TopCat's TopFit

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! 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 been promising chair exercises for a long time now but the problem was catching some innocent family member and having him take pics. (This is more troublesome then it sounds, as they never have time). So here finally is my day's program with chair exercises. It looked rather light in the beginning compared to most of my other daily programs but you still work up a good sweat. This is NOT for the office! Equipment: as usual:  extra weights ,  ankle and wrist weights,   yoga mat ,  towel, and of course a (sturdy) chair. In the pics I don't actually use the yoga mat and towel, but you can use it for instance when doing the push-ups and the side crunches if it gives you a more stable underground.  1. Hinge and cross. Sit in the chair and lean back. Put your hands behind your ears. Tighten the abdomen and squeeze the inner thighs together. Now lean over so that your right shoulder touches the left knee. Come back up and alternate. 30-50 rep...

Hi! There are many towel exercises out there, but I tried to find the most challenging ones, as I generally try to use compound exercises; those that target multi-muscle groups and have you panting within 30 seconds (well maybe not you as you may be much more well-trained than I am, but at least me). The idea with the towel is kind of the same as with a non-stretchable yoga band : it is you who is putting up the resistance. Alternative are some gliding exercises, but there again it is you who is causing the resistance. I found this program to be relatively light but still ok. It also depends very much on how much effort you put into it: if you really resist yourself it can become quite interesting. Think of adding in arm exercises together with the  legs or the opposite.  tripleclicks.com Skin Body Cream remove stretch marks treatment Postpartum repair whitening pregnancy scar removal —  $12.50   (Save 64%!) Skin Body Cream remove stretch...

Hi! Those of you who really are on the ball will have noticed that I actually hopped over the sunday. You know, blah, blah, family visit, we did the power walk and I did the cleaning which in itself is a workout. But ok. Here is finally the last workout for the first week. I am sad to say that I had a little problem getting up motivation and therefore did not think or anything, just put on my training clothes and got going. And you know what? Once you get active you just get going, and my motivation just went up with every minute. There may be a little repeat here, since it is hard to come up with better exercises not using any equipment except weights.  tripleclicks.com Scale Omron Body Fat Loss Monitor (Black) —  €38.88   (Save 3%!) For equipment, see my earlier posts: just ankle and wrist weights, extra weights, and a yoga mat. Ball exercises coming up sometime soon! A little motivational help from music here I have to admit: Dan Hartman...