Life Fitness Names Winner in Search for America's Best Looking Calves
September 08 2010 - 9:00AM
Marketwired
Earlier this year, Life Fitness, the global leader in providing
exercise equipment, kicked off a nationwide "Search for America's
Best Looking Calves." Receiving numerous entries and calf-revealing
photos from across the country, Plum, Pa. resident, Pattie Mangone,
was named the winner.
Not only will Mangone have bragging rights for the next year,
but she will also receive a Life Fitness F3 Foldable Treadmill. The
Life Fitness F3 Foldable Treadmill is a first-of-its-kind foldable
treadmill that doesn't sacrifice quality or appearance, comes with
a Basic Workouts Console for an easy-to-use interface with the
essential workout programs needed to maintain an effective fitness
regimen.
"I never thought I would win," said Mangone. "Life Fitness paid
me a huge compliment by selecting my calves as best in the nation.
Working out has always been important to me, so it feels really
good to be recognized by a fitness company."
Luckily for the rest of America, Mangone, who works part time as
a spinning and group strength instructor at her local East
Suburban, Pa. YMCA, has agreed to spill the beans on the secret to
her calf success. Following are Mangone's workout tips to help you
train for next year's search. Five-Day Workout
Routine:
- Monday: Take a 30-minute group cycling
class. Following the class, give your calves an additional workout
with seated calf raises. Sit on a bench with heels hanging off,
slowly squeeze up for 10, then point your toes down and slowly
raise up 10 times. Repeat three times.
- Tuesday: Incorporate weighted squats into
your workout. Stand with your feet apart, slowly bend your knees,
letting your low back arch slightly and sticking your buttocks out
behind you as if you were about to sit in a chair. Tighten your
buttock and leg muscles, press down into the floor, and come up
slowly. Do three sets of 10 squats.
- Wednesday: Take a 45-minute group cycling
class. Again follow up the class with more calf-pumping exercise --
a good old-fashioned session of jump rope. Jump rope in three
minute intervals and repeat for five sets or try using the calf
extension machine at your gym. Do 12 reps, and repeat three
times.
- Thursday: Walk uphill on the treadmill.
Set the incline on treadmill to a steep setting and walk briskly
for 30 seconds uphill, rest for 30 seconds and repeat 10 times.
Follow up with standing calf raises. Place one or both feet on a
raised surface with the heel lower than the toes, raise the heel as
far as possible, pressing the toes deep into the surface. Repeat
for eight reps.
- Friday: Put your best foot forward with
walking lunges. Stand tall with your shoulders back and abdominals
engaged, place your feet together. Step forward with your right
foot, bending both knees so that your front knee is aligned over
your ankle and the back knee comes close to the floor. Alternate
legs, lunge forward with your left foot, bending both knees so that
your front knee is aligned with your ankle and the back knee comes
close to the floor. Alternate legs for 20 steps.
About Life Fitness Life Fitness is the
global leader in providing fitness equipment. The company
manufactures and sells strength and cardiovascular equipment under
the brand names of Life Fitness and Hammer Strength and distributes
its equipment in more than 120 countries. Headquartered outside
Chicago, in Schiller Park, Ill., Life Fitness is a division of
Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC).
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