Your holiday day is upon you and I know many of you are getting ready for a day of fun and memories. I also know that many of you are like me and enjoy squeezing in a workout along with your holiday fun. I have pulled together some bodyweight workouts that you can do with no equipment, so that whether
Try this quick and effective body-weight high-intensity interval training routine, whenever you are short on time but want a great workout with no equipment needed. Dynamic body-weight exercises help develop functional strength and recruit more muscles to perform the movement compared with an exercise like a bicep curl. Set an interval timer for 30 seconds of work and 20 seconds
Can you really get a good workout in if you've got less than 10 minutes to spare? You bet! Try this no-equipment, total-body cardio-sculpting routine for an efficient and effective session you can do anytime, anywhere. Do each exercise shown for 30 seconds, back-to-back (no rest in between) to keep your heart rate up and burn more calories in much
When you join a gym near you and begin to lift weights, virtually any training program will work. However, these newbie gains are short-lived and you'll quickly hit a plateau. But before you give up, give the push/pull split a try. It’s the best way to build more muscle and burn more fat One major benefit of a push/pull plan is
By performing quick bursts of high-intensity movements with all-out effort, followed by short periods of rest, you can torch calories and sculpt lean muscles in a relatively short amount of time. One of the big benefits of HIIT is the ability to maximise caloric output during a shorter workout. It improves heart health and creates more of a post-exercise oxygen
Cardio doesn't have to be a snooze fest. Crank up the intensity and revitalise your training with these fun workouts. As reluctant as you might be to hop on that treadmill—worried it'll be boring or that it'll prohibit your gains—give cardio a chance. When properly paired with weight training, a good cardio plan will lead you to an ideal world
Sometimes working out is just so much work. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get stronger and spend time on your back watching your favourite programme? we've hooked you up with a dumbbell workout you can do almost entirely reclined. Even if you’re horizontal for the whole workout, there are plenty of challenging moves you can do with dumbbells
Stretching is one of those things that tends to get dropped to the bottom of people’s healthy to-do lists, but adding it to your daily routine can be highly beneficial. Post-workout static stretching—where you hold a pose for 10 to 30 seconds—can improve range of motion around your joints. Stretching after you exercise can help move inflammation out of your
How do you expect to progress if you’re always following the same programme? Here are four ways to mix up your training and get you powering forward. Simply choose your goal and then start incorporating the technique into your programme. Don’t rush with this technique. Do each portion slowly and deliberately to fire and tax the most muscle fibres possible.
Even out your pushes and pulls with this fat-burning, muscle-building, full-body workout. When you train, it’s tempting to do only your favourite strength exercises. But favouring only a few isolated, similar movements and neglecting opposing and complementary ones can create muscular imbalances. Push exercises work the muscles you use to move weight away from your body, specifically the pectorals, triceps,
