Yikes Instantly Ten Pounds Heavier

When I was told that the camera added ten pounds to your appearance, I totally freaked out.  I had worked very hard to get in shape and now I had to step up my game. Overnight I was going from being a professional trainer, video star to a Celebrity Hostess gracing the screens of millions of televisions every day.  Needless to say I was totally nervous and I had to develop the right combination of moves and food.

I had to refine my diet and find the foods that enticed my body to become a fat burning machine, but have the creativity to bust a move in the studio and the energy to tear it up in the gym. I had to figure out how to Burn The Fat!

You Don’t Need A Big Thigh and Big Butt Making Male Trainer

I had to go back to the drawing board of basic principles of female training (not the bulky male body builder training you find in most gyms).

I could not afford to be mislead by men who had no practical hands on studio experience in working with women who want to sculpt a dancer’s body.  I wanted my physique to be balanced and have great curves.  I needed to sculpt long lean lines and burn fat while keeping my strength.

Inexperienced multi-trained expertise is running rampant in the fitness industry creating bulky frustrated women everywhere.

It’s not their fault.  They can only teach what they have been taught by a male dominated industry that has been developed by sports fanatics.  Don’t get me wrong, I am a sports fanatic too, but I have no desire to have the thighs of a male sprinter, or the biceps of football player.

Victoria’s Training Secrets

My training methods taught on my DVD’S and books are continuously taking the world by storm. Women who have been exercising with them are so enthusiastic about the music, the moves, the instruction and the fantastic results they get.

I have one lady who bought my first Power Shaping Workout Video years ago that broke because she played it so much.  That master is now retired in my archive vault at a secret location that is moisture and fire proof. She e-mailed me and wanted me to resurrect it (representing thousands of dollars in expenses) to make her one copy becuase she wore her's out.  I was flattered. 

Let’s Get It Started

Here are Victoria’s insider secrets for burning that fat off your butt and to give you a sweat beach body and buns of steel!  Make sure you have a medical clearance from your healthy non-smoking doctor before you do incline treadmill training.  It is intense and that is why you get great results.

Power Cardio – Double Benefit - Burn the Fat and Tighten the Butt

One of the greatest secrets for burning the fat without heavy impact and joint jarring jumping is fat burning incline tread milling.

This type of exercise for cardio is very effective because when you are in a pinch and need to burn fat fast, you should make your body work against gravity. The force of gravity during cardio exercise stimulates greater bone growth and thus greater bone and muscle tightening (resulting in an increased metabolic rate and, hence, fat burning).

Not only are you burning that ugly stored body fat at a fast rate, you are target toning the back of your thighs and butt which is what you want.

You can see why using a treadmill set on a high incline is perfect if you are fit enough to do it.  Some other benefits of a fat burning treadmill workout are that you can walk anytime of the year. You do not have to worry about the rain, snow, heat, or cold. 

You can get your favorite magazine, tap into your favorite tunes on your iPod or CD player.  You can catch up on business reading or even catch up on TV shows depending on where your walk.  I was treading the other day at the gym and this guy next to me was watching a movie on his new iPod.

I personally like to mix and match my motivation when I treadmill.  When I first start, I listen to my favorite motivational speakers for a while and then I will crank up my favorite tunes to keep me going until I reach my goal for the day. 

You want to work at a pace that makes you sweat while you can still carry on a conversation.  Most treadmills have hand sensors for heart rate readings.  Your heart rate should be somewhere between 120-140 BPM to stay in burn the fat mode.

Power Treadmill Program

Always warm up and stretch before you walk and please stretch after you cool down.  Begin with a level that is easy to warm up and get psyched up to train at.

Warm up two to five minutes and then gradually begin taking the incline up to where you feel your legs and but working but not exhausted.  You have to find a pace that you can work at for the designated amount of fat burning time.

Beginning unfit: Four times per week for 30 minutes – no incline until you are fit enough to take it up to level 5 -6 on incline
Intermediate: 5 times per week for 30-45 minutes incline 6-8
Advanced and tough:  6 days per week for 45-60 minutes at incline 6-10.

Begin at a level you can work your way up. It could take days or weeks depending on your commitment and fitness level. Keep a calendar of your days, times and levels and track it for eight weeks. Also keep track of your energy levels as well.  You will find your perfect formula by experimenting with various levels, and speed.  And of course, the mirror is your best gauge. Look often!

Vertical Training - Sculpts, Shapes and Tightens

As women, we do not train for maximal size - or as women in my emails write, "I don't want "bulking" muscles." Ladies, I can tell you that this will happen if you are doing - conventional "men's" exercise with heavy weight, and low rep training for a long period without eating a perfectly balanced diet.  Don't let your personl trainer trick you into this method of training. Now you know better!

For a sure-fire way of reducing the fat on your hips thighs and buttocks to get the long lean shape you want here are my three favorite Vertical Training Power Shaping Exercises.

NOTE:
Always warm up and stretch before you sculpt and after you sculpt stretch all of your tight spots and drink lots of water: 2-4 quarts per day, every day.  Even on vacation.

1.  The Half Bridge 
Sculpts: Hips, Thighs and Buns         

Lie on your back, face up with knees bent and feet flat on the floor.

Slowly lift hips off the floor as straighten and extend your right leg, flex your foot and bring the leg parallel with the bent leg.

Contract at the top and hold for one count and then bend the knee and return to the starting position.  Do this for the move your left leg out to your left side at 90 degrees.

Do the same move on the right leg.

Repeat for a total of 15 reps per side.

Beginning and unfit: One set of 15 per leg 3X per week
Intermediate: 2 Sets of 15 Repetitions per leg - 3X week
Advanced and Tough 3 Sets of 20 Repetitions per leg – 5 X week

The same times per week apply to each exercise.

2. Lateral Leg Shaper
Sculpts: Outer Thighs, Hips

Holding onto a chair or a post at the gym. 

Hold on with one hand and the by your side, slowly extend right leg to the side as you squeeze your hip muscle for the count of four.  Stop at the natural distance, which is about twelve inches away from where you started.

Return back to neutral and repeat for a total of 20 repetitions

Then switch sides.

Beginning and unfit: One set of 20 per leg
Intermediate: 2 Sets of 20 Repetitions per leg
Advanced and Tough: 3 Sets of 20 Repetitions per leg

3.  Rear Leg Lift
Sculpts Round Buns and Sexy Hamstrings         

Start on your hands and knees on all fours, weight evenly balanced between your hands and knees. Keep your abdominals tight and your head in a neutral position. 

Extend your right leg diagonally behind you, bringing your heel toward the ceiling and hold for two counts and return back to the floor.

Switch Legs

Beginning and unfit: One set of 15 per leg
Intermediate: 2 Sets of 15 Repetitions per leg
Advanced and Tough: 3 Sets of 20 Repetitions per leg

Jewel, I speak from the voice of experience. I have tried it all! From power lifting, bodybuilding, sports fitness, and then television.

I discovered the type of training necessary for a woman to sculpt and tone a swimsuit body.  I outlined them for you above so that you can get started right away.  I want you to get excited about how awesome you are going to look when you put on your swimsuit and walk along the beach.  You will have the energy you need to dance all night at clubs and you will have heads turning as you bounce the night away!

Have fun with this program. Cut out some photos of the clothes you want to wear and do not buy one more pair of anything at your current size.  Save your money to buy some fun new clothes on vacation.  Most people buy them before they go not me.  I take an empty suitcase and shop at some of the world’s most exclusive resorts.  I love it and you will too.