You may be wondering what a post about playing cards is doing on a site about fitness? Well if you fancy shaking up your training and doing something completely different then grab yourself a deck of cards. The principle is simple; pick 2 exercises one for the red cards and one for the black. So [...]
This post looks at barbell circuits also known as barbell complexes. These complexes are designed to improve speed, conditioning, strength endurance and can have some aerobic benefits. The idea is to perform a circuit of barbell exercises back to back without any rest and ideally without putting the bar down. Since you are performing a [...]
Here is another workout I did with my Saturday morning circuit class. All you need is a barbell and some weights and lots of energy. The circuit is split into rounds and each round is made up of 3 exercises. For this workout we are using high reps so it is 50 per exercise although [...]
The dumbbell snatch is a version of the Olympic lift, the snatch, performed with a dumbbell in one hand. You move the dumbbell from the floor to above your head in one explosive movement.
The dumbbell snatch is a full body movement and most of the major muscle groups come into play, particularly legs, shoulders and [...]
Welcome to my Results Conditioning “Big book of challenges”. In here you will find 30 fitness challenges that will test your aerobic and anaerobic fitness, muscular endurance and stamina as well as pushing you to your very limits.
I use fitness challenges with my clients as one way of monitoring progress and as a way for [...]
This challenge combines 4 barbell exercises along with 4 plyometric exercises using a step box to give you a short but intense workout that can help with muscular endurance, stamina, cardio fitness as well as burning plenty of calories.
For the first round you will complete 20 reps of each of the 8 exercises, at the end [...]
This time we look at another compound barbell exercise, the deadlift. The deadlift targets the muscles of the posterior chain (hamstrings, glutes, lower back) and like the squat is another must do exercise to include within your training if your goals are increased muscle size or strength gains.
Many people avoid the deadlift due to a number [...]
This series of posts looks at some of my favourite and most effective exercises that I use on a regular basis within my personal training sessions. For each of the exercises I will look at correct technique and teaching points, other variations of the exercise and then list some sample workouts. For this first post [...]
This challenge uses 3 pieces of cardio equipment that are the most commonly found in health clubs, the treadmill; rower and upright cycle. The only other pieces of equipment you will need are a barbell and a bench or step box. The challenge mixes high intensity aerobic work alongside high repetition resistance work to give [...]
For today’s training session we were still focusing on strength work basing the workout around compound exercises such as deadlifts and squats as well as introducing some more sport specific moves such as the press-up with knee strikes.
We warmed up using a mixture of medicine ball exercises such as swings, rotations and lunges with rotations [...]
