This post looks at barbell circuits also known as barbell complexes. These complexes are designed to improve speed, conditioning, strength endurance and can have some aerobic benefits. The idea is to perform a circuit of barbell exercises back to back without any rest and ideally without putting the bar down. Since you are performing a [...]
Here is a circuit workout that works the whole body mixing resistance training with high intensity cardio. All you will need to do this are dumbbells and a punch bag. The workout will help to improve strength, fitness as well as burning body fat.
Warm up:
As always spend between 5-10 minutes warming the body up [...]
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 [...]
Here is a workout I did with 2 of my clients that involves using just a single dumbbell each. The session works the entire body and is great for muscular endurance, stamina and overall conditioning. The workout consists of 9 exercises with each one being done for 30 seconds. Aim to keep the rest between [...]
This series of posts looks at some of my favourite and most effective exercises that I use on a regular basis within my personal training sessions. For each of the exercises I will look at correct technique and teaching points, other variations of the exercise and then list some sample workouts. For this first post [...]
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 [...]
Since our last training session, Sam has been to the gym a couple of times by himself and has followed the same kind of training methods as he has been using at Results. Sam has focused his workouts more around circuit training and has also started to incorporate kettlebell exercises into his routines.
For today’s session [...]
For today’s training session we were still focusing on strength work basing the workout around compound exercises such as deadlifts and squats as well as introducing some more sport specific moves such as the press-up with knee strikes.
We warmed up using a mixture of medicine ball exercises such as swings, rotations and lunges with rotations [...]
This workout mixes plyometric exercises along with high repetition resistance exercises to give you a session that will help you to improve your cardio fitness, muscular endurance and stamina as well as burning plenty of calories.
All you need to do this workout is a barbell and a step box. The aim is to complete 45 [...]
This week was Sam’s second session at Results. Since he said he had enjoyed our first session together and had felt the effects afterwards I decided we would do the same type of workout. Again we would work through a 4-exercise circuit that would target the major muscle groups of the back, legs and chest. [...]
