For the most part, the weather here in Tucson, AZ is absolutely wonderful right now. This is that time of year that really makes it worthwhile to live here. The temperatures are perfect. There’s very little chance of rain, and the trees and flowers are absolutely exploding with vitality.
How about you? Are you exploding with vitality? Have your workouts gotten boring and you need to switch it up? Sick of seeing the same faces at the gym and waiting for someone to finish supersetting bicep curls in the squat rack? It’s time to take it outside!
If you have an robust arsenal of bodyweight exercises at your fingertips, you can have some really great workouts at your local park. If you use the correct exercises, you can achieve any goal. You can build lean muscle, enhance your cardiovascular health, burn fat, and most importantly have fun! I love using bodyweight exercises in a fat loss program, and use almost entirely bodyweight exercises for the free boot camp I run Saturday mornings. (Contact me if you’re in Tucson and are interested in taking part in that.)
Over the years, I’ve learned a lot of cool bodyweight exercises, but when I first started out on my own fitness journey, it would have been really handy to have a nice, big list of bodyweight exercises, and some well thought out programs to show me how to best use them. If you’re starting out on your fitness journey, you can have that information at your fingertips! Craig Ballantyne has put together a great package of information for you, and has put it on sale this week.
Click here to check out the awesome deal he’s got going on.
Here’s what Craig says about these programs:
For the first time ever, you can get access to these addictive bodyweight exercises – featuring the progressively challenging 6-Month “Turbulence Training Bodyweight Manual” and the “The Bodyweight Cardio No-Equipment Workouts” – for over 75% off the regular price when you order this week ONLY!
He’s selling all three programs for only $19.95! I’ve used some of Craig’s programs before, and they’re top notch. All of his programs are well written, authoritative, fun, and effective.
These same workouts have helped tons of people get in shape or bust out of ruts in the gym. If you’re ready to see some real changes in your body, and don’t want to invest in costly workout equipment, then get these programs, get outside, and get to work!
Hi everyone! I want to take a moment to write about a topic that seems sadly neglected by many of the fitness blogs and websites out there (except for the really awesome ones). In the quest for flat abs and a perfectly shaped butt, there’s a part of our bodies that just doesn’t get the attention it deserves. I want to call your attention to it.
Chances are good that whatever your occupation, whatever your hobby, whatever type of exercise you enjoy, your hands are of utmost importance. Our hands are one of the most magnificent things we have going for us. From the crushing blow of a skilled martial artist breaking a concrete block to the deft touch of a life saving surgeon, the things we can do with our hands is simply astounding. So, why are you neglecting your hands in your workouts?
We’ve all seen the clerks in the supermarket (not 15 minutes ago I saw this yet again) who wear that tell tale wrist brace. The brace that says “I’m demanding way too much from this hand and wrist, without taking care of it.” Like so many other nagging pains that our day to day jobs can create, it can be avoided with exercises chosen to strengthen. Here are a few things you can add to your daily routine to help strengthen those hands.
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I’ll let you in on a little secret… I don’t like to do sit-ups. I do them, and I have my athletes do them, because they are a good exercise, but I don’t enjoy them. I have a hard time finding an application in my day to day life where the movement behind a sit-up translates directly to my day to day activities. Plus, I just plain find sit-ups to be boring.
Considering that the words “core training” are a staple in fitness magazines and gadget informercial sales pitches, you may be wondering what kinds of “core” exercises I enjoy doing, and suggest others do as well. Obviously, since so many people are talking about training the core, it must be important, right?
Lets first start off by discussing what the core actually is.
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