Jillian Michaels BodyShred is launching in GoodLife Fitness gyms across Canada over the next year. You’ll never regret giving it your all for 30 minutes.
“Make it count,” Jillian repeated throughout the class, helping us all feel stronger each time she said it. And your heart is pumping out of your chest. End every workout stronger than when you started. “When you see that change in yourself physically, it transcends into every other facet of your life.”ġ0. “For me, fitness became a tool I utilized in my own life to transform my self-image.” Practising until you can do a flawless push-up or run a mile helps you realize your potential, she says. “It’s not a secret that I was an overweight kid,” she says. A commitment to fitness changed Jillian’s life. “Be as physical as you can be every day,” she says.ĩ. That means lots of fidgeting, pacing while on the phone, talking with her hands and walking at a fast pace. “Although it won’t substitute a workout, I stay on my feet as much as I can,” she says. When she can’t get to the gym, Jillian tries to keep from sitting for too long. “Whether it’s for immunity, anti-aging or metabolic function, I do my best to get enough sleep every night.”Ĩ. “It’s so important, on every level,” she says. It was surprising to find that Jillian prizes sleep as one of her top three ways to stay fit on a daily basis. I never feel deprived, and I still find a healthy balance.”ħ. “Eighty percent of the time I eat well.” she says, “Twenty percent of the time I have treat foods. Jillian is disciplined, without being a total drill sergeant. “It’s going to sound ridiculous, but whenever I’m trying to get that extra edge, I always say to myself, ‘If this were a life or death situation, could you do it?’ The answer is always yes,” says Jillian. Jillian likes to play mind games to stay motivated (especially when it comes to those last few reps). My new fave? “Practise being your best self.”ĥ.
Jillian chanted powerful words to help us push through some tough moves. Catch your breath by doing other exercises that challenge muscles you haven’t worked yet.Ĥ. Instead she recommends treating downtime as active recovery time. Jillian says wasting time between sets is the most common mistake people commit at the gym. It’s overrated if you’re doing a 30-minute workout. It’s better to do fewer reps and execute each one perfectly, than to carelessly rush through the set.ģ. It prevents injury and helps you see results faster. “Whatever it is, find what you’re fighting for and go for it.”Ģ. “It might mean you want to wear a bikini years from now at your 20th wedding anniversary in Hawaii, have sex with the lights on, fit into those skinny jeans, or meet your grandchildren’s children one day,” she says. Setting a meaningful goal helps amp up a workout. “But the most important is getting people to ‘identify their why,’” she says. Jillian uses different motivational techniques. Here are 10 things I learned from Jillian Michaels and her new BodyShred workout:ġ. That one minute of core work is considered a recovery period, but that doesn’t mean you can’t feel the burn for those 60 seconds.īefore we got the butt kicking of a lifetime (literally – Jillian loves butt-kick exercises as well as jumping squats with butt kicks), I sat down with Jillian to learn a few of her secrets for lasting health. The sequence is performed three or four times for a killer workout. Jillian’s 3-2-1 style consists of three minutes of strength exercises (think compound moves like squats with bicep curls and lunges with tricep kickbacks), two minutes of cardio (skater jumps, high knees and butt kicks) and one minute of abs (scissor kicks, rope climbers and tricep dips with leg ups). She’s partnered with GoodLife Fitness gyms across Canada to introduce her full-throttle 3-2-1 interval training method. Celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels (of The Biggest Loser fame) was in Toronto yesterday to launch her latest fitness class, BodyShred, a 30-minute high-intensity workout designed to maximize caloric burn and total-body toning. It’s not everyday you get to meet your ultimate fitness girl crush – and then participate in an exhilarating circuit-training class led by her.
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