While seasonal fashion trends are always changing, a coveted "beach body" never goes out of style. It's never too soon to start attaining fitness goals or maintaining a fit physique with beach body exercises that can be performed at a gym or in the comfort of your own home.
Beach Body Arms
Armed with light weights or even water bottles, you can do these arm and shoulder "push, pull and kickback" sculpting exercises recommended by celebrity trainer Kacy Duke.
Assume a squat position with legs bent about 45 degrees. Hold a light dumbbell in each hand, arms bent so the weights are positioned in front of the chest, palms facing each other. Extend the arms straight out, pushing the weights forward. Bend the elbows, squeeze the shoulder blades together and pull the weights back to either side of chest. Finally straighten arms out behind you.
Beach Body Butt
Olympic swimming champion Dara Torres highly recommends this elevating butt exercise: Prop a small stability ball up against a wall. Lie on your back facing the ball with your butt against it, arms at sides, feet on ball, knees apart. Lift your butt, hold for a beat as you bring knees together and then lower to the starting position.
Beach Body Abs
For "abs-solutely" amazing abdominals, try these exercises on a stability ball. While lying on the ball, crunch up holding a dumbbell in one hand. Switch dumbbell to other hand and repeat (instead of the dumbbell, you can also crunch up while holding a small medicine ball with both hands).
Another very effective ab exercise on the stability ball is the "prone knee-up" movement. While lying face down on the ball, place hands on floor in front of you--then bring knees into chest.
Beach Body for All Seasons
Whether it's summer, winter spring or fall, by combining cardiovascular exercises to burn fat with a strength training routine to build muscle and a healthful nutrition plan, it's possible to sculpt a "beach body" that can turn heads year-round.
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