Exercises

Exercise of the Week: Shoulders; Front cable raises

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Skipping for fun and fitness!

Do you need a change from your normal cardio routine? if the monotony of the bike and treadmill are becoming a bore then why not give skipping a go. Or at least incorporate it as part of your treadmill and or bike routine.

We all know how to skip, afterall I'm sure you did it at school and remembered how fun it was. That and hoola hooping - which I was never good at!

Skipping is a great cardio exercise for cardio fitness, all you need is a rope and a small space and away you go! Keep on reading to find out more benefits of skipping.

12 exercises of the Christmas Circuit

OK sinners, if you're going to be bad over the festive season then you must be prepared to pay some pennance with your body and sweat your calories away. Well you can't sweat fat but you know what I mean. Below is a simple cardio circuit you can do now or post christmas to keep you on your toes. So even if your gym is closed, you can still do something at home.

You can do these in a series of 3 exercises at a time. Or continue from one exercise to another doing 1min at each exercise.

Happy training everyone!
Lisa, Go Figure

The not quite ready to train but itching to workout workout

Don't you hate it. You're just recovering from sickness, in my case a cold, and you're dying to go to gym but you have no energy to train. But you don't always have to train heavy when you go to gym. You can ease your way back with an overall conditioning workout to remind your muscles that you're back to real training soon.

I'm exactly in that situation so I've given myself a compromise workout which I'll share with you. I still have no energy for cardio or to jump around but still want to feel my heart pumping and the feel of weights in my hand so put this workout together so I can feel almost human again.

This workout can also be used by a novice gym bunny as part of a 3 day a week plan:

3 sets 12-15 reps, light to medium weight

1 - Cable squat and row
2 - Spiderman pushups
3 - Dumbell lunge and press
4 - Undergrip pulldown
5 - Squat with round the worlds
6 - EZ bar pullover and press
7 - Dumbell curl with lunges

As you can see, its still a hard work out which incorporates all major bodyparts.

Happy training!
Lisa
14 November 11

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