Exercise of the Month- August 2011: Kettlebell Halo
I. Benefits
- Stretches your shoulders, upper back and triceps, especially important for desk jockeys who are prone to rounded upper backs and internally rotated shoulders
- Builds strength and endurance in your arms and shoulders and really works your gripping muscles
- Great way to dynamically warm up the upper [...]
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Not a day seems to go by that some new crazy abdominal exercise or gizmo hits the market promising us quick and easy results.
By now I hope you know that spot reduction doesn’t work and that you can crunch and sit-up until your spine snaps (and it probably will after too many reps) and you [...]
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November 30, 2010 – 21:00
I’m really excited to share a really unique interval workout with you today that I can guarantee you’ve never done before!
As you probably already know, the typical interval workout features a single interval protocol with a static work and rest period.
For example, a 30-30 interval workout consists of alternating between 30 seconds of work and [...]
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November 29, 2010 – 17:00
We’ve got a really cool new workout coming your way to start off this new phase of camp.
It’s called Turkish Get-Up Intervals and it involves a single exercise, the Turkish Get-Up, that works your entire body from head to toe.
Though there’s a bit of a learning curve associated with this high-skill exercise, it will be [...]
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The other day I read an incredible fitness newsletter from world renowned Physical Therapist Dr. Kareem Samhouri and my partners at Workout Muse about the concept of how muscle works and why you get knots in them sometimes- something that ends up causing muscle and joint pain btw…
It was so good that I asked them [...]
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Part 3- Putting it All Together
In Part 1, I explained the “ADRENALINE” aspect of ADRENALINE ABS. Click HERE in case you missed it.
In Part 2, I explained the “ABS” aspect of ADRENALINE ABS. Click HERE in case you missed it.
Before I reveal the ADRENALINE ABS program design, here are a couple of concluding points that [...]
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Part II- ABS
Alright so what about the “ABS” part of “ADRENALINE ABS”?
Well we’ve already effectively mobilized stubborn belly fat via max effort 10-second bouts of total body exercises, so let’s now integrate some core stability training to build a tight, sexy midsection.
Core stability is a critical component of any sound training plan.
Unless you’ve been [...]
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Method Behind the Madness: ADRENALINE ABS
ADRENALINE ABS is a cutting-edge program that we’re using in the month of camp featuring a fusion of 10-second total body exercises to boost adrenaline and burn stubborn fat and 10-second core stability exercises to build flat, rock hard abs.
After using this program in my own personal workouts, it was [...]
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I’m constantly asked what’s the best way to go about burning belly fat and getting flatter, more toned abs.
Here’s a quick Abdominal Makeover Checklist that I think you’ll find to be pretty handy.
How does it work?
It’s pretty simple- the more checks you have the better your abs will look
__ Incorporate Shorter intervals. Shorter intervals [...]
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September 6, 2010 – 21:57
Nathan Cragg is a local Colorado Springs personal trainer and fitness boot camp instructor. Today he shares his top tips to prevent gaining 15 pounds your freshman year in college.
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