Jul 14, 2009 -
It is the height of bikini season and hopefully you feel great about baring your belly. If you consider your bikini body a work in progress, let me remind you that no matter how many crunches you do, you cannot spot reduce your midsection. If you are battling with your tummy, here are six ways to make peace with your midriff.
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Jul 09, 2009 -
Excited by the feedback she received on her body at the shoot for her upcoming Playboy cover, Heidi Montag has decided to make a video — a fitness video.
Heidi has decided to share her fitness and nutritional secrets with the public at large. We've seen her bikini body on the The Hills, and her upcoming downloadable workout, created by her fitness trainer Chad Waterbury, will be full of the "full body, intense resistance exercises" that created that toned physique.
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Jul 01, 2009 -
There's no hiding bellies or behinds when all you're wearing is a bikini. Shape recruited celebrity trainer Valerie Waters for a few tips on getting ready to bare it all — who better than a woman who has worked with clients like Jennifer Garner and Jessica Biel?
Valerie insists that eating clean (and eating breakfast) are big parts of the equation for achieving the body you want, and making your workouts count is the other factor in getting your figure bikini-ready.
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Jun 29, 2009 -
Celeb trainer Jillian Michaels is no stranger to cellulite. And neither is starlet Kim Kardashian. In fact it is estimated that between 80 to 95 percent of women have cellulite somewhere on their body.
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Jun 24, 2009 -
One of my longtime favorite brands, Athleta, is now on ShopStyle. Not only can you create different looks in ShopStyle, which is fun to do with all of Athleta's mix and match swimwear, but you can create sale alerts for specific items or the entire brand. If you have a mental block about finding a new bikini, this new partnership can certainly help get the process started.
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Jun 24, 2009 -
If you've been working your abs and toning your backside to get ready for bikini season, here are some more exercises you can rotate into your strength-training sessions. This series of exercises from ACE (American Council on Exercise) will target your hips, thighs, and booty.
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Jun 23, 2009 -
Not one, not two, but three country music stars are showing off their bikini bodies on the cover of the July issue of Shape magazine. LeAnn Rimes, Martina McBride, and Julianne Hough look smokin' in their metallic suits. The ladies admit it takes work to look so trim and tell Shape that, as role models, it's important for their fans (and Martina's daughters) to know they take a healthy approach.
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Jun 22, 2009 -
It's official: Summer is here! The warmest season is most welcome; the longer days are perfect for working out outside and grilling healthy meals with friends and family. Summer also lends itself to weekends at the beach or pool and vacations to places with even more beautiful beaches and exceptional weather — all of which suggest skin-baring bathing suit attire.
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Jun 18, 2009 -
Along with toning body parts hidden from the sun all Winter, beach season often means waxing. Unfortunately, the bikini wax presents a whole new set of Summer dangers.
Bluntly put, we have hair in our nether regions to protect the sensitive skin and mucous membranes found in the genital area.
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Jun 18, 2009 -
If you have been working your abs to get ready for bikini season, I am here to remind you not to forget your booty and the backs of your legs. All styles of suits bare your backside, so get your bum beach-ready with FitSugar's Glutes and Hamstrings workout. We made a convenient printable version of the nine-exercise workout.
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