PUMP UP Those Legs

A Great Exercise Round To PUMP UP Your Legs

My client is on one of my favorite exercise machines...Vertical Leg Press. She had just completed a round of lower body boxing drills...I then made her stop and get on the leg press machine. She has a soft ball that goes between her legs, which makes her have to stimulate those inner thighs as she is pressing. Her round consists of a ladder drill.

BEGINNING WITH:
2 mini press (starting from the bottom you will come up a little below half way and then go back down to your starting position) + 2 full presses
* 4 mini presses + 4 full presses
* 6 minis + 6 fulls
* 8 minis + 8 fulls
* 10 minis + 10 fulls
She then took a 45 second break went back to her lower body power boxing drills...now remember what goes up must go down...so after her boxing drills she went back to leg press and began at 10/10 and worked all the way down to 2/2.
Be creative when you train....your muscles won't know what's coming and you will definitely see the results you have been working so hard for.
~ Dofitness

POST WORKOUT PROTEIN INTAKE SPEEDS TISSUE REPAIR

After a hard workout in a gym or on a track, your body must repair damaged tissues using amino acids from protein. Exercise speeds the use of amino acids as fuels, which puts them in short supply during recovery... the time the body repairs and restores itself. 

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers did a sophisticated study showing that feeding protein (10 grams) and carbs after endurance exercise increased whole body protein synthesis after exercise compared to a placebo. All athletes should eat a high-protein energy bar, protein shake, or a high-protein meal within 30-45 minutes of an intense workout. This practice will speed recovery and build muscle faster. 

Your post-workout meal is one of the most important things you must do in order to recover and in order to see the results you are working hard for. If you are not doing this already, be sure to start, you will see an overall increase in recovery, performance, and body change (results achieved). Thanks for checking out my blog article. Have a good day and HAPPY TRAINING AND DON'T FORGET YOUR POST WORKOUT MEAL! :)

Med. Sci. Sports, 34: 828-837, 2002.

HIGH PERFORMANCE FITNESS MACHINE

PLAY HARD AND PLAY STRONG! This Video Shows An Amazing Female Athlete's Strength Of Determination and Power...Going From A Long Thick Pipe, To Nunchucks, To Baseballs, To A Chained Monkey Bar Ladder. Have Fun When You Training. Remember, Life Is A Game!!! PLAY IT!
-Dofitness

BACK IT UP AND SHOCK THE SYSTEM

This is absolutely one of my favorite exercises that really fatigues your muscles fast. It is an exercise that gives you an Ultimate Muscle Building And Muscle Fatiguing Experience.

Always think of your body as one unit in EVERYTHING YOU DO. This particular exercise makes you engage your core, it keeps your muscles tight through the whole experience, your legs are burning and screaming (and believe me...you feel them BIG TIME), your breathing is very essential (don't hold your breath), and it is an intense challenge which wastes no time in getting your heart rate UP.

So who said that playing around outside with a bright yellow jeep on a beautiful sunny day isn't fun...this is definitely a mighty fine FITNESS GEM!!! :) Always Go Strong...No Matter The Challenge!!!
With Love
-Dofitness

The HIDDEN SECRET Of Yoga

Do you know what the hidden secret of Yoga is? Give up! Me too...lol. Just kidding. Yoga is a tried and true method for maintaining strong, flexible joints and muscles, good posture, and MUSCLE ENDURANCE. That's right, good ol' muscle endurance. Nancy Coulter-Parker of the Yoga Journal (Mar./Apr., 2003) claimed that yoga builds endurance because it trains you to breathe more deeply and efficiently. And if you really think about this for a second...she is absolutely right. It teaches you how to breathe, which in turn will help you to perform better in the gym and/or outside the gym. Slow, controlled breathing as practiced in yoga will not necessarily have an effect on the way the lungs deliver oxygen to the bloodstream during exercise and doesn't effect oxygen consumption...BUT, it does give your body a different technique in breathing. 

