Last month I shared with you some tips for lunchtime workouts. Now I’ve got an article from Mike Geary with a totally different take on how to squeeze fitness into a busy day! This is unusual, but he gives LOTS of details in this article (it’s longer than he usually writes). Enjoy (and post comments!).
by Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer
Warning: this style of workout is WAY different than anything you’ve ever tried before and may result in a dramatically leaner, stronger body so that your friends no longer recognize you in a matter of weeks!
Alright, I exaggerated about your friends recognizing you, but this workout is still great for busy people that always use the excuse that they don’t have time to go to the gym, or even for the normal gym rat to try out for a few weeks to break out of a plateau.
Please keep an open-mind and don’t worry so much about what other people think, because this is quite different and you may get some funny looks, but you’ll get the last laugh with your new rock hard body! To be honest, most people are too self conscious to try something like this. If that’s the case for you, then that’s your loss.
Here’s how it works (these workouts can be done at home or even in your office):
Instead of doing your traditional workouts of going to the gym 3-4 times a week and doing your normal weight training and cardio routines for 45 miutes to an hour at a shot… with this program, you will be working out for just a couple minutes at a time, several times throughout each day, 5 days/week.
The program will consist of only (more…)
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This is a guest post from Nick Nilsson.
This past summer, I was stumped…how could I use bodyweight training to build substantial muscle mass using exercises like push-ups where I was able to do 30 to 50+ reps per set!
Enter Time/Volume Training…
This technique allowed me to take (more…)
Continue reading about Time-Volume Training – A Mass-Building Program For Bodyweight Exercises
I’m ashamed to admit something. I’ve been recommending The Truth About Six Pack Abs for a long time. Click here to read my review. And no doubt, it is worth every penny and you should get a copy if you haven’t already.
But my admission here is about all the (more…)
I’ve been having a lot of fun recently with my kids and wife doing bodyweight exercises. I’m doing a lot of research into them for an upcoming project and so I figured we could do them as a family.
Now, I’m very much a solo weight trainer, meaning that (more…)
