Bodyweight exercises are used heavily in my fitness boot camps. They’re very flexible and super easy to implement in a group setting when you don’t have a lot of equipment available for use. However, even in a fully equipped gym, bodyweight exercises are a given in my workouts. A fantastic physique can be built on bodyweight exercises alone. Here are my top five exercises that I believe have the power to drastically change anyone’s physique. (more…)
Top 5 bodyweight exercises that can drastically change your physique
Posted by in Exercises - (Comments Off)I recently was asked what exercises/stretches could be done for someone with Runner’s Knee. Since knee injuries are so widespread I thought it would be a good topic for an article. The following discussion isn’t specific to any one type of knee injury, but rather a broader approach to keeping the knees healthy in general.
Typically when someone experiences knee pain, or any other pain for that matter, they look for solutions in the immediate area of their source of pain. In other words, when an individual has knee pain the first question they ask is, “how can I strengthen my knees?”. While in some cases the cause of the pain may be directly related to the surrounding structures, in many cases it is a result of the joints that lie above and below the source of pain. Let me explain. (more…)
I’ve seen many, many diets over the years. When it comes to those people wanting to lose weight, there are several mistakes their diets usually have in common. Here are the top 5 things I see most frequently.
1) Too many calories – This one goes without saying. If you’re consuming too many calories you’re not going to lose weight. The problem here is that the individual sometimes isn’t aware unless they’re tracking their diets. (more…)
Have a jump rope? Pull it out of the closet because here are some creative ways to use it!
Program A
10 sets of 100 jumps
This is nothing more than straight sets of a given repetition. You perform 100 jumps and rest for 1 minute. Perform 10 sets for a total of 1,000 jumps. (more…)
When my clients are interested in losing weight I always recommend they track their diets. Here are the top 5 benefits of doing so.
1) Awareness – I don’t know how many times I’ve heard “My diet is fine, I just need help with exercise”. I would say 99% of the time this changes after the individual starts tracking their diet. If you aren’t aware of what you’re doing you have no idea that a change is even necessary.
2) Education – You would be surprised how much you learn from logging your food intake. It opens up a whole new world when it comes to nutritional content of food and food selection, especially when eating out. Plus, the education you get lasts forever. Should you happen to fall off the wagon you have the knowledge to get back on track. (more…)
Today’s post comes from a discussion I had with yesterday with two of my clients. They had asked about different things they should be doing on off-days and brought up walking/running at the local high school track (for locals, Handley’s track specifically). So, here are a few ideas to turn your day at the track into an invigorating workout!
Intervals
Here’s how it works:
- Using the yard markers on the football field you will perform sprint intervals from marker to marker.
- You can vary your intervals from straight sprints to interval sprints in the middle of lap runs.
Program A
With this example, you will run sprints while performing laps around the track
- Run 4 laps. On each lap, sprint from 30 yard line to 30 yard line (on the same side of the track) and walk/jog the corners. The distances for the sprints can be changed to any of the yard markers (for instance, 40 yard line to 40 yard line or any other variation), but keep them consistent for each lap.
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