One of the ways I give my clients a good cardio session is by working on the focus pads. Doing pad work not only gets the heart rate elevated, which will help burn away body fat and improve aerobic fitness, it can also help to improve speed, reflexes and hand eye co-ordination. Pad work is [...]
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 [...]
Here is a circuit workout I did today with one of my clients that works the entire body. The circuit is done over 4 rounds with each round being made up of 5 exercises. You perform each exercise for 30 seconds with a 10 second rest in between and complete the circuit twice through so [...]
Here is a workout I did myself today which I have titled the 20/10. It is a whole body session that uses just a single barbell and has you working through a circuit alternating between 20 and 10 repetitions, hence the name. The barbell you use would be lighter than you would normally use for [...]
Here is an exercise I have been doing recently with my clients as part of a TRX circuit. It is a great aerobic exercise that tests your speed, agility and quickness while giving your legs a good workout. To do the exercise you start with a basic squat, as you stand up you explode into [...]
Here is a workout I did today after a long stint of PT and teaching group exercise. I was feeling pretty tired and didn’t feel like training and it would have been easy to give it a miss and save it for another day. Instead I decided on a high intensity circuit that I could [...]
A couple weeks back the exercise of the week was a complex set using a VIPR; this time around we look at one that involves a kettlebell. Once again we are performing 9 exercises back to back without any rest. Normally I would spend between 40-60 seconds on each exercise depending on the client I [...]
Here is a workout I did today that is ideal for those short of time or fancy doing something completely different to shock the body. This workout came about because I had a busy day of personal training. After a weekend of enjoying the weather, which meant a few to many BBQ’s, I wanted a [...]
This times exercise of the week gives you 2 movements for the price of one. Both use the latest craze to hit the fitness industry, the VIPR. The exercises I have picked are the bear crawl and the VIPR drag which are 2 movements I use within my MMA conditioning workouts. The MMA conditioning programme [...]
This post looks at some more exercises that use the VIPR. At first glance the VIPR, which stands for Vitality, Performance, Reconditioning, looks like an inoffensive rubber tube. Many people may be mistaken for thinking they are just rubber barbells, they will pick one up and perform a few bicep curls and shoulder presses and [...]
