Fancy hitting your body hard for a month either in the run up to Christmas or after all the festivities and over eating? If the answer is yes then this 4 week challenge programme could be just right for you. The concept is simple, complete 5 challenges over a 4 week period alongside your normal [...]
This challenge is done over 4 rounds and mixes together strength exercise alongside high intensity aerobic ones. The workout will hit all the major muscles of your chest, back and legs as well as giving you cardio benefits and is a great calorie burner. The challenge itself will take in the region of 30 minutes [...]
Here is a workout I did recently with my circuit group that is great for improving muscular endurance and cardio fitness as well as being a big calorie burner. The workout mixes barbell exercises with bodyweight ones as well as high intensity aerobic work. All you will need is a barbell and a selection of [...]
If like me you enjoy circuit training then you may find this post useful. I have taken 4 pieces of equipment that are most commonly found within gyms and health clubs and along with your bodyweight I have put together 6 exercises for each piece of kit. The idea is simple, pick one exercise from [...]
Each week I will be posting a different workout on the blog which I have put myself and maybe a few lucky clients through! In the posts I will include the exercises used as well as the amount of weight (I will be honest!) I will also include how the session went and whether I [...]
Here is a workout I did with my Saturday morning circuit class last week. The circuit was split up into 4 rounds with each round being made up of 3 exercises. The am is simple, complete 10 reps of each exercise and perform as many sets within a 5 minute time limit. Below are the [...]
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 [...]
