The holiday season will soon be upon us.

So here's some Beach Body Tips.

For many the destination will be the golden sands of a sun drenched beach. However, donning last year's bikini or shorts can often provide the holidaymaker with a nasty shock when these skimpy items seem a touch tighter.

A common request I receive from clients is to get them 'beach ready' in a few short weeks. Follow these five tips to look sexy and sizzling this summer:-

•1.       Reduce The Carbs: Most of western society consumes too much carbohydrate, which is a major contributor to rising obesity rates. It's unrealistic and ill advised to completely avoid carbohydrate, but I've seen great results from clients simply cutting out high carb foods between breakfast and dinner. Bread, bagels, cereals, rice and pasta are all high carbohydrate foods.

•2.       Perform Compound Exercises: Compound exercises are highly effective for burning fat and increasing lean muscle mass, and should form the cornerstone of your workouts. They are resistance exercises that target more than just a single body part. Squats, deadlifts, pushups, bench presses, lunges and bent over rows are all examples of compound exercises.

•3.       Incorporate Sprint Work: If you want to get into great shape fast then replace your long slow runs with sprint work. Sprinting elevates metabolism for a long time, so you burn more calories doing this than plodding the streets. It also develops lean muscle in the glutes, thighs and calves giving you gorgeous looking legs.

•4.       Maintain Good Posture: The visual effects of having a great physique can be diminished if you don't have good posture. Walking tall with correct postural alignment gives the appearance of confidence, which in turn exudes sexiness. Exercises such as ab curls, oblique crunches and back extensions can all help to improve posture, but be sure to work on all the areas of your core i.e. rectus abdominus, internal & external obliques and lower back.

•5.       Stay Motivated: Working to a short deadline can often be a good way to achieve your goals but employ any method you can to stay motivated. For instance, my wife even sticks photos of beautiful scantily clad women on the fridge a few weeks before we go on our holidays to make the temptation of dessert a little less alluring!

Theo Wood

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