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Bodyweight Workout.

March 12, 2012

If you’re pressed for time and can’t get to the gym, bodyweight exercises are just what you need. These exercises aren’t a substitute for a ‘real’ workout they are a ‘real’ workout. If you put in the effort these exercises can completely change your body all on their own. And fast. Once you start learning [...]

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The Pit Full Body Workout

March 4, 2012

The Pit Full Body Workout by John Hackelman (the trainer of Chuck Liddell – UFC light heavyweight champion). I converted my DVD to mp3 so I can workout on the local football pitch using my mp3 player. The Full Body workout starts off with a warm up of exercises including astride jumps, neck stretches, chain [...]

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Deck of Cards Workout

February 29, 2012

This is my favourite take anywhere workout, all you need is a deck of cards and your own bodyweight. Simply pick the top card off the pack, the suit corresponds to the exercise and the value of the card corresponds to the number of repetitions of that exercise. Deck of Cards: Suits * Hearts = [...]

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Conditioning workout.

February 3, 2012

This workout is based on the pit workout. After a quick warm up. 5 minutes shadow boxing, on the 30 seconds, 5 burpees, on the minute, 5 squats. 1 minute water break, then its into “blackjack” 20 press-ups, 1 squat thrust, then 19 press-ups then 2 squat thrusts and so down to 1 press-up and [...]

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Bodyweight and dumbbell workout.

January 28, 2012

An eclectic mix of dumbbell and bodyweight exercises. Utilizing both upper body and lower body exercises at the same time. This evenings workout 9th June. After a quick warm up: Squats with dumbbell shoulder presses 20 reps. Astride Jumps with dumbbell shoulder presses 20 reps. Side squats with dumbbell lateral raises 20 reps. Dumbbell shadow [...]

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HIIT or not?

January 17, 2012

Not, I was going to make this evenings workout an HIIT workout but unfortunately I’d forgotten to charge a battery for the gymboss timer. I’d wanted to make this evenings workout bodyweight only as I’d done a kettlebell workout yesterday, since I’d also no battery for the mp3 player (I could have put a DVD [...]

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Bodyweight and dumbbell workout for Tuesday May 12th

January 16, 2012

This evenings workout was an eclectic mix of bodyweight and dumbbell exercises, including but not limited to, shoulder presses, chest presses, squats, curls, isometrics, squats, squat thrusts, lunges, jumping jacks, curls, different types of push-ups, crunches … including warm up and cool down total workout lasted 45 minutes. Reps are between 16 and 30 depending [...]

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Workout combining bodyweight and dumbbells.

July 15, 2009

This evenings workout was a mix of dumbbell and bodyweight exercises, If you want real fitness, fat loss and physique building results that you can use in the real world, then combining bodyweight and dumbbells is the best option. Forget about strapping yourself into some machine that has no relation to any movement you’ll do [...]

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No space workout.

June 29, 2009

I have 8′ x 4′ of space at the bottom of my bed in the hotel room I’m staying at this evening and thats all the workout room I need give myself a great workout. After a quick warm up: Squat thrusts Stand with feet together. Squat down and place your hands on the floor [...]

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Bodyweight circuit workout for Monday May 11th

May 11, 2009

Bodyweight squats 30 reps Push-up 30 reps Lunges 15 reps per leg Plank 30 second hold Close-grip Push-up 30 reps Mountain Climber 30 reps per side 50 sit ups Side Plank 30 second hold per side Squat thrusts 30 reps Wide grip Push-up 30 reps Did this with no rest between exercises. Rested 1 minute [...]

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