Anna Lewandowska is upside down – in her workout clothes. In a new social media post the Polish fitness trainer shows off her flat abs and impressive TRX moves during a workout you shouldn’t try at home. “Not having time to train is the most common excuse. But, are you sure? 😉,” she captioned the Instagram post. How does she approach diet, fitness, and wellness? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.
1. Conscious Training and Mixing Up Your Workout
Anna says to “approach training consciously, know your capabilities and base it on exercises that you like and that allow you to best activate a particular muscle group for work,” she writes in a post. She also urges her followers to maintain variety. “In addition, diversifying your workout keeps you motivated to train and enjoy it every day,” she said in an Instagram post.
2. Boxing and Kickboxing
Boxing is not only a great physical workout, but is great for mental health as well, according to Anna. “Do you know this feeling when you think that in a moment your emotions will explode 🫣? Stress, rush and daily chores often cause our body to accumulate emotions. Children deal with emotions best - with laughter, crying and screaming and no one is able to stop them! Unfortunately, as we age, we hide our emotions more and more. For me, the way to release difficult emotions is boxing,” she captioned a post. As for the physical benefits, boxing is a great way to build strength, improve balance, posture, hand-eye coordination, boost mood and endurance, and helps increase alertness, according to Harvard Health.
3. Cardio and Strength Training
Anna encourages a combo of cardio and strength training for weight loss. “During the period of fat reduction, a combination of cardio training and strengthening / strength training works well,” she revealed in a post. “Then we take care of maintaining muscle mass, while reducing unnecessary fat while maintaining a negative energy balance. Exactly such is the workout I have prepared for today - you will find elements of cardio and strengthening exercises using mini bands.”
4. Walking
In a recent post, Anna walks on the beach listening to a meditation. “One thing you do for yourself instead going through your phone? Workout, walking, meditation, dancing, a good book or podcast, learning to breathe,” she writes. Going for a daily walk can be a game changer in terms of exercise, especially at a brisk speed. One study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that walking at a brisk pace for about 30 minutes a day led to a reduced risk of heart disease, cancer, dementia and death, compared with walking a similar number of steps but at a slower pace.
5. Try TRX
Anna loves “TRX strap training,” which she does in her recent post. In another post, she explains the many benefits. “TRX is a functional training created for US special forces. Soldiers stationed at sea did not have access to gyms and specialized training tools. Exercises with bands served the purpose of taking care of fitness and endurance in a small space and without the use of additional equipment. Because of its simplicity and surprising effectiveness, TRX quickly gained worldwide recognition.TRX is also used in physiotherapy offices, especially during rehabilitation after orthopedic injuries and surgeries,” she writes. Here are the advantages, she says.
- Increases muscle endurance
- Improves cardiorespiratory fitness
- Stimulates stabilizing muscles to work
- Improves balance and motor coordination
- Provides positive effects on knee and ankle joint stability
- Improves endurance and strength
- Exercising with TRX will also work well for fat reduction,
- The lack of extra weight makes the workout less stressful on the joints and spine.
