Motivational Posts
Hillary Swank is a fantastic follow on Instagram, you can find her @hilaryswank. Not only does she share her personal life, but she also shares her workout routines along with inspirational posts. Here are a few pics from Hilary Swank's Instagram feed.
A post about trying:
Posts to encourage us to go for our dreams:
You can count on her for motivating you on her page which gives an insight into her resilient and ambitious nature.
What She Does
If you're looking to change your look and shed some serious pounds, an article in Australian Women's Health, Swank says, "Big goals like losing 30 pounds or running a marathon aren’t accomplished overnight. Nope—you’ve got to show up every day and put in the effort." So make sure to have a realistic goal you can achieve before you embark on this journey.
What makes Hilary Swank's workouts so successful isn't only her determination, but her use of strength training.
Strength training is really good for your physical and mental health. In an article written by Mandy Oaklander in Time, it says that “Strength training is the only way you’re going to truly be able to sculpt the physique of your personal dreams,” says Sue Clark, a Chicago-based strength coach who trains Dena. “Above and beyond the physical changes, though, a whole new persona emerges as people start to feel really confident in their own bodies.”
A huge misconception, and a reason why women tend to stay away from strength training, is the idea that picking a dumbbell is going to make you look bigger and bulkier, but this isn't the case at all. You can actually burn more calories doing strength training than cardio. In a Women's Health article by Lauren Aaronson, she states, "A study in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that women who completed an hour-long strength-training workout burned an average of 100 more calories in the 24 hours afterward than they did when they hadn't lifted weights. At three sessions a week, that's 15,600 calories a year, or about four and a half pounds of fat—without having to move a muscle."
Not only does weight lifting help you shed those unwanted pounds but it also has great long term effects. The article continues, "There's a longer-term benefit to all that lifting, too: Muscle accounts for about a third of the average woman's weight, so it has a profound effect on her metabolism, says Kenneth Walsh, director of Boston University School of Medicine's Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute. Specifically, that effect is to burn extra calories, because muscle, unlike fat, is metabolically active. In English: Muscle chews up calories even when you're not in the gym. Replace 10 pounds of fat with 10 pounds of lean muscle and you'll burn an additional 25 to 50 calories a day without even trying."
It's clear that all the weight training Hillary has been doing has shown it's benefits. Here are some posts she's shared of her workouts: