You don’t have to carve out an entire hour all at once. I also want to add something that Denise Austin advocates, that you can work out at home and that workouts are cumulative over the day. I particularly like her thoughts on losing weight gradually after having a baby. Jillian is promoting her new post-partum fitness book, Yeah Baby, and most of what she says is sensible.
Everybody and every pregnancy is different. If you start dropping more than two pounds a week, you’re going to compromise your milk supply.” The reality is that you can bounce back better than ever, but time frames vary for everyone. I was just talking to someone who was breast-feeding and already on a diet. Why she thinks there’s too much pressure on women to get back to their pre-pregnancy bodies: When people say, “Oh, I’m 40 now, and this is happening to me and that’s happening to me,” it’s the cumulative effect of years of neglect, which-by the way-can still be turned around. People believe that aging is this slow descent into decrepitude. I care more, and when you care more you train harder and eat better. On aging and why she’s in better shape now than she was in her 20s: Maria Shriver once said something like, “You can do it all, but not at the same time.” I say, “You can do it all, but just a little bit more s–itty.” And that’s got to be okay! I want to meet my grandchildren’s children. I want to see their children graduate from college. So for me, I want to be skiing down the mountain alongside my kids instead of waiting at the bottom for them. I still prefer a two-piece instead of a one-piece, but now I have two young kids. Why she’s so committed to working out and being healthy: I’m 43 and love exercise, it’s one of my favorite things and I wish I could get more converts without sounding like an a-hole, so in that way I’m grateful she’s visible and talking about this issue. (I’m including some of my favorite YouTube workouts at the end of this post if you’re interested!) I do like what Michaels says about getting older not being a decent excuse not to work out and care for your body. She’s not one of my go-to instructors, I prefer to work out with Jessica Smith, Denise Austin and Popsugar Fitness.
JILLIAN MICHAELS WORKOUTS 2016 FREE
I’ve mentioned before that she’s not my favorite trainer, I’ve tried to do her free BeFit workouts on YouTube (they’re legal and released with the trainers’ cooperation) and they’re punishing. Michaels, 42, covers February’s Redbook issue, probably because she’s an incredibly popular fitness trainer and people are looking for motivation in the new year. I’m paraphrasing Jillian Michaels in the title because her quote is long and wouldn’t fit in our format, but that’s the gist of what she said.