Where can I find a great workout routine? Sexy Melissa, personal trainer in The Woodlands and Houston, shares her own personal workout routine.

Exercise and Workouts: Did you know that only two minutes of walking up stairs every day can improve cardiovascular endurance by 17 percent according to a study in Ireland. Even if a person can only work out two minutes a day doing stairs, it can provide benefits. But what if you want MAXIMUM benefits? What type of workout do a personal trainers do?  Personal Trainer Melissa works out with her clients but she does her own workouts six days of the week with one days off. Her workout days consist of one hour of training with weights and  one hour of cardio (bikeriding, running, bleacher workouts, rollerblading) or a kickboxing class or salsa dancing. Melissa likes to cross train to prevent overuse injuries. Her weight training routine is to work one body part each day to fatigue, usually doing five sets of heavy weight and three or four exercises per body part....for example on a quad day, she does five sets of free weight squats, five sets of leg press, five sets of leg extensions and five sets of step up's holding weights. This is done with as heavy weight as possible using good form and takes the whole hour.  Her workouts with weights are quads on day one, back and biceps on day two, hamstrings on day three, chest and triceps on day four, shoulders, calves and abs on day five, legs on day six rest on day seven. She sometimes works out with a partner but most of the time she just does her workout alone because workout partners can be inconsistent. She does yoga for about a half hour every night  which is easy to do because there are plenty of on demand exercises and this process stretches the muscles out so that if they contract during sleep, they will not tear the next day because of being overly contracted. Also, she takes 250 mg of magnesium per day to help the muscles to stay loose once a day with her breakfast.  Melissa also eats to look lean: This sexy personal trainer does not take weight loss pills or any hormones. She relies on a daily multiple vitamin with extra magnesium to supplement her eating. But most of her focus is on eating clean which follows her motto of Lean living. Eating clean and lean means eating veggies and fruits, lean protein, and staying away from SUGAR first, most Fat except olive oil, and soda, alcohol or other empty calories as well. A typical day for her is a package of maple flavored instant oatmeal with a half cup of fresh blueberries and soy milk for breakfast when she wakes up. Two hours later after her workout she will eat two eggs and a piece of whole wheat toast. Three hours later she will have a Bocca soy burger with a wheat bun and lettuce, tomatoes, onion and ketchup. In the afternoon she may have veggie soup or a salad with poppyseed dressing and some V8 juice or a spinach shake. For dinner she might have her own recipe for tuna salad or a bowl of soy cereal with some more fruit. Right before she goes to bed she drinks a small glass of milk. Photo below of Houston personal trainer Melissa visiting Austin, Texas and stretching before a workout in Austin, Texas.

Last Updated on Monday, 22 August 2011 02:46