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RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

Here's a video of Britney Spears being trained prior to her current Circus tour. The way she is being trained/the way she is exercising is the same way I see many females being trained or exercising on their own on a daily basis. How Britney and many of you are exercising is NOT to be lean & toned, but BODYBUILDING.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNnOtAXU7f4

Doing one set of an isolated movement exercise then resting a few mins then doing another set is training for BODYBUILDING, not to be lean & toned. Why is Britney being trained this way? I don't know. It's possible her trainer does not have the proper certification or experience to know any different. Many trainers who don't have education or experience, rely on training their clients the same way they train themselves. If you look at the physique of her trainer it's obvious she is a bodybuilder/fitness competitor. The definition of her back & shoulders give it away. If any of you have seen Britney during this tour her legs & arms are huge, not lean & toned. Bottomline is, if you are being trained by someone make sure they are training you for YOUR specific goal not theirs.

Anyone looking to be lean & toned should be weight training using HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). HIIT means doing one set of an exercise, following it up with a completely different exercise no rest in between, then after the second exercise resting for 30-60sec. Repeating for 3sets.

With the second exercise you will get your heart rate up, then by resting 30-60sec it will come down, but not all the way down to resting. It'll be in your target heart rate "fat burning zones."

Example: Doing a set of lunges, followed by 30sec of pushups no rest in between, then resting 30-60sec after the pushups. Repeating this for 3 sets.