- Ignore the phone. Next time you follow a home workout DVD, make sure you’re free of all distractions. Reserve 15 minutes for yourself.

- Exercise first, diet second. You can’t exercise effectively if you’re on a crash diet. The simple act of exercising more makes you want to eat a better diet. Don’t go full steam ahead – start exercising and then make small changes to your diet.
 
- Lift heavy. Mark (Davina’s personal trainer) told me I’d outgrown the weights in his home gym. I was doing upright rows with 15kg dumbbells! If you have smaller weights, do more reps until your muscles beg for mercy!

Davina’s new workout DVD, Fit in 15, is released on December 2, 2013. Hosted by Davina and her personal trainers Jackie and Mark Wren, this DVD offers 15-minute cardio, arms, legs and core circuits.

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