If you are looking for a basic impact free cardio session, the bike will do the trick. Ensure that the bike seat is set to the right height so that you have the correct biomechanics for peddling.
This grip is a great variation for the traditional Tricep Push Down Movement. By using this grip, you can lift a bit more but it really hits the rear head of the Tricep muscle. With this particular grip you will need to have a slight lean forward, hinging from the hip joint. This will give you more clearance to complete a full range of movement.
The Rowing Machine is a fantastic way to warm up and also get those often forgotten back muscles into the mix of exercise.
The good old wall sit. What a hate crime. I mean.. what a great exercise! Definitely an exercise to show your stamina for quads an glutes. This exercise can also be a great way to finish off those muscles in a superset.. as I said – a hate crime.
Looking for a simple and mind numbing warm up? The Cross Trainer is for you then!
Looking to warm up? It’s likely your shoulders will be in the mix so let’s get them warmed up too. Inside your shoulder joint there are a variety of muscles that keep your humerus bone in that socket. Inside the your socket there is synovial fluid that needs to warm up too! This is a great and gentle way to get things moving!
A front squat is a great way to get those quads firing!
31 December, 2017 It’s that time of year again, folks. By the time you read this, you’re likely IN the new year and woo hoo for that! Yay! Yes.. 2017 is now officially behind us and I think I might be one of the few who actually had a good 2017. Though that might be…
One of the most common problems people get is shoulder pain. Sometimes all it takes is just the slightest, odd movement for something to be set off and thus niggled in the process. This exercise is a fantastic shoulder mobility and strengthening exercise.
This stretch is designed target your hamstrings. By starting with the knee slightly bent, it can help hit those sometimes pesky and sleep hamstrings. Ensure that you keep your hips square on but if you need to – don’t be shy in shifting your hip position in order to find some of the tighter fibres in your hamstrings.
No wedge or step to do calf raises? No problem! This exercise allows you to utilise the flexion of the ankle to form the stretch component of the movement while then going to tippy toes in the same position allows for contraction. Means this can be done anywhere and is a unique take on the traditional calf raise.
This exercise starts with body weight only but can be loaded with weight by placing weight plated across the thighs.
This is a progression from your standard Bosu Push Up. By elevating the feet using a bench we slightly change the angle and thus the stimulus placed on the muscles.
This is a progression from both your standard and elevated Bosu Push Ups. Your body is angled downward which slightly changes the stimulus placed on the muscles. Also, the use of the swiss ball increases the level of stability required throughout the exercise and will engage your core muscles.
When push ups become soooo last year! Using a Bosu Ball decreases the amount of stability of the movement this requiring you to work harder to keep yourself stable. It is a different form of stimulus for the working muscles and there will be an increased amount of recruitment of stabiliser muscles! This is a great way to spice up and evolve a staple of the exercise world!
Nordic Hamstring curls are very much a WOAH exercise. Why? Simply because the first time you do them, you will feel those hammies engage and well.. WOAH is the G rated way you will announce your shock 🙂
You can do these two ways..
1. Lower yourself down to the ground like a draw bridge and you will get to the point where you will have to
This is a great exercise to engage the lats and they also can help wake up the upper area of the triceps.
A slight twist on a standard bicep exercise. The use of the EZ curl bar means it is a bit nicer on the wrists (providing you hold it right!) and is a different sensation due to the positioning and rotation of the forearms.
The Incline Squeeze Press is a Dumbbell Press with a few differences. The dumbbells are held in a neutral position and at all times you are squeezing them together as hard as you possibly can! By doing this we are shifting the stress of the movement onto your chest muscles. We drop the weight of this exercise so that you can concentrate more on the squeeze as opposed to how much weight you are lifting!