A new year means it’s your time to shine!
Whether you’re looking to kick your fitness up a notch, get leaner, improve your diet, or just feel a little better each and every day, now’s the time to get started. We can help. We enlisted top trainer and health coach Autumn Calabrese, creator of the 21 Day Fix program, to give us her favourite go-to workout that you can do virtually anywhere, along with some of her top healthy-living tips. Plus, we’ve added strategies from more than a dozen other experts on workouts, nutrition, health, beauty, and more. Ready for 2021? You totally got this.
1 Drink More Water (a Lot More)
There’s a magical potion that you can drink to flush out toxins, improve your complexion, prevent cramps, and increase brainpower and energy. It’s called water. For a 64-kilogram woman, that’s about a 2 litres.
NO. 2 HIIT IT, THEN QUIT IT
Your workouts don’t have to last hours and hours to be effective. The best way to pack a lot of exercise into a small amount of time is with high-intensity interval training (HIIT). Try this routine from New York City–based trainer Melanie Kotcher. It requires no equipment and takes a mere 12 minutes. If you’re doing it right, it’ll leave you exhausted—and a little sore the next day.
Do each of the following moves with maximum effort for 20 seconds, then rest
