Zuzana-ing

I’ve told a few friends about this site I use instead of belonging to a gym, but I’m always forgetting to send them the link. So, here it is!

It’s called BodyRock, and the (really jacked) lady who does the workouts is called Zuzana. She’s Czech and her husband is Canadian. They travel a lot around Europe and they document their adventures on the site as well.

Her workouts are designed so you can do them at home with minimal equipment. Most of them require no equipment at all. The theory is that you can use your own body weight to build muscle and stay fit.

I like her workouts because she always seems like she thinks they’re really difficult too, even though she probably has about 1% body fat and serious muscles. It helps when I’m huffing and puffing that at least she is too!

And I like that I can do the workouts in our small living room, sometimes watching TV, and they don’t take forever! Some of the workouts take her only 12 or 17 minutes. They take me longer, but I’m usually done in half an hour!

They’re hard at the beginning, but they get a little easier and you build muscle really quickly.

For each workout, she does a video where she demonstrates everything . I usually watch the video once or twice so I know what each exercise is and see the correct form, and then I do the reps on my own. I set up this free interval timer on my computer and off I go!

Right, so there’s my Zuzana pitch as I’m spending a few days coming down from the sugar buzz of the last few weeks.

Here are my top 5 favorite workouts from the site. And don’t let the names scare you! Or her slightly provocative workout outfits. Ha!

1. Sexy Pain Train Workout

2. Eight Exercises Drill

3. 600 Rep Workout

4. Rock Your Body Workout

5. Turbo Fat Blaster Workout

Obviously, I can’t guarantee you’ll look like her by doing the workouts. Heck, I don’t look like that and I do them several times a week. But that’s because I like sugar. I could eat chocolate for every meal (I actually did eat chocolate for most meals over the last few weeks!) and I usually choose sweet tooth over Zuzana bod. But I think I’m fitter than if I belonged to a gym, and saving myself lots of money on a gym membership!

Enjoy!