This is a very short challenge that should only take a few minutes to complete so would be ideal to use as a finisher at the end of a session. The workout hits most of your major muscles from your upper body (chest, shoulders and triceps) to your legs (quadriceps hamstrings and calves) as well [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This workout uses just a single medicine ball so is ideal for those training at home but is just as suited to the gym. The workout is great for overall conditioning, muscle tone and aerobic fitness. Perform the below exercises in a circuit spending 30-40 seconds on each one, at the end of the circuit [...]
This post looks at a 6 week fat burning programme that I am currently running with one of clients. I have been training with my Rob for around a year now and he has made tremendous progress in terms of improving his muscle definition and shape as well as reducing body fat. This has come [...]
This 10 minute challenge uses 3 bodyweight exercises that will work your back, arms, chest, shoulders, legs as well as giving you aerobic benefits. The exercises used are recline rows, press ups and burpees. The aim is to complete as many repetitions as you can within the 10 minute time limit. For each exercise you [...]
The burpee is a fantastic bodyweight exercise that I use a lot within my circuit classes as well as with personal training clients. It works many of your major muscles including your legs, chest, shoulders and core as well as your heart and lungs. There are many different versions of this exercise and in this [...]
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 [...]
Today Marlon was accompanied to training by one of his teammates from the Devils Pit MMA gym. Since there were two of them I decided to make today’s session circuit based and have them working for 3×5 minute rounds to help simulate an MMA bout. Round 1 would be upper-body focused where as the second [...]
This workout mixes Kettlebell and bodyweight exercises together to create a session that will get your heart and lungs working, burn plenty of calories and help to improve muscular endurance and tone. The aim is to use the same Kettlebell throughout the session and complete all the exercises back to back without any rest. Once [...]
