Fitness Blog---Preshoot secret

[Marissa Lily]

So you should be taking care of yourself all the time, eating right, working out , etc, but sometimes you need a little extra boost in confidence and looks right before a shoot. So if you work out your arms and your abs right before a shoot, it will actually temporarily swell your muscles and give you a more toned appearance for about an hour or so.

Arms- You can always do more, but at minimum do these two exercises which require no equipment.
Do push ups
Tricep dips (position yourself at the edge of a chair, with your hands on the chair at your sides, fingers facing towards you and lower your butt towards the ground and back to starting.)

Do however many of these you can really

Abs-
PILATES!!!!!!
Sample routine
Criss cross (aka bicycle to some people)



Single straight leg stretch-switch legs


double straight leg stretch-same as single leg, just glueing both legs together and lifting and lowering them together as one unit from right over your hips to about a 45 degree angle

double leg stretch-extend arms and legs out long, then curl up in a ball, inhale extend, exhale curl.


side plank-many options depending on your strenght. you can lift the top leg and hold it in place to make it harder, you can lower onto your forearm if your wrist hurts. Either try to hold it as long as you can or attempt to lower the hips to the ground and lift them.




Traditionally you do about 10 of each exercise, do what you can/have time to do. Do this before a shoot and you will see a difference. You should do this often of course, but it will make a difference in appearance before a shoot.
Good luck!

[Marissa Lily]

I do like to see some nice lines on my abs though if I am doing lingerie or a bikini shoot and this does help temporarily.

[Marissa Lily]

You should certainly avoid refined carbs before a shoot and drinking alcohol or having too much sodium the night before.

[Rebecca Love *SGC*]

What a great tip!!

[Marissa Lily]

It's just 4 exercises! You can do it! That's why I picked 4 that go well in sequence and are highly effective :)

[Delyssia LaBelle {Madam}]

who, im tired just looking at the pics! great exersizes though!

[Marissa Lily]

Miss Paige, you shouldn't be kneeing yourself in the head with the bicycle move! So this tells me you must be doing it too fast!
Everyone, for the bicycle, it should be controlled and you should use your breath. Each time you move, breathe. Don't move without a breath. Ideally you are exhaling as you brig the elbow to knee, inhaling to center, exhaling other elbow to other knee. This move is deliberate and controlled, your whole shoulder should come off of the ground, not only your elbow. For anything strength move you want to use muscle NOT momentum!

[Page Against The Machine]

i love the bicycle move, even though i always bean my self in the head when i do it. but it's kind fo fun and makes me laugh a lot for some reason. uncontrollable.

[Cassie Wanda]

I know this wasn't the point of the blog. But... I really like the pictures you choose! Haha
Now back on subject- I will try these before my next shoot!