The bubbly, inspiring fitness instructor is the founder of Blogilates, Youtube’s number one female fitness channel (with two million subscribers!). And her personal, modern take on the workout, called POP Pilates, is all about body-sculpting—and sweat. Now, Ho’s released her first book, Hot Body Year Round, and it’s packed with all the elements that make up her method, including 20 full-length workouts, more than 120 total-body exercises, recipes and meal plans, and motivational advice. “I wanted to give readers the official Blogilates bible,” Ho says. “It’s all there. We really spent a lot of time and energy and put a lot of thought and into the book.” As in, every recipe is brand-new and all of her popular exercises are included. Plus, she racked up some frequent flier miles shooting the workouts across the seasons, in stunning locations, to fit the year-round workout theme—from Utah’s Salt Flats during winter to the beach in Malibu during summer. And while your own living room probably isn’t quite as exciting, Hot Body Year Round has everything you need to get in great shape without leaving home. “Pilates is to me the number one core-strengthening workout and the number one body-weight workout,” she says. “All you need is a mat and to know how to use your body.” Did we mention it’s not slow and quiet, at all, like you might have imagined? (Check out Ho’s 6 must-do Pilates moves now at Well+Good!) “You will be sweating during, and you will be sore after,” Ho says, of the many amped-up moves she’s created. “It’s exciting and young and fun. It’s not your grandmother’s Pilates.”
