Power booster
The power boosters section will give you tips on accumulating energy to take you through the day - and life.
An easy workout
Even the tiniest hotel room is large enough for these stretches! Stand up straight, with your feet shoulder-width apart. Bend your arms and lift them to shoulder-height, keeping your palms facing downwards. Now bend your knees. Take two steps forward, keeping your arms up and your knees bent. Then stand up on tiptoe, as tall as you can, stretching your arms to the ceiling. Count to five, then bend your arms and legs again. Repeat this ten times and you’ll soon feel invigorated!
Frequency beats length
Frequent, regular workouts are more effective for your personal fitness than a single weekly workout marathon. A 15 to 30 minute leg workout every day is perfect for strong and firm legs. Sounds doable, don't you think?
Eve's apple
Have you ever thought about it: Your legs carry you around, every day, all day long. And your heart has to pump the blood through them and up again. That is pretty impressive. But there is a way to stimulate the blood circulation a little. How to do this? Just put a few drops of apple vinegar in lukewarm water and massage your legs with the solution, from the toes up to your upper thighs. They deserve it, and so do you!
Step by step
Boost your energy and improve your fitness: just kick off your shoes and march barefoot on the spot for about 10 minutes. Then lift your knees alternately up to hip height to improve your fitness and keep your legs in shape.
A strong shot
Try it: caffeine increases your stamina by about 33%, and stimulates fat burning. One cup is enough - any more than that, and it would increase your blood pressure too much.
Cold start
Do you sometimes feel like your legs are made of lead? Here a tip how to give fresh vigor even to the most fatigued legs: direct a cold shower from the ankle upward to the knee of your right leg, first on the outside, then on the inside. Switch to the left leg. Great for waking up in the morning, or as a quick energy boost during the day.
Fatigue takes a bath
Use energizing bath essences that will get tired legs back into action. Try vitalizing lemongrass, energizing pine, or invigorating rosemary. Just run a bath of very warm water, add a few drops of bath essence, and rest your feet in it for about 10 minutes.
Take a seat
Here's a little power workout that strengthens the upper thighs. Here's how it goes: stand up straight with your back to a wall. Your feet are placed shoulder-wide, pointing forward. Squat as if you were going to sit on a chair. Now lean against the wall. Count to 20, then rise again and shake out legs. 2 sets.
Shake it, baby!
Whenever you get ready for a girls' night out (and sometimes just for the fun of it), put on your favorite dance music real loud and dance, dance, dance! When you’re alone or with a bunch of mates you can relax a little, so dance like crazy and have some fun! Invent new steps and teach each other new moves to get that energy and confidence flowing.
Power nap
When you next feel really drowsy, just find a cosy, quiet spot, close your eyes and let yourself drift off. Make sure you wake up after 10 – 20 minutes – that way you’ll feel energised rather than drowsy.
