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 [...]
All you need for this 10 minute challenge is kettlebell and a space of around 8-10 metres long. The workout uses 3 exercises, walking kettlebell swings, walking lunges and bear crawling, to give you a challenge that will target the hamstrings, glutes, quads, back, shoulders and core. The challenge is great for improving muscular endurance [...]
In this post I will look at the next 2 workouts that I used with my client Rob as part of his inferno fat burning programme. As mentioned in the previous post I will using a split workout since Rob is training on consecutive days, so on Thursday night we trained chest, shoulders and triceps [...]
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 [...]
This workout consists of 5 rounds of 5 lung busting exercises to give you a tough cardio workout that will help improve your aerobic fitness, burn calories and work the muscles of your legs, back and shoulders. The 5 rounds will take you around 15-20 minutes to complete which means you should be done in [...]
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 [...]
For this evenings session we were again focusing on circuit training to help with Marlons cardio fitness, stamina and muscular endurance. Tonight’s session would follow the format of my R.E.P’s (Register of exercise professionals) MMA conditioning class. This circuit-based workout is currently being run by Fitness first health clubs around the UK on their exercise [...]
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 [...]
