The Fit Quickies™ Story
Winging our way to scuba holiday at our favorite spot just weeks ago, I wondered how the “workout” schedule between dives would go – this time.
Sure, I always get plenty of exercise schlepping scuba tanks and swimming out to the reef. We do primarily walk-in dives, so I get some good kick time going to and from the drop off – where the reef slopes away a short distance from the beach.
Yet as often as I have great intentions of keeping up with “workouts” for balancing muscle strength and shape, in this Caribbean getaway it’s just too darn HOT to “work out”. So my best laid plans usually sputter and fade a few days into holiday.
This time, I decided to try something different.
Over the previous months, I had cultivated a short mental list of some of my body-shaping favorites. Little challenges that I discovered I could do that allowed me to work deep into specific muscles for a fantastic body-shaping result, but WITHOUT the lengthy commitment of a workout and the sweat factor that comes with same.
So on this trip, every day (or two!) I’d pull 2 – 3 of these moves out of my hat. Some I could do plopped down on the floor, watching the palms sway a few feet away. Some I could do with the assist of the kitchen counter while waiting for the morning coffee to press. Heck, some I could do anchored against the side of our dive truck while waiting for my dive buddy to finish loading his gear.
The effect was brilliant!
Not only did I keep my shape, I felt GREAT by adding these in (I love the feel and instant “tighten up” effect of isolated, targeted muscle overload).
And “sweat”? No sweat – these pupplies only lasted a few minutes.
Gee Lani, I thought, these you could take anywhere easily and toss them into all kinds of situations.
Little bits of fitness.
Quick.
Thus, “Fit Quickies” was born!
Yes, while paddling beneath the waves with my fine-bubbled fish friends on the last day of diving, the idea hit me like a tsunami and as soon as we hit dry land, I was jotting down quick names for my favorite quickies – even combining them into effective packages – because I KNEW this was going to be something other women would love.
And I’d make it easy for them by creating little audios to load onto ipods or mp3 players so all they had to do was follow along. Practice Tracks. I’d save the bigger chunk of specific instructions for another audio. That quickly became the Tutorial Tracks.
Here’s what it would look like:
1) You pick your Fit Quickie
2) You download the 2 tracks that come with it: the Tutorial Track and the Practice Track
3) You listen to the Tutorial for clear instructions about practice.
4) You play the Practice Track and….practice!
There you have it!
PLUS:
- You can play the Practice Track again, if you’d like to do additional reps
- You can refer to the Tutorial Track at any time to hone your skills and build mastery
- You continue with a schedule of Total Body Workouts, though you may not need to do as many of them. And you have multiple tools for keeping up with your body-shaping ideals when life throws you an offbeat schedule. Such as a crazy week. A holiday travel opportunity.
Fit Quickie #1: An obvious choice!
My video “7 Seconds to a Flat Belly” became the perfect starting point for Fit Quickies.
After all, it is DONE in under 5 minutes, is enormously effective (of course I do this one myself!), and to date has had over 12,000 hits on You Tube with many email inquiries to match. It’s been the key point in more than one Boot Camp. And the short video already made will only enhance instruction. It’s a no brainer.
