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FABfit offers fitness and nutrition programs that help you create a balanced, healthy lifestyle. Our programs are designed to help you build inner & outer strength, plus confidence, so you can look and feel your best.

3-5 workouts a week depending on the training program you chose.  Also there is a bank of additional bonus workouts you can add in each week to personalize your training program.

Minimum equipment needed is just a set of dumbbells and a mat.  Some programs require multiple sets of dumbbells and I recommend having a light, medium, and heavy set on hand. This could mean 5 lbs, 8 lbs, and 10 lbs weights if you are just getting started.

In addition some programs utilize resistance bands – both the booty bands and open loop style. Finally some programs use a bench and kettle bell but these are optional and I model how to do the exercise with or without these.

You can use whatever brand you’d like but if you’d like to purchase the ones I have here are the Amazon links for booty bands and open loop bands.

You fill in the blanks here! We all have limitations due to various reasons and there is always a way to modify or an alternative exercise you could easily swap out to work the same muscle group. On the members page there is a section devoted to showing modifications for exercises!

Never do an exercise just because it’s written in the workout if it’s not good for your body! I don’t want to see any of you get injured trying to do something “just because.” Also, remember to always consult your physician before starting a new exercise program.

While there is nothing wrong with always doing a full body workout if you are a beginner or your goal is to just move your body, if your goal is to achieve body composition changes then you will have much better results from isolating the muscle groups.

Here are the reasons why I love and believe in muscle splits:

1. Results – by isolating the muscle groups you will tone and define your muscles. In order to grow your muscles (which is what you want to do if you want that “tone” look) you need to create little micro tears in your muscles and you achieve this through following a training plan designed to drive results.
2. Recovery – studies suggest that you need at least 72 hours of rest between high-intensity strength-training workouts to repair your muscles. So this allows for your muscles to repair, build, and grow- the repair time is super important! So even if you do all 3 -5 workouts on consecutive days your muscles still have time to repair and grow because you are focusing on different muscles each day.
3. Time – by training your legs for a full workout your workout can be shorter (30 mins) because it’s more intense.  Isolated routine workouts take less time. You can still give your muscle groups an intense workout, but you won’t be spending as long doing it as you would in a full-body workout. I know time is a reason many women don’t workout and by training this way you can and will see results in a shorter amount of time than if you were to do a full body workout or a group fitness class at the gym.

The bottom line is nothing is wrong with full body workouts all the time (they are especially good for beginners), but you get more bank for your buck by training muscle groups.