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 [...]
The press-up is a fantastic body weight exercise that works the muscles of the chest (pectorals), shoulders (deltoids) and back of the arms (triceps) as well as requiring the core the work to help maintain optimum posture. There are many different versions of the basic press-up that you can use to make the exercise either [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In this post we look at 6 dynamic exercises that use a medicine ball and a low step. The medicine ball is a very versatile piece of kit that can be found in most gyms and is also an ideal home training aid since they are cheap and do not take up much room. Many [...]
For tonight’s session we started to introduce more explosive type movements to help improve speed and power, alongside our strength exercises. The power movements were performed at maximum intensity for around 20-30 seconds while we completed 6-10 reps for each of the strength exercises.
Warm up: Tonight’s warm up involved body weight movements such as squats with rotation, [...]
I thought I would post this video so people could see just what we have to offer at the Results Studio that is based in Darley Abbey Derby. I have listed below some of the equipment we have at the studio although we are continuously looking to add to this and keep up to date [...]
Back in October I posted a video, which showed me taking my wife Laura through a circuit session while she was 6 months pregnant. (http://www.resultsconditioning.com/archives/495). Well now we have a beautiful baby daughter who is 9 weeks old and Laura is back into her training determined to get her pre-pregnancy shape back. She started after [...]
When it comes to warming up most people will spend a few minutes doing some type of cardio exercise followed by a few static stretches. This post will look at dynamic stretching often referred to as functional flexibility as a way of warming up the body before exercise.
Dynamic stretching uses the force production of a [...]
In this post I will look at 5 very effective exercises that I use within my personal training sessions that work multiple muscle groups in one go. Using exercises that target a large number of muscle groups will cause your body to work harder compared to exercises that work muscles in isolation. These exercises will [...]
