And that’s the trouble. They treat the body as a collection of muscles rather than an integrated, elegant ‘whole’. Athletes in history only had their Body Weight Coach

What if we were told “You have all the equipment you need- it’s with you all the time!” ? That’s right! It’s your body! And all you need is a Body Weight Coach

Try a different approach. This is one that you can do any time anywhere. You can add it to your gym workouts if you like. The great thing about it is that it gives you another powerful tool to help you achieve your fitness goals.

This program will revolutionize the way we look at body weight exercise! It has been put together by experts in the field and it is simply so good, I am offering it to you with full confidence! Download a free program to give it a try! click here: Body Weight Coach

Kettlebells originated in Russia and have only fairly recently made it to the “West”. The thing that makes kettlebell workouts different from any other form of resistance training is the ballistic movements, especially in the swing and the snatch. These two movements alone can pack a cardio-punch like you may never have experienced! They also blow-torch unwanted fat!

Training with kettlebells is the fastest way to burn fat, gain real strength and work on your cardio fitness all at the same time. Now that makes kettlebell workouts incredibly time-efficient. I don’t know about you, but that is a huge PLUS in my books! And YES they are suitable for young and ‘more mature’ alike.

For women, an 8K kettlebell (or 18lbs) is the best to start with. You only need one because you can do so much with it.

The best book/DVD on the subject for women is Parvel’s From Russia With Tough Love – Pavel’s Kettlebell Workout for a Femme Fatale – a must for anyone who is serious about proper form and technique.

10 Best Ab Exercises…that don’t include crunches!

Men’s Health expert Craig Ballantyne’s has given us his 10 best ab exercises that you can do without cables, ab crunches, or sit-ups.

Now – just because Craig is “Men’s Health Expert” doesn’t mean women can’t do these exercises! In fact my women clients LOVE them!

1. Plank with your arms on the Ball (30% more effective than plain ol’ planks, according to Men’s Health magazine).
2. Ball Rollouts (probably my favorite ball ab exercise).
3. Hanging Knee Raises (classic exercise that most folks do wrong…but if done right, will work your abs safely and
   effectively).
4. DB Renegade Row (this is the biggest surprise on the list…but it works your lower obliques incredibly hard).
5. Ball Jackknife (always a tough one for beginners to get the hang of…but when they do, they get a lot of six pack ab benefits).
6. Ball Jackknife Rotation (a tougher version of the jackknife).
7. Ball Jackknife-Pushup Combo.
8. X-Body Mountain Climber (one of my favorites…so simple yet so effective).
9. X-Body Mountain Climber with Hands on Ball.
10. X-Body Mountain Climber with Feet on Ball (an even more effective version of the regular X-Body mountain climber)

Now if you are not quite sure how to do these, you will find all of those exercises in the programs here.

Use only the best ab exercises to get more results,

Sandie

PS – Don’t miss his Ballantyne’s Day Ab Workout Sale here.

Here are some you can try.

STEP-UP and SKIP

You need:

• a box (shower stool or anything stable that is around 10inches/25cm high.
• a skipping rope

Warm up by walking on the spot for a couple of minutes.

STEP/SKIP SET
STEP - step-up leading with your left foot. Both feet on top of the box and step down leading with your left foot. Do 50 step-ups leading with your left, then 50 leading with your right.

SKIP aim for 50 fast skips (jump with both feet off the ground). You will build this up to 100skips (can be 2 sets of 50)

Aim to do 3 sets.
Keep the intensity up: moderate to high. You should be able to talk in short sentences but not be out of breath.

Of course in the skipping phases, you should not be able to talk- this is full on jump-rope.

If you haven’t done this before, you will need to build it up slowly – skip 20, short pause, skip 20.

The key is to get your heart rate up.

Imagine sprinting at your top speed for 1 minute. It’s pretty difficult!

Imagine if you could give your body the benefit of that level of workout intensity.

Interval helps you do just that. Try sprinting for 10 seconds, 20 seconds rest, then do it all over again. You’ve just sprinted 20 seconds at top speed.

What if you repeated the ‘sprint-rest interval’ 4 times ? That would give you the benefit of 40 seconds of full on intensity.

The ‘King” of interval training in my opinion is Craig Ballangtyne – Check out his Turbulence Training Workouts here.