Denise's Daily Dozen (35 page)

6. Side Kick

Slim your saddlebags with this metabolism-boosting move.

  Position your hands in a boxer’s stance. Stand with your feet about hip-width apart and squat down low. Keep your abs pulled in.

  Step your right leg out to the side about three feet, then bring your left leg to touch it. Step your left foot back out to the side, lift your right leg up, kick it out to the side, and then squat down low again. Time: 30 seconds on the right leg. Switch legs and repeat.

7. Shuffle with Hooks

These punches put sexy shoulders within reach and accelerate your calorie-burning ability.

  Position your hands in a boxer’s stance just like in the starting position for the side kicks, with your feet about hip-width apart and squatting down low. Keep your abs pulled in as you shuffle three times to the right.

  Stand up out of the squat and punch your bent left arm across the front of your body at chin height (this is called a hook). Shuffle to the left three times and do a hook punch with the right arm. Alternate side-to-side. Time: 1 minute.

 
CHALLENGE
: Standing in place with your feet wider than hip-width and hands in boxer’s stance, alternate doing uppercuts to each side. An uppercut is when you twist your body to one side using your abs and core and punch upward with the opposite arm. Bend your knees and squat down slightly between punches.

8. Front Kicks, Back Kicks

Kick fat and cellulite far, far away.

  Stand with your arms in a boxer’s stance. Bend your right knee to hip height and then kick your right leg out in front of you.

  Bring the right leg back down and kick your left leg out behind you. If you’re just starting out, kick the leg low. As you get more comfortable, kick the leg out higher. Keep your abs engaged (tight) while you kick. Time: 1 minute.