Lose 20 pounds in three weeks without exercise! Headlines like these appear every month in tabloids and magazines. Most of the time, the articles promise everything but deliver nothing. They prey on your desire to get thin and fit the easy way and know that your secret desire is to have the body of an athlete, movie star or supermodel. They push the idea that they know get-thin-quick secrets no one else knows.

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Today, women are just as concerned with developing their upper halves as their lower halves. One of the biggest inspirations for this shift in philosophy was Linda Hamilton’s appearance in the movie “Terminator 2.” Seeing her chiseled figure performing chin-ups motivated a legion of women to tone up their torsos and arms. But if you think simply performing a few sets of presses, rows and curls is going to get you toned, think again.

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These days, it’s difficult to find women’s pants or shorts that don’t hug the hips or tops that don’t show a bit of mid-section. The super-low hip-hugger/short shirt look made popular by rock singers says to the world: “Eat your heart out; don’t you wish you had abs like these?”

Few things are sexier than well-toned abs— they suggest fitness, leanness and sex appeal. Women who have great abs almost always flaunt them, while those who don’t almost always secretly wish they could.

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It is effortless to keep areas like thighs and hips in mind when you are exercising because they are easily seen from the front and in any mirror. However, unless you position yourself between a couple of mirrors, even areas that are in view to others— like your upper back and rear shoulders— are difficult to for you to see. Sometimes that translates into “out of sight, out of mind” when it comes to planning your exercise routine. If that is you, then your upper back and shoulders may be somewhat neglected; they may be a little weaker and have less shape than you’d like. If you want to look your best in your sleeveless and/or off- the-shoulder holiday clothes, you may want to spend a little time training these “out of sight” muscles.

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For many women, the desire to maintain a pert chest is a never-ending battle. Since breast tissue is predominantly comprised of fat, it’s susceptible to the forces of gravity and tends to sag as the years go by. Pregnancy and nursing only serve to compound the situation, causing the chest to “wilt” even further. Unless something is done to counteract this phenomenon, it continues to “head south,” drooping lower and lower with the passage of time.

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