Lose the Baby Weight Fast: Toning Circuit Workout

The Program: How It Works

STRENGTH TRAIN
3 days a week on nonconsecutive days.

What you'll need: A set of 5- or 8-pound dumbbells.

• If you have 15 minutes: Do the Total-Body Tone-Up Circuit
• If you have 30 minutes: Do the Total-Body Tone-Up Circuit plus the Bonus Belly-Flattening Routine
• If you have 45 minutes: Do the Total-Body Tone-Up Circuit, the Bonus Belly-Flattening Routine, plus 15 minutes of your cardio of choice

FAT-BURNING CARDIO

• 3 days a week, minimum of 30 minutes; either the same day or a different day as the strength routine
• Do what you love -- try power walking/jogging alone or with the stroller, using the elliptical machine, doing a cardio dance DVD, etc.
• Include interval training in two of these cardio workouts.
• If you have more than 30 minutes, go for longer at a moderate pace (about a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10).

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