Wedding Dress Workouts

-AS SEEN IN BRIDAL GUIDE MAGAZINE-

"Whether it's her wedding day or the red carpet, the most important thing I tell all my clients getting ready for a big event is to pick a dress style that highlights their natural assets and then make them even better with these targeted moves,” says trainer Kit Rich. Ground rules: Do 2 or 3 exercises that target each muscle group, performing 2 or 3 sets of each for 8 to 12 reps, depending on your fitness level. Do these moves as stand-alone workouts on days when you are time-crunched, otherwise, add these exercises to your regular cardio. Ideally, you are working out 5-6 days a week, doing your targeted toning moves every other day. Add resistance bands and loops, sliders and balls to up the intensity and fast-track your results.

Column or Sheath

Targeted toning areas: Chest, back, biceps, triceps, butt, legs

Tailor your workout with these moves:

• Chest: wide-arm pushups, chest flys
• Back: lat pull-downs and pull-ups, back flys, rows
• Biceps: bicep curls, hammer curls
• Triceps: tricep kickbacks, straight arm tricep lifts, pushups
• Butt and Legs: lunges, squats, clamshells, booty kicks, leg raises, mountain climbers (using sliders)

A-Line or Ballgown

Targeted toning areas: Chest, shoulders, back, triceps, biceps

Tailor your workout with these moves:

• Chest:: wide-arm pushups, chest press, chest flys
• Back: lat pull-downs and pull-ups, back flys, rows
• Shoulders: side lateral raises, overhead shoulder press
• Biceps: bicep curls, hammer curls.
• Triceps: tricep kickbacks, tricep dips, pushups

Mermaid or Trumpet

Targeted toning areas: Booty & thighs, lower abs and obliques, chest, back, biceps and triceps

Tailor your workout with these moves:

• Booty & Thighs: booty kicks, squats, lunges, hamstring curls (using sliders)
• Chest: push-ups, chest press, chest flys
• Back: lat pull-downs & pull-ups, back flys, rows
• Abs & Obliques: mountain climbers with sliders, knee tucks with sliders, bicycle crunches with ball
• Biceps & Triceps: bicep curls, tricep kickbacks, pushups

Tea Length

Targeted toning areas: Biceps, triceps, calves

Tailor your workout with these moves:

• Biceps: bicep curls, hammer curls
• Triceps: tricep dips, tricep kickbacks, tricep extensions
• Calves: calf raises, plies, Stairmaster or stairs

Up the intensity and speed up results with Kit’s Kichgo essentials, including resistance bands; resistance loops, sliders, inflatable ball and downloadable instructional videos. More info and exercise how-tos at kitrich.com.

Celebrity trainer Kit Rich is a nationally recognized Pilates expert, tness professional, published writer, and speaker.