weight (I  hope not, I hope I have been replacing fat with muscle! :).  The following program is a mix of cardio, standing abs, Pilates and yoga. As always, I am using a towel , a mat, ankle and wrist weights and extra weights . For two of the exercises you will need a high step or a chair. 2. My music suggestions for my Lose Belly Fat Fast Program: Michael Jackson's You really turn me on Katy Perry's Roar! Shakira's Loca 3. The Exercise Program: 1. Cat/cow yoga pose  to loosen the back and strengthen the abs. Start on our hands and knees, inhale deeply, and curve your back downwards. ...

Hi! Yesterday morning I broke one of my own rules, which is to not do the same workout routine on consecutive days. I did this fabulous yoga workout from Boho Beautiful (love you guys!) on Tuesday and I almost managed to do it entirely. But not quite, I got stuck a bit on the plank. So to make things right I did it again and managed it in its entirety without pause. YOOHOO!!!! So that is worth a post I think. I have lost about 0,5kg up to 1 kg (hard to determine) of belly fat in about 8 months. I don't have a 6-pack yet, but I think if I keep going on I might get there. And this is how I did it: I get up every morning at 6 am, unless it is weekend or day off when I get up at 8 or even 8:30, and I do a 10 or in the weekend 15 minute workout. Often I use yoga because I have a painful back and  I feel it helps but it can also be a cardio workout, a full body workout, a core workout, Pilates workout or whatever I can find on Youtube.  If the Internet is down ag...

Hi! Since about half a year ago I started working out every day, early in the morning on working days (6 am) and a little later during weekends (8:30-9 am). For me it feels very good and I have seen an impressive result in losing persistent belly fat. I don't have that much of it, and I am not overweight, but until recently I always looked, like, 3 months pregnant. I have always had this, by the way, since I was a teenager, but it has not improved after having 2 children and even at the time that I was most well-trained (that would be when I was doing kickboxing 3 times a week) I would have this persistent little belly. Even when I was at my lowest weight, 47 kg (way too thin for my1.80 m) I still had it! But now I have lost most of it thanks to my daily workout routine. I am convinced that the reason for this: 1. The intensity of the 10 minutes exercise; 2. The variation in exercise. Another reason for my results, I thought, was exercising early in the morning. Because ins...

Hi! I am going to do some research on whether the time of day that you workout makes a difference. Since about half a year ago I do my workouts first thing in the morning and it has been very effective for me. Not only can I see a clear difference in my body, not just my abs and belly but also my arms are pretty muscular now (compared to before, at least :)) thanks to all the planks and pushups. But also that I am improving without (to me it seems) a great effort. I did this workout this morning: Fast & Furious Abs workout and the great thing is, I did it some weeks ago and thought it pretty challenging. I could not do the side plank crunch and had to do the modification on one knee. This time around it was an ok workout but I thought: "Was that all?" when it was over, was tempted to do some extra work but didn't have the time, and I had no problem at all with the side plank crunches. Now THAT makes me motivated to continue! Here are some more abs wor...

Hi! Yes, I have been to Mallorca over the weekend, so I didn't do much exercise and the hotel was excellent, so on coming back I felt the flab...... time to start exercising again. The last few days I have been doing mostly abdominal exercises because I feel that is where I need most exercise. I find that with the pain in my back I actually hate doing crunches. So I have been focusing on standing abs exercising, which are less effective but much better for the back, and you just do some extra to compensate. There are tons of routines on Youtube but many of them are no good. They stand for precious minutes yapping or the exercises are not intense enough or they go way too slow or, like Lumowell, the exercises are ok but the video is so boring you threaten to fall asleep. I will make my own standing abs exercise program in the future - which will be short and intense- but I need more time. So here are a couple of  routines that I really like and would recommend (none ha...

Hi! I have not been posting the last few weeks because I have been busy revamping all my old blog posts (more than 160 in total! Besides this blog I have https://sfiprofittc.blogspot.se/ and https://wordpress.com/view/topcat66blog.wordpress.com, have a look.) However I feel the need to write a fresh post and since I have been doing yoga 10 minutes every morning (alternating with pilates and standing ab workouts) and I love top-10 lists, here is my favorite 10 yoga exercises. The pictures are all from pixabay as I haven't gotten around to making my own yet. General tips: exercising should be strenous but not painful. Remember to breathe! How long you should hold a pose is up to you. I generally count 3-4 breaths. It feels more useful to hold a pose then to run through them at high speed.  tripleclicks.com Kinesiology Tape Sports Muscles Care Therapeutic Bandage —  €10.53   (Save 16%!) Kinesiology Tape Sports Muscles Care Therapeutic Ban...