The one thing I find interesting in my job is how people have a tendency to hold their breath or they are unable to breathe probably...especially when the exercise is a difficult one. It is important to breathe when you exercise, but I believe it is important to be able to breathe in many forms. It helps your body to adjust and to adapt to each exercise independently and helps in the process of creating your "STRONG" body (your temple). Yoga increases muscle strength and endurance, which can help you from running out of gas during the day. Remember, you don't work as hard when you have fit muscles, so you aren't forced to use your energy reserves during daily tasks. Yoga is a terrific form of exercise for muscle and fitness...so if you have the opportunity to do yoga, definitely give it a try. Never limit yourself! ALWAYS allow yourself and your body to experience all different forms of exercise.  

Thanks for reading. Have a wonderful day. :)

One Of The Fastest Ways To Build Up Your Fitness

So who wants to trim their legs, build muscle tone, and develop the muscle of a racehorse...IN RECORD TIME? That is what I thought...EVERYONE SEEMS TO WANT THIS, WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO BUILD UP THEIR FITNESS FAST. 

One of the best ways to do this is to add interval training to your fitness regimen. It will help you burn more calories than normal workouts and will definitely STOKE UP your metabolism for the rest of the day and night. So what exactly is interval training? Interval training is bouts of higher intensity exercise interspersed with periods of lower intensity exercise or rest. And my clients will definitely tell you, I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT LIKE TO REST BETWEEN SETS. 

Interval training manipulates repetitions, speed, distance, and of course MY FAVORITE, REST! :) For example, you could run six sets of 400 meters on a track in 100 seconds, with 3 minutes rest between sets. Run more slowly for longer distances to build endurance and shorter distances faster to build speed and power. You may even spice it up (ALWAYS BE CREATIVE) and incorporate the two. You can do interval workouts for walking, running, cycling, swimming, rowing, and indoor weight training.

So your PLAN OF ACTION is to incorporate the full package in one...maybe include some side shuffles during your walk or a plyometric exercise after so many minutes...remember you can choose different reps, speed, and distance. Try hard not to rest to much between rounds of exercises, that way you burn more calories and you begin teaching your body to train hard. Remember, everyone is different...everyone is at different fitness levels. Don't go full force if you are just beginning an exercise regimen or if you have an injury you are dealing with. Go at your level and work up from there. DO NOT COMPARE YOURSELF TO ANYONE ELSE. Do what is right for YOU and for YOUR BODY! But most importantly, HAVE FUN. 

Your Personal Trainer, Human Kinetic Publisher, 1999.

Figure Out Your Weaknesses

****Training starts with your mind.****

It is a true statement when you hear that 'knowledge equals power.' Think of your body as a computer- all computers can solve math problems, play games and music, connect to the internet and send e-mails. The difference is that some of these computers are more powerful or faster at doing these tasks than others.

"When it comes to our bodies, we all digest protein and carbs the same way, and we all send the same type of signal to our muscles when we want them to contract and lift a weight. The difference is that some us are more efficient at it than others, which means that some may be able to tone faster, lose weight faster, or more prone to build mass faster. The knowledge behind all of this is to figure out where your weaknesses are, and fill them in with training, nutrition and supplements in order to even the playing field.

THE MUSCLE

What is a muscle? Muscles will contract, produce force, which will shorten the distance between two or more bones. Remember, training starts with the mind, the confidence to exercise intensely and the mental desire to get better every day. It is the brain that sends your muscles an electrical signal to fire and contract. A powerful frame of mind will definitely equal intensity. Once your brain sends the signal for your muscles to contract the signal shoots to its destination through the nervous system in order to trigger the release of calcium into the appropriate muscle fibers. This in turn will change the electrical charge in the fibers, allowing the muscle to contract. The most amazing thing is that muscle fibers contract on a need to use basis, and the stronger the signal coming from the brain, the more fibers you will contract, resulting in tremendous changes in your body.

So understand how your muscles work and know what YOU can do to get better! I want this for each and everyone of you. It all starts from you and only YOU! Understand your body, but most importantly understand your weaknesses! Go for it and don't let anything stand in your way!