They say you should rest for a reason

After doing full body strength training you should always take a day off for your body to heal and to build stronger muscles. Unfortunately I have to work tomorrow so I had to do my bootcamp this morning 2 days in a row. yipes! My muscles were still tired from yesterday which made for even more challenging work out.

Today we used a combination of the bar, a step, free weights and the resistance band.

For those of you without a gym membership.. I am learning every day how many things you can do and get a GREAT work out with resistance bands! If all you invest in is those, some dumb bells and a stability ball for at home, you will be set to work out the entire body! Today we used them primarily to work the booty and inner thigh. You can make your own thigh master in just seconds with one of these. Sitting on the ground or a step..take your band and place under your lower thigh (just above the knee) and loop on handle through the other to make a circle. Wrap the "tail" around underneath and hold on to each side of the bands to avoid bruising.  Open and close your legs adjusting the band as necessary and you now have a thigh master! To change the muscles you use move your feet to lay on the sides and repeat the process.   Next lay on your back and move the band up to your calves and place legs in the air in a v and scissor them open and close. Adjust the resistance by pulling the "loop" tighter by the tail.  Just remember when  buying them.. each color has a different resistance and is harder/easier than another. So don't buy your favorite color ;)

After all this we did bench presses on the floor for what felt like forever. I'm surprised I didn't drop the bar on my head. Single hand chest flys and tricep extensions from chest to straight in the air (make sure just your elbow is bending). Then more killer crunches laying half way off the step so your hips are in the air.   Who needs buns or abs of steel when you have Marianne to push you til you can't move off the floor.