I was wondering if anyone could recommend any exercises that I could do at home as I can't afford to go to the gym and i'm sure a lot of you also can't afford gym prices with weddings to pay for so hopefully we can all give each other good tips.
I don't want to lose weight as my dress is being made to fit me, but I'd like to tone up my stomach and also my arms as my wedding dress is strapless.
Any ideas? Xxx

Hey vickie :)
H2b is really into fitness so he should have some weights I can use :) this is going to sound really stupid lol but what's a tricep dip??
I haven't had any children and no I don't have a muffin top. My stomach's quite flat but I want it to be toned. What would you advise?
Thanks so much for your reply :) xxx

Wicked, I have put a link on your wall what a tricep dip is utube video. Very good at targeting back of the arm.

Toning stomach should be pretty easy then but you will need to put the effort in and its not easy. If you want I can devise a plan for you (with pictures) in the next few days, H2B should be able to help you if you are unsure of a certain exercise.
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Rockabilly, I was considering a DVD. Which one do you use?

Vickie, thanks for the link. I'd love it if you could devise a plan for me, if that's not too much trouble? Thanks for your help :)

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Not a problem, if you could message me your email address and I will get it done in the next few days.

Rockabilly - Well done on the toning but you need to mix it up a little as your muscles will remember exercise so you stop feeling it and get less out of it in the end. xx

Hiya Vickie, I wonder if you would be able to help me, I am just getting my diet under control, i want to lose 4 stone in the next year, I have a cross trainer at home, but I live in a very small village a long way from anything. I have another problem medical this time lol none of my joints fit into each other properly which means I cannot do anything high impact like i can't do any running as my ankles click and i am out of action for the next hour until i can recover. I also have huuge thighs and arms and would love to get these under control too. Is there any advice/help you could give me?
:)
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I have a muffin top after two gorgeous kiddies cant seem to get much exercise except walking :o(

Joanna- I can PM you the exercises over, was going do it all in word for you with pics though.

Roberta- Have messaged you in detail.

Rockabilly- That is a good DVD if it has a variety of exercises. Nothing wrong with rambling, love going taking the dog for a walk up the mountains. Have invested in a pair of walking sticks but haven't had a chance to use them properly as I have had a chest infection.

Fern- Any activity you do is 'exercise' walking up a flight of stairs, doing the gardening, putting hoover over, carrying shopping. It still is working the muscles, so say if your carrying shopping, just do a few reps to really work the muscles. When your with kids, obv it depends on their ages but take them to the park, kick a football around, take the kids for walk, have a picnic, go blackberry picking. Just doing bursts of running with the kids is working the muscles, raising the heart rate. If you are walking, try power walking a little bit (if you have a pram), make a game out of it with kids, jog for a bit, then walk. Get the kids involved especially with this fab weather.

Bobsi- All I can say is more the merrier lol. I enjoy helping people, have always been active and love fresh air and helping people make small changes into their lifestyle.

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hey vicki whats the best excercise for baby belly i'm only a size 10 but really need to sort the belly x

Bex- Have you had a c-section? If you have a baby belly, you will need to do some cardio to fat burn. Its no good doing 200 crunches a day as you will have a nice toned stomach but the fat will hide it. Cardio is fat burning and crunches is toning so need to do both. Don't just do crunches as you will need to work the different parts of the stomach muscles, lower abs and obliques etc. Cut back on carbs, ie bread,pasta etc as these can make you feel bloated and sluggish but you need carbs for energy, main energy source. if you eat bread cut back to few slices a week. Make sure you are getting roughly 2 litres of water a day (if not drinking that much increase slowly). Water will help sustain hunger (if you think your are hungry, try having a glass of water, if it goes away, you weren't really hungry, if not eat). Water will also help you to burn fat more efficiently. Make sure you are having 3 meals a day, no skipping breakfast or lunch, because you are too busy. If you skip, when you next eat the body will store it , as it won't know when its getting next meal. Can send you over some stomach exercises?

Lows- Would love to climb kilimanjaro. Sounds awesome, trip of a lifetime.
Boot camp is fab but hard, it will be worth it. I set up a class at my old job and its got even better. Want to set up an outdoor one around here but haven't had chance yet. Pretty much everything I will suggest will be in the boot camp. Is it interval training based?

Forgot to say KETTLEBELLS, join your local kettlebell class, they are fab, will tone everywhere and give you a cardio workout at the same time.

One of the women I work with reccomend an exercise for the lower abs. You get on your hands and knees and lift your leg like a male dog on a lamppost.

I'm bookmarking this along with everyone else.
Vickie, any exercises for bingo wings/back fat and a wobbly tummy (caused by op from an ectopic) would be most appreciated :) x

Just want to say a huge thank you to vickie! I received your pm with my exercises on it and it's brilliant. I'll let you all know how I get on :)

Vickie, Thank you :) yeah whatever I've tried to do with my tummy there's always the ledge type bit caused byt the tissue :( Some strong holding in pants should smooth that down a bit lol x

I will do :) I'm going to start tomorrow :)

I like that Barbie- planking,- not heard it called that before lol. Not sure if sounds a bit rude or not. Yeh good exercise for abs.

Bobsi- Will PM you some exercies this afternoon.
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Ooo Vickie, im the same as Bobsi, will you pm me some ideas too? xx

Kayleigh just noticed your getting married in Bryngarw, we looked there its a fab place but was a little on the small side for us. xxx

Your welcome, let me know how you get on. xxx

Hi Mcquire- congrats on the jogging, takes a lot of effort. Did you do the whole 2 miles jogging or was it walk run? How did you warm up/cool down. What part of your legs are aching most? Have to remember first few times are a bit of a shock to the system and the muscles as they are not used to it. When are you planning to go again? Keep stretching after work out. I am also a sports and massage therapist and advise after a run to have a cold bath only for a couple of minutes. This will help reduce swelling, help muscles heal quicker and prevent DOMS. DOMS is delayed onset muscular soreness and can be from with 1 hr to 72hrs after exercise, its the achy feeling you get after exercise. Basically when you exercise the muscles produce a waste products called lactic acid, cold baths and stretching after exercise will help reduce the lactic acid therefore reducing DOMS in the the muscles.

I hope that makes sense, def rest, have another try tomorrow. Rest is all part of the training as muscles can become overworked and then you get tired,ill, drained etc.

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We went with the Coed Y Mwstwr in the end, as soon as I seen it I loved it. Loved the whole country house and large grounds. We were looking to have min of 70 people which I think is the max for Bryngarw. Have been for walks there since and it is lovely, esp oriental garden. xxx

Hi Vickie, thanks for sending them to me, going back on the slimming world plan as of tomoroow so I'll do those exercisess every other day with the plan :) ... Oh my mum said Coed - Y - Mwstwr is beautiful! We were going to look at it, but you know when you just know u have found ur venue, well me and Simon both felt like that after viewing ours so we just stuck with that then :)

This site is so amazing for helping plan things for my wedding. Don't know what I would have done with out it tbh xx

Vickie - I've been looking into tabata training as I think my body has become too used to my usual workouts and I can mix it up more with tabata. Do you know much about it? I'm wondering if I can use it as cardio to get my heart rate up and then do my toning exercises? My concern is that a 4 minute workout doesn't seem long enough.