14 DAY TRIAL // Admittedly, a woman’s wedding day is not only the most beautiful day in her life, it’s also the one that gives her the most headaches no matter how well preparations are going. The invitations, location, seating, flower arrangements, the bride gown and what-not put aside, the bride-to-be also has to focus on something that can truly turn the months before the wedding into a genuine ordeal: having to lose weight or tone up to look smashing in her gown.
With the preparation madness in full swing, it’s highly likely that the future bride be easily sidetracked from her weight-related target. Working out and sticking with a diet can become extremely frustrating when also having to deal with countless other minor details that seem to never stop coming. Because of this – and, more importantly, because a bride does need to look her best on her wedding day – a new branch of the fitness industry has emerged and flourished incredibly over the past years.
The concept of bridal boot camps is not really that new, since it practically takes the idea that the bride inevitably takes out a subscription with a gym a couple of months before the big day and makes it into something else that is meant to lend a helping hand to her. Not only are there specialized resorts where future brides come and live for two weeks or more, sticking to a very strict schedule that will eventually help them shape up with a combination of exercise and diet, but there are also countless other options available.
Live in Fitness, for instance, offers brides special programs to be in the best shape for the wedding, on locations where all distractions will be eliminated and they will be surrounded only by other women with the same goals as them. However, if one can’t leave home (or the planning of the wedding to someone else), then there are also online programs that offer daily tips and all kinds of monitoring software, so the bride-to-be can get to exercise her self-discipline and motivation in the privacy of her own home.
On the same note, one must also mention the bridal workout DVDs, which are actually fitness routines designed specifically with brides in mind. Here too the range of choices is impressive, the only downside being that this method also requires plenty of motivation and self-discipline.