Holly Rigsby Kettlebell Training

For the REST of you mortal (read: not supermodel) moms who have absolutely no time but still want to look fabulous, if you need a postpartum workout plan try Holly Rigsby's Fit Yummy Mummy system IMMEDIATELY. I mean, don't pass go. Get it now. I'm down to the last 5 pounds of my 24-pound pregnancy weight loss, and I lost it all in two months with the help of this system. The Fit Yummy Mummy system works even when you can only incorporate some of the elements - like following the healthy eating plan and fudging on the workout routines over Thanksgiving (see my earlier post on that, here). And Holly's kettlebell workouts are especially great, since they can count as strength training AND cardio conditioning.

And, when you get started with your Fit Yummy Mummy system, pay special attention to Holly's kettlebell training sections. Kettlebell conditioning has made all the difference for me - I've got my little sister, my hairdresser, and my mother-in-law all working out with kettlebells now. (My sister has lost 20 pounds in the past 9 months, from doing kettlebell swings like I told her while she takes her evening T.V. break - more on that method in a minute.) I was reading Timothy Ferriss' latest book: The 4-Hour Body a little over a year ago, a few months before my last pregnancy, when I discovered the magic of kettlebell workouts. I went out and bought myself a cute 10-pound yellow kettlebell (a 10-30 lb. kettlebell is usually advised as a good weight to start for women) and did kettlebell swings during T.V. commercial breaks whenever I had a chance to watch a sitcom in the evenings. I was looking toned and delicious from just that little amount of kettlebell strength training (maybe 15 minutes a night) a few times a week. I was even able to continue working out with kettlebells for the first trimester of my pregnancy and was feeling healthy and strong. I had to stop, however, when I was diagnosed with placenta previa and only picked it back up again after I was cleared by my doctor to start working out again after delivery.

So you can understand why I'm so gaga over this, let me share a few tidbits with you about the benefits of kettlebell training for women:

You can see BIG results in TINY amounts of time (Tim Ferriss' The 4-Hour Body kettlebell training model, Fleur B., reputedly lost 3 pounds and over 3 percentage points of body fat from 15 minutes of exercise a week).

You burn huge amounts of calories (up to 1200/hour).

You get your strength training AND your cardio workout done at the same time. Boo-yah!

You increase your strength without bulking up - staying long and lean.

It works well for women, no matter your age or stage of life - my sister did it to lose mommy weight in the shortest amount of workout time, my 20-something-year-old hairdresser is doing it to lift up her already sky-high derriere, and my mother-in-law is doing it to gain bone density and help reverse her osteopenia.

The Fit Yummy Mummy system founder, Holly Rigsby, apparently loves kettlebell training, too. You'll find great kettlebell exercises throughout the materials you'll get in her basic Fit Yummy Mummy system and bonuses - like her "Exercise Archive" and "Awesome Exercises" manuals (Tabata Circuit B, in case you're wondering). And, if you like the results you're getting with kettlebells, you might want to check out Holly Rigsby's Fit Yummy Mummy Kettlebell Workout DVD and Guide.

All-right, all-right... enough of my gushing on about kettlebells for now. Just try it. If you love the results you're getting and how fast you're getting them, let me know. And if you get those unbelievable results, happen to be over 5'7", and suddenly start looking like famous Fit Yummy Mummy Dani (who actually DID start modeling after using the Fit Yummy Mummy system), then maybe YOU should consider being a supermodel mom, too.