There are tons of awesome exercises out there to help you build muscle and burn fat.  You don’t need to include ALL of these exercises everyday, but it is important to change what exercises your flat stomach workout has every few weeks.

This week I’m going to suggest you try the Stability Ball Dumbbell Chest Press. This exercise offers all the benefits of a chest press while adding some difficulty and allowing you to further strengthen your core muscles.

Every woman should being doing the chest press (its not going to make you look like a man – we now know that there are many benefits of weight lifting for women).  The dumbbell chest press builds your chest muscles, which helps to increase your upper body strength. By building our chest muscles we also tighten our triceps. Tight triceps means sexy, toned arms in any sleeveless or strapless dress. This exercise also helps you build sexy shoulders without doing too much shoulder work.

By moving the dumbbell chest press from the bench to a stability ball, we increase the benefits by strengthening your core. In order to keep the stability ball ’stable’ you must engage your core and glutes during the entire exercise. Having a strong core and glutes helps to prevent back injuries in the future, as well as helping you reach your flat stomach goals faster.

Watch the quick video below to see the proper form for this exercise, to prevent any injury.

Happy Training!

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Hope you enjoyed the 4th of July weekend – I know I did! Saw fireworks, went to the beach, went to a barbeque with friends, and just enjoyed every minute of the sunniest weekend we’ve had in a while!

But now its back to business.  I’m ready to go and I wanted to make sure that you are too! (I’ve heard through the Twitter vibe that many people need a kick in the rear to get them going!)

So, here it is.

Take charge. What you do today makes for a better tomorrow.

YOU are the one who controls YOUR future.

In the words of Michael Jackson “If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make the change”.

“If you want to shine like the sun, first you have to burn like it.”

“Make a game of finding something positive in every situation.Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined by how you interpret events to yourself. ” ~Brian Tracy

“You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them.” ~Zig Ziglar

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.” Dale Carnegie

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill

What change are YOU going to make today to make tomorrow a better day?