I ordered the arm-slimming and defatting exercise and diet plan that is called “Sleeveless in Seven”. It’s a short ebook style program that tells you how to get smaller, more muscular arms. I had it with my arms.

I went out with my husband for St. Patricks day.  We had a great time, eating our low carb dinner of chicken wings (we had been low carbing it for a while, with no real big weight loss), and having a few brews.

Then we all had a bit too much to drink and the camera phones came out. Multiple pictures were taken. I’m not gonna lie. Looking at my arms in these pictures (I had a baby doll tshirt on that night) made me want to do something about them the moment I saw the pictures.

I’ll admit it. I was motivated by pure ego and vanity.  My arms have never been small. Even when I’ve been skinny, my arms still maintain a lot of fat on the upper arm area.  It’s always been a source of insecurity for me.  They just always look “big”.

I always admired those girls with sculpted, skinny arms that looked muscular and yet not manly or too bulky. That’s exactly how I wanted my arms to look – strong, and with not a lot of excess fat on the upper arm area.

But it just never worked out that way for me.  So I ordered the Sleeveless in Seven arm sculpting program that promises to help you slim down and tone up your flabby arms.  It comes with a very easy to follow diet plan as well that I have to say I’m having no trouble following because it’s flexible and has foods in it that I happen to really enjoy anyway.

I’m already starting to see results. My husband says he can see biceps on me now, and my arms are shrinking a bit after almost two weeks of doing the weekly exercises twice a week and following the diet plan.

I’ll keep y’all posted on my progress on my flabby arms!

If you are looking to get fit and are interested in fast results to getting the toned and sculpted muscular look, Rushfit is a possible way to achieve your goals.  Rushfit is a fitness program designed by George St. Pierre, who is a mixed martial artist champion, and his trainer, Erik Owings.

This is a good solid exercise regimen that is actually quite practical in terms of time and money invested.  The recommended amount of time to be spent each day working out is 45 minutes.  The cost for obtaining the material needed is 3 payments of $29.99 plus shipping and handling for the 8 week home training camp materials.

The only other thing you will need is a set of dumbbells ranging in weight from 2 lbs. to 25 lbs.  You will not need any weights greater than 25 lbs., since you gain most of your strength from reps, not from heavier weights.

The eight week home training camp consists of 7 workouts on 6 DVD’s, a workout guide book, a nutrition guide and training plans.  The fitness and conditioning program has workouts that include: strength and endurance, explosive power, fight conditioning, abdominal strength and core conditioning, full body strength and conditioning and bonus workouts.

The workout guide book contains instructions on how to reach your fitness goals within 8 weeks step by step.  The nutrition guide informs you of the best nutrients to focus on to go along with a tough workout routine.  The training plans enables you to choose a workout calendar to mesh with your schedule and still meet your training needs.

This program is designed to help you build muscle and lose weight and it promises faster results for body toning and conditioning.  George St. Pierre is known for the intensity of his workouts.  He uses a mixed martial arts training style and his workouts are broken down into 5 separate 5 minute rounds.

This fitness program focuses on areas of strength, endurance, core stability, power, flexibility, balance and agility.  Each of his workout videos can be purchased separately online for a range of $14.99 to $19.99, if purchasing the entire 8 week home training camp is too expensive. The website for Rushfit is gsprushfit.com and it is comprehensive on what is offered.

The workout videos emphasize quality and intensity of each move.  They address all of the areas that are needed to build strength, both upper and lower body.  In addition to the five round divisions, there is a warm up and cool down to each exercise.

It is not an easy workout, but with eight weeks of really staying with this and following the nutrition guide, you would almost have to lose weight and gain strength.

In a surprise study, teenaged men fared better on exercise programs when trying to quit smoking that teen girls did. Teen girls actually did better with their endeavor to quit smoking without the exercise. This shocks me, because I think exercise gets rid of a lot of the nervous energy that is behind why smokers smoke.

They think that it calms them, when in fact smoking actually increases the stress hormones in the body.  However, the study results are not arguable since they clearly showed that teen women did better quitting smoking without the exercise.

Teen boys though, experienced a definite benefit when exercising and trying to quit.  The physical activity part of the progam which helps teens quit smoking so they don’t turn into adult lifetime smokers, said that adding a relatively modest amount of physical activity to the program really boosted the results in the boy’s group.

They were much more likely to make it through the smoking cessation program when the exercise component was added in, which was to be expected. The girls are a bit of a surprise though.  I remember when I quit smoking so many years ago.

I think the fact that I loved exercising not only helped me stay off cigarettes, but it was a major reaosn I wanted to quit in the first place. I didn’t want to be the one who was out of breath and couldn’t finish my workouts.

Peak Fitness is a type of workout regimen that incorporates the usage of the largest muscles in the body, along with the smaller muscles. It involves very intense, short bursts of activity, and may be worked in with short few-minute muscle training workouts as well.

I’m a big fan of these types of peak fitness workouts because they work out your body very hard, take fat off and burn calories dramatically, all in much less time than it would take you to work out for hours doing the same old ho-hum workout at the gym.

I’ve heard of the peak fitness program being worked in with medicine ball training, cowbell training (no, we’re not talking about the cowbell on the famous SNL skit), and also using the bungy types of apparatus that attach to the ceiling or sidewall, which help you to use your body’s own weight to build strength.

All together, peak fitness regimens really entail heavy breathing, a lot of calorie torching and a lot of exertion.  People who are super busy will love the fact that these types of workouts are usually over in about a half hour or less, sometimes 40 minutes or less.

It’s amazing how much easier it is to stick to a workout plan such as peak fitness when you know you’re going to be done soon and you only have to “hang in there” for a little while longer.  It never gets boring, because it’s over before you know it, and you’ve done probably the best thing you can for your body by exerting it in short, powerful bursts.

This method is gaining tons of kudos from fitness experts because of the excellent cardio training it gives to your heart without wasting tons of time and having people give up because it sucks up a significant portion of their day.