One of my favourite ways to give my clients a cardiovascular workout is with focus pads, this post looks at different ways I use them within my sessions.
1 minute on, 1 minute off:
This workout involves mixing the focus pads with some bodyweight training to give you an effective session that lasts for 16 minutes [...]
Here is a challenge that is performed over 5×5 minute rounds and mixes kettlebell exercises with high intensity cardio training. The aim of the challenge is to complete as many sets as you can over the 5 rounds of training. Each round is made up of 1 kettlebell exercise and 1 cardio based exercise and [...]
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 [...]
The latest addition to the Results studio is Rodney the grappling dummy! While he may only be short (1.2m) he is a fantastic tool that I use with clients for ground and pound drills as well as throws and slams. Picking up a dummy and slamming it into the floor before jumping on it and [...]
One way I like to check my client’s progress is with the use of fitness challenges. These challenges test a mixture of aerobic fitness, strength, stamina and endurance. Most months there is a new one for them to have a crack at, some are short and sweet and can be completed in as little as [...]
The Torturous 20 challenge has proved very popular with my clients with many of them not only giving it a try at the Results studio but also doing it again on their own. Because of this I decided to put together another challenge that followed the same principles but this time would use the VIPR. [...]
This post looks at some of the toughest workouts that I have either done myself or have put clients through. It also gives you a chance to share your own workouts with like minded people. So if you have done a workout that has had you reaching for the sick bucket then why not post [...]
As mentioned before in a previous post, each month at the Results studio there is a new fitness challenge posted on our challenge board. This month we have the 10 minute VIPR challenge which is going down well and proving very tough. Now here is a sneak peak of Aprils challenge so you can see [...]
At the Results personal training studio we have our challenge board up on the wall and each month there is a new challenge for my clients to try if they wish (although sometimes they get no choice in the matter!) Their times/scores are recorded on the board so they can see how they compare against [...]
Since getting the VIPR at the Results studio I have been looking at different fitness challenges that I can inflict on my clients using these fantastic fitness tools. If you have yet to get bitten by the VIPR craze that is sweeping the fitness industry then the 2 links below gives you a brief introduction [...]
