The Well Mom: Get A Rockin' Bod On A Budget
Or we train online and I will charge them $50 for a month’s worth of workouts,” says Teddi Bryant, owner of Denver’s Hot Mamas Exercise. Bryant, a mom of two and host of the newly released Hot Mamas Exercise DVD, encourages moms on a budget not to be shy about offering creative suggestions to trainers. Remember, many fitness professionals are looking for more work and every bit helps.
4. Copycat
If you’ve had to drop your gym membership and you draw your motivation from group exercise classes, splurge on a single session of core training, bootcamp or yoga or whichever one gets you pumped, once a week (or once a month). Replicate the moves on your own. Turn the times you go to the class into a reward for sticking with your program.
5. Strut Your Stuff
Find excuses to avoid using your car. Park a little further away when you do drive. Take a walk at lunch or after dinner with the family. Put the baby in the stroller and do your errands on foot. Holliday, a San Diego yoga instructor who is also a mom of two boys, says adding in some stairs or hills to your walk can really help tone up your rear. And, of course, exercising in the fresh air is free.
6. Be a Homebody
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