Fitness expert, Beth Oliver, joined us today with inspiration to keep us on task with our fitness resolutions and to show how easy it is to work in a workout during commercial breaks!

Here is what Beth has to say:

Did you start a fitness routine for your News Years Resolution?  Sometimes we get frustrated a few weeks into things because we haven't seen results yet, and that's one of the reasons we start to "Skip-it" and before to long we've lost sight of our goals. 

So just a little reminder that it will take a good 6 weeks before something becomes a habit and before you start seeing external results.  So here are a few things that are starting to change without you even knowing it…and these are all great benefits of regular exercise!

• Manage stress
• Lower resting heart-rate
• Lower blood pressure
• Help increase HDL's
• Set a good example for your family
• Sleep better
• In the process of "re-setting" your habits
• Increased bone density
• Increased energy
• Expending energy ( burning calories)

And even if you don't have a lot of time, you can do a little mini-workout in the next commercial break!

It's called "The Trifecta Workout" -- 3 exercises, 3 ways:

Set 1: You do the upper body 10x, then the lower body 10x, then put the two together 10x
Move on to set 2
Move on to set 3
 
Repeat as many times as you can during the commercial break.
 
Set 1:

• Chest press with thera band
• Squat
• Squat with Chest Press
• Repeat other side

Set 2:

• Tri-cep extension with Thera-band
• Lunge
• Lunge with tri-cep extension
• Repeat other side 

Set 3:

• Row with Thera band
• Standing 1 leg balance
• standing 1 leg balance with row
• Repeat other side