Turn up your fat loss and burn 5% of your body fat with this 20 minutes workout! Slim down your body, speed up your fat loss and cut your workout time with a pair of circuits you can do anywhere. As little as 15-20 minutes of intensive resistance exercise can help to flatten your belly in 45 days. The first set of an exercise switches on the
With time being at a premium nowadays you need to cut out the fluff from your workout and pick exercises that are going to produce the results that you want with the time that you have at your disposal. When putting together a workout routine for yourself, it is always important to do so with your own personal goals in
If you are past the beginner’s stage and want to gain muscle, one of the best body part splits you can use to accomplish this is the push/pull/legs split routine. The push/pull/legs split is one of the simplest, most enduring and popular workout routines there is. And it’s also extremely effective; assuming of course that it’s done right. So in
People often wonder how they stack up against others in the gym. They want to know what lifts are good, if they have weaknesses or not, and if so where they are. So I thought it might be useful to compile some standards of strength to serve as a reference point. The one thing that separates a training programme from
What are push and pull workout plans? They’re simple but effective ways to get a balanced workout. When someone says, “yeah, I lift”, we often think multiple days in the gym consisting of chest, back, shoulders, arms and the dreaded leg day. That is the “traditional” way to lift, right? Dividing muscle groups into different lift days, although not bad,
Never been a fan of running? We're about to change your mind. Put one foot in front of the other and start chasing these awesome benefits of running. As simple as running may be, it certainly isn’t easy. Especially when you’re a beginner. You have to start where you are, not where you think you should be! If you go
If you’re looking to pump up a small behind, there are only four letters that you need to know: BOSU. Put simply, a BOSU — which stands for “both sides up” or “both sides utilised” is a half exercise ball with a platform on the bottom, designed keep the user off balance. Standard exercises, like squats and lunges, become more
5 training tweaks to put extra emphasis on your front thighs Depending on your personal view of pain, leg day is either a necessary day that just plain sucks or relished because, well, it hurts. What isn’t up for debate is the idea that leg day has to follow a basic template that hits all the major lower-body muscle groups
There are few exercise moves that come close to the deadlift in terms of what it can offer, and how it can work your body. Performing deadlifts as part of your regular workouts will strengthen your posterior chain (glutes and hamstrings), increase core stability, activate your glutes and power development. So, where to begin? There are many types of deadlift:
Squats are the key to lean, strong legs and a nice, firm butt. Quads, glutes, hamstrings, and even your core get involved when you squat. Because all these muscle groups come along to the squat party, you burn many more calories than if you were to do isolated exercises targeting each of those muscles. And, squatting is much more functional
