If you’ve become a master excuse maker when it comes to exercise, bring it on! Top trainers from around the country have come together to bust your best excuses and get you on the road to bikini brave buns, bellies and thighs. Better still, they not only offer a solution but promising results for your efforts.  

1. I’m too tired! You’re busted: Exercise helps you sleep. Once you start, you’ll find you body fall into a natural sleep routine that will boost your energy. You’ll become your own motivational coach. A 10-minute power workout will energize you now, help you sleep sounder later and make you wake up feeling more rested – less tired – than if you skipped the exercise and just slept longer.

2. I’m bored! You’re busted: This one’s easy. Switch it up everyday. If you’re moving enough to get your heart rate up, you’re exercising. There’s only one reason to be bored and that’s if you try to be too regimented. Go skip around the block, drag the treadmill in front of the TV, dance like a fool to your favorite band.

3. I’m too poor! You’re busted: You’re rich enough to walk outside. So go! Walk, run, trot down the street or around you yard. Look at you! You’re exercising! Waiting for the fancy gym membership isn’t going to help you improve your routine. Moving is the improvement you’re looking for.

4. I don’t have time! You’re busted: Like everything else, once you’ve started to build a regular exercise routine, and you’re seeing and feeling the benefits of your dedication, the time to do it will magically appear because it will become a priority. So start slow and do three to five minutes of power squats where you quickly bend your knees, touch the ground and jump back up. You’ll see and feel results almost immediately. The time will come if you make yourself get started.

5. I don’t want to! You’re busted: If you’re thinking about it and fighting it, you do want to…you just don’t want to. Give yourself a deadline and a reward. Book the vacation. Plan the pool party. Buy the shorts. Keep the “deadline” where you can see it and be reminded.

6. I don’t know what to do! You’re busted: One session with a personal trainer can get you started in the gym. Ask the person who goes from machine to machine and knows exactly how to change the weights or make necessary adjustments to the equipment what different machines target. Go for a walk and swing your arms. Even simple exercise will show results.

7. I’m embarrassed! You’re busted. You’re exercising for you. Invest in workout clothes that make you feel comfortable and confident. Compliment the areas you’re proud of and hide the ones you’re not.

8. I have too much to do! You’re busted: This is different than not having the time. If you feel that you already have to go to work early and still bring work home, exercise can only help. It’s a stress reliever – which you obviously need. It’s also an energizer – you become more efficient. More work will get done and get done better if you’re feeling rejuvenated.

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