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NikkiFitness Faves: Summer Products

NikkiFitness — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:48:21 +0000

Feel and look great this summer from what you eat, to how you sleep and what you wear with my new NikkiFitness Faves! SUMMER CLEAN EATING Gardein – Why spend an hour chopping and cooking when you can spend 30 minutes working out and 30 minutes showering and getting gorgeous for dinner? When I don’t [...]

Women’s Health Slimnastics Travel Workout

NikkiFitness — Thu, 30 May 2013 23:52:19 +0000

Summer can be a nice break from every-day life, but that also means traveling, which can hurt your workout. I recently did a sample routine for the June issue (on stands now, pg 72) of Women’s Health Magazine. It’s a “No-equipment-needed 15 Minute Body-Weight-Shape-Up” for when you are staying in a hotel, flying through airports, [...]

Summer Travel Workout Tips and Moves

NikkiFitness — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:53:17 +0000

Ever take a few days off from the gym that turned into a week, then two weeks, then a month? By the time you mustered up the motivation to go back, your body had to start from scratch. You felt sore muscles and fire in your lungs from lack of endurance, and it had you [...]

Move of the Week: How to Get Guns with One Fast Move

NikkiFitness — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:33:15 +0000

Multitasking is the way to save time and lifting is the way to sculpted arms. If you don’t have a lot of time, my 6 count combo move will hit your biceps, triceps and shoulders simultaneously! Bonus exercise — adding a squat targets quads and gluteus too! All you need is a pair of weights [...]

Be on National TV for Military Spouse Appreciation Day!

NikkiFitness — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:17:59 +0000

Mother’s Day Workouts To Put Your Health First Military Spouse Appreciation Day is Friday, May 10th. If you live near or are visiting the NYC area and want to be on national TV, email nikki@nikkifitness.com. Fox & Friends is doing a segment with my Military Wife Workout DVD, and if you participate, you get one [...]

Running Tips for “Spring” in Your Step

NikkiFitness — Wed, 01 May 2013 23:29:12 +0000

If you’ve been busting your butt on the treadmill over the last few months and need a change of scenery, it’s time to head outdoors and hit the pavement running! Here are a few tips that’ll prep you for the differences and help ease the transition. Upgrade your running shoes. You don’t want to run [...]

To Bar or not to Bar: “Nutritional” Bars Put to the Test

NikkiFitness — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:09:52 +0000

Nutrition bars are increasingly popular. but you may need to take a closer look at the labels. You might be consuming more sugar and calories then you would from a candy bar, you might be surprised to see what else is in them! Check out my Fox & Friends First segment for what to look [...]

Sitting is the New Smoking: Office Workout Moves

NikkiFitness — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:23:00 +0000

Ever wonder how bad sitting behind a desk all day is for you? Maybe you used to be in the field and now think that your 30 minutes at the gym is enough to combat 8 hours behind a desk? Studies show that you are better off working out at the office several times a [...]

Take Your Winter Workout Outside for Spring

NikkiFitness — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:04:41 +0000

Warmer weather is here, and if you’ve been hiding inside the gym on machines all winter, here are some ways to get outside without crashing your workout. 1) Treadmill to Running Outside: When you run keep the incline at 3 on the treadmill to simulate outdoor track where the ground doesn’t automatically move away from [...]

Tighter Portion Control for a Tight Body

NikkiFitness — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:06:03 +0000

Staying in shape only works when you combine workouts with good nutrition, and even if you eat healthy foods, you might be eating too many of them. A way to safeguard your weight is to use tools that battle the supersized meals in our society. Here are some of my favorite tools and two segments [...]