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 Your wedding day should be your big day for the right reasons, not because you’re having trouble squeezing into your dress!
As gorgeous as they are, wedding dresses can be quite tricky things to wear and with all eyes and cameras on you, you want to look nothing less than your asbolute best!
nzgirl to the rescue! We've pulled togther the complete wedding workout. Use these fab and very simple exercises to target the appropriate body areas, for your specific style of dress...
The Sheath Style Workout: For a smooth, flat torso.
Standing side crunch
1. Stand with your feet hip-width apart, knees slightly bent, abs tucked in and toes forward
2. Lift your left knee toward your left arm, bringing your elbow down to meet it. Hold then return to starting position.
3. Repeat on the right and do a total of 20 reps each side. Runner's lunge onto step
What you need: An aerobics step (optional).
1. Stand behind the step with feet hip width apart.
2. Take a large step forward with the right foot onto the step and lower down into a lunge, right knee bent, left heel lifted.
3. Bend arms in 90 degrees parallel to your legs so your right arm pumps forward and left arm pumps back as if running.
4. Exhale as you push off the ball of the left foot and straighten your right knee as you lift your left knee up to hip height simultaneously pumping arms in opposition to your legs.
5. Inhale and bring your left leg back down so that you’re lunging again with the right leg forward and bent.
6. Repeat 8-12 times each side. The Strapless Dress Workout: For toned arms - triceps, biceps and pectorals.
Bench Dips
What you will need: A sturdy chair or bench. 1. Sit on the chair or bench and hold the front edge of the seat near the thighs. 2. Walk feet forward until hips are slightly bent, legs straight, arms extended (don’t lock your elbows). 3. Inhale and bend elbows about 90 degrees and lower hips towards the floor. 4. Exhale and press up until elbows are straight but not locked. Flat Dumbell Fly What you will need: A set of dumbbells. 1. Lie down with your knees bent and your feet firmly planted shoulder-width apart. 2. Stretch out your arms on the floor so your body makes a ‘T’ and hold a dumbbell in each hand, keeping your elbows slightly bent. Keep your palms facing up towards the ceiling. 3. Slowly raise the weights upward in a rounded arc, gently touching the dumbbells together at the top above your body. Hold for a few seconds, and then slowly lower the weights back to their starting positions.
4. Do 10 repetitions per set. The Sweetheart Neckline Workout: For the upper chest. Incline Dumbbell Press What you will need: A set of dumbbells and a stability ball(optional). 1. Lie on an incline bench or a stability ball with a dumbbell in each hand. The weights should be parallel with each other, palms facing outward with your elbows locked in 90 degree angles to your sides. 2. Slowly press the dumbbells outward, stopping short of your elbows being locked out. 3. Squeeze your pectoral muscles during the contraction for a moment before slowly lowering the weights to starting position. 4. Repeat 12 reps over three sets.
Push up on a stability ball What you need: A stability ball. 1. Start behind the ball, place your midsection on the ball and roll forward until your hands are on the ground. 2. Walk out on your hands until your knees are on the ball and keep your hands just outside of shoulder width making sure you keep your body as straight as possible. 3. Inhale and lower the body, bending elbows to 90 degrees. 4. Exhale and straighten arms to return to starting position. The Open Back Dress Workout:
To tone the back.
 Pull over What you will need: A set of dumbbells and a stabillity ball (optional). 1. Lie on the floor or a stability ball with your knees bent, hip-width apart and feet planted on the ground. 2. Grab a dumbbell with each hand and extend your arms up over your body, so that your arms make a 90-degree angle with your torso.
3. Keeping your elbows slightly bent, slowly lower the dumbbell back behind your head as far as you can; muscles then lift the dumbbell back into the starting position above your body, squeezing your back muscles as you go up. 4. Do 10 repetitions per set. One Arm RowWhat you will need: A set of dumbbells, a raised surface such as a bench/coffee table etc 1. Stand with your left side next to the front of a bench (or coffee table or couch). 2. Place your left hand and left foot on the bench, bending your right knee. 3. Keeping your torso parallel to the ground, pick up a dumbbell with your right hand. Let your arm hang straight down with your palm facing your thigh. 4. Slowly pull the dumbbell back up until it’s in line with your hip. 5. Repeat 10 times each side. Liselle .jpg)
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