Here is a bodyweight workout that I put together for one of my circuit class members who is going away on holiday and wanted something they could do without any equipment. The aim of the session is to complete all of the below exercises back to back without any rest. Spend 30 seconds of each [...]
Here is a little finisher I have been using with clients at the end of their sessions. It is short and simple and as the name suggests should only take 5 minutes or less to complete. To perform it you only need a medicine ball and a space of approximately 10 metres long. To do [...]
One of the latest pieces of kit I have been using with my clients recently may not be what you expect. It’s not a kettlebell or VIPR or even a large sledgehammer but instead a bouncy ball that weights next to nothing! I have found this inexpensive piece of kit not only effective for S.A.Q [...]
Here is another post that looks at the functional training tool, the VIPR. This piece of kit is fantastic for working the body as a whole, using the principle of training movements and not muscles. So for example you can be doing an exercise that is hitting your lower body whilst at the same time [...]
For this weeks exercise all you will need is one of the most common pieces of equipment found in gyms and health clubs, the basic weight plate. Apart from this you will just need a matted surface (to allow the plate to slide) and some very strong core muscles! To perform this exercise you will [...]
This times exercise of the week will test your core stability as well as upper body strength. When it comes to working our core many people believe that basic crunches and sit ups will do the trick. These exercises are fine for hitting the muscles on top of the stomach (rectus abdominis) but how about [...]
Here is a workout that uses 2 of my favourite pieces of equipment, the kettlebell and VIPR. The session starts off with a bodyweight core circuit followed by 4 supersets that use 1 kettlebell and 1 VIPR exercise. The workout is finished off with one of the toughest whole body kettlebell exercises, the Turkish get [...]
RCT stands for the “Results conditioning test” which is a 10 exercise workout that I have put together to test my clients aerobic fitness, muscular strength and endurance of the upper and lower body and their core strength and stability. The test uses 10 bodyweight exercises and the idea is to get clients working to [...]
This time the exercise of the week takes a basic press up and gives it a twist by using the functional piece of kit the Body Rocka. This version of the press up not only targets the chest, shoulders and triceps but also the muscles of the core. To perform this exercise, place your hands [...]
Here is a workout that I have put together in preparation for training a professional MMA fighter in the next couple of months. The workout mixes all the components a fighter needs to perform well during a fight and focuses on core strength and stability, strength and power endurance.
A fighter needs a strong core to [...]
