What are five exercises a girl should do every day to tone-up?
Janet Lee, Shape Deputy Editor: This is tough because we don’t recommend weight training every day. One exercise women can practice every day is pulling in their belly button and holding it for 30 seconds (repeat several times a day). This engages the deepest abdominal muscle, which helps pull your belly in and stabilizes your spine. Other moves a woman should be doing 2-3 times a week include squats or lunges, which work the large muscles of the lower body. A push-up, which works your chest, shoulders, core and triceps is also beneficial. This replicates pushing movements that you do every day (pushing against a door to open it, for example). Finish your push-ups by holding at the top (rise up onto your toes if you were on your knees) for 30 seconds to a minute. Finally, some kind of pulling movement like a row would be good. This helps strengthen the back and biceps and will help strengthen your postural muscles that help pull your shoulder blades back. You can start each set of rows
