Hi Guys,
I beat my personal best for this workout and completed 13 rounds and 2 squats. As usual I used my cool Gymboss Interval Timer to keep track of my time for this workout. You can find the full description for this workout with pictures here. As I mentioned in the video, it is time for us to start to take things a little more seriously if we want to look and feel our best this summer. If you start right now, you will have enough time to make the changes you want to make and reach your goals. Just imagine what a great summer you will have if you get in the best shape possible. This has always been a motivational pressure for me, because I always want to be in a great shape for the summer. I want to feel confident about the way I look, and I wanted to be fit enough to do all of the sports and outdoor activities that my friends are doing.
I remember going to the lake with my friends who were triathletes. They would swim across the lake twice, while I smoked 3 cigarette’s. The next year I decided to swim with them instead of just sitting on the shore and smoking. I was happy (and lucky) to make it across once and I slowed the entire group down because they were worried that I was going to drown. I had to walk around the lake while they swam back across again. As I walked back around the lake by myself it really hit me that I needed to start doing something about my fitness and lifestyle. It took me a lot more trial and error before I found my way. If you keep telling yourself “next year I will get in shape” or “next year I will enjoy my summer” – chances are you are stuck in the cycle that I talked about in the video. You can loose years of your life this way – don’t waste your time anymore.
Best,
Zuzana
it’s just you to see that your blog is everywhere!!
Zuzana,
What, in your opinion, is a reasonable weight loss expectation before summer? In your absolute beginners workouts you replied to a comment with a good routine…alternating days with entire absolute beginners workout and the interval cardio workout. I am currently approximately 30 (yes 30!!) lbs overweight, if I am doing only one of your killer daily workouts a day (and doing my best to eat lean) is it reasonable to lose those 30 lbs by july or should I be doing two daily workouts a day? I should also mention I am roughly doing your warm-up and stretching/cool down around each daily workout…
Thanks for inspiring me! Everyday I can’t wait to check your blog and see the latest challenge!
You two are doing a great job!
Hi Ann,
No I am not Zuzana but I have been 25 lbs over weight and I managed to loose all that fat in 3-4 months. Your diet is most important here, just make sure you eat clean and healthy and that you watch your portion size, I also worked out daily (5-6 times a week) doing cardio one day and something like Zuzana’s workouts on the other day. You can look amazing by July that’s for sure!
I also suggest keeping a fitness journal where you can put some motivating pictures and keep track of your progress.
Most important: Enjoy the journey to becoming super fit and sexy :D
Thank you Shakti! This community has been a great inspiration to me! I do battle portion control and am really trying to find my way back to a healthy lifestyle. Hopefully in the future I will remember what it takes to overcome and not even go down the path to laziness again.
Thanks again!
HI, I’ve always admired your motivation and your determinaton think I` d stop smoking is a very easy thing to do when it is motivated and that motivation must continue but unfortunately when we lose from time to time this motivation, this determination No occasional cigarette is never far ““ I know what I mean: for the urge to smoke n `is never far j` ve paid the price despite my weekly trainings. I envy your strength of character and I enormous likes the fact motivate us thanks to your strength and motivation, thank you infininemt, I wait your videos every day forward, you are really really great,
I have a quick question on diet. I have been following you for a while and the 6-8 small meals doesnt really work for me but how many calories do you estimate YOU eat a day? and also for someome that wants to loose weight what is a safe amount to eat a day…? I REALLY HOPE YOU ANSWER! THANNKKKKS
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Eating every 2 to 3 hrs is the right way, starving yourself is not a option!!ever!! if you cant do that then get as close as u can. Think of a fire small twigs burn fast and hot, big logs burn long and slow. hope this helps u :).
take your weight, add a zero to the end of it, now multiply it by 1.2 and that is how many calories your body needs to function every day and maintain its weight. If you are looking to lose weight you can just eat those calories a day and do a workout, and on the days you dont workout you can cut out about 500 calories. Although, it is not ideal to drop below 1000 calories. Also, if you don’t eat enough your body will start to store fat and you will actually get bigger. Make sure you eat healthy and often, and listen to your body. When you are hungry, eat something, if you are feeling satisfied with what you’ve eaten, stop eating. Do not wait til you get the full feeling when you feel like your stomach has expanded. The first week of changing the way you eat is the hardest, after that your body knows when it needs to eat and how much. Don’t forget to drink lots of water.
