Wedding Dress Workouts

A celebrity trainer shares her best go-to, gown-specific moves.

-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 & 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)t

A-Line or Ballgown

Targeted toning areas: Chest, shoulders, back, triceps, biceps Tailor your workout with these moves:

a line wedding gown silhouette

Chest: wide-arm pushups, chest press, chest flys

Back: lat pull-downs & 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:

mermaid wedding dress silhouette

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:

tea length wedding gown

Biceps: bicep curls, hammer curls.

Triceps: tricep dips, tricep kickbacks, tricep extensions.

Calves: calf raises, plies, Stairmaster or stairs

 

kit richCelebrity trainer Kit Rich is anationally recognized Pilates expert, fitness professional, published writer, and speaker. Find more info and exercise how-tos at kitrich.com