Hi Brooke,
Its just me but I can tell you what Zuzana would say..”I dont count calories it would drive me nuts”! She wont go there my dear. Its about visual. Your portion measurment can be like this: Cup your hands together as if your scooping up water or sand. Each persons hand is their own guild to one portion. The Idea is to eat this ammount six time a day. You will not starve nor will you gain wiegght (unless your already anorexic) and as long as you work out.
z,
your speech really motivated me-i just feel that although your workouts have a great amount of cardio and toning, would you recomend additional cardio for people who want to lose weight as well as toning? i mean i want to lose 50lbs by summer…is it possible??? advise please!???
Hi gg,
Why 50 pounds? What percentage of your body weight is this?
Anyway, if you started February 10th and followed Zuzana’s workouts and diet tips with a goal of losing about 13 pounds per month and reached each monthly goal you would be about 52 pounds lighter by June 10th. This is possible following Zuzana’s workouts and tips, but I would first consult with a health specialist before embarking on this.
–Chris
I feel you Zuzana, feeling less than confident is a terrible feeling of insecure emothions. I have weight issues and I always look like I’m a pound away from a pork sandwich. I have never been as fit as you but when I was your age, oh..a year ago or so (NOT):) I had gotten to my ideal weight but I wasn’t smart like you to know how to keep it off. Well I intend to keep my eyes and ears on you cause “no pressure” but I know you can get me back on my game. Summer fit is on baby!!!
I just did the Ab Blitz workout and it’s a killer (: I did this workout last week and completed 11 rounds. Good job Zuzana!
Zuzana,
With a lot of these postings talking about the possibility of losing certain amounts of weight and body fat by summer, I just want to say that I have been doing your workouts 4-5 days a week since January 3rd (yes I even remember the date I found your blog!) and have already seen and felt results. December/09 was really busy and stressful for me and I gained weight. It was some stress eating and mostly the lack of time to work out. I have been a runner for a while and taking the 45 minutes out to run plus the getting ready and finding a place to run became too much. I was so upset to feel all my jeans getting too tight, etc. Well, let me just say that I am already fitting back into my jeans and as a matter of fact they feel even looser than before I gained the weight! I feel so good and am super excited to check your blog and try all the workouts every day:) Thank you so much- just wanted to give a little blurb about how fast it is working for me so I know if we all stick to this, we can reach our goals by bikini season!
Lauren
first of all wat is yours and fredericks fitness goal?i’ve read that u mentioned something about it in one of your articles but u didn’t say what that goal was :) please reply!
this was a really motivating article though. i mean, summer is definitly the time tht pple want to get fit for, because of the shorts and bikinis that pple want to wear and show off their body in the warm weather. i’m going to cut my portions in half now though because i realized that i am overeating my meals :\ thanks a lot and i dont think i’m going to do this workout because i don’t have anywhere to do my pull-ups,but i tried working out in the morning today and it is WAY better!
thanks a lot!
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but I AM going to get the body i want before school ends (june) and i want to keep that body too.
Thanks Zuzana!
My bikini bottom is already loose! I’ll have to get my mom to cut and re-stitch the sides but I’ll wait till summer because I plan on losing 5 or 7 more pounds (still have a tiny bulge under the belly button, it looks like it will be the last inch of fat to go away!)
Thanks also for the stretching routine, I’m a secretary and sitting all day at a computer (even if I sit straight) hurts my back and once I was done working out the stretching made all the tension in my lower back go away!
You’re the best!