You may have jumped on a treadmill or any other cardio equipment and been prompted to input your age, weight etc and then choose a program – fat burner and cardio being two of them. The ‘fat burning’ zone typically works at 60% of your estimated max heart rate while the cardio training sets you [...]
A brilliant variation of the shoulder press, this exercise is sure to turn a few heads at the gym! Make sure you brace your core when performing your reps so that you do not tilt as you lift. Ensure the repetitions are smooth and controlled keeping the bar parallel to the ground. Here’s a video [...]
Another great body weight exercise than can be progressed by slowing down the tempo and straightening your legs so you’re effectively then doing hanging leg raises like in the image left. The forearms get a serious workout as well particularly if you’re working slow tempo. Try 2 seconds up and 4 seconds down and they’ll [...]
This is essentially a single leg squat but you have the added support of your trailing leg. The Bulgarian Split Squat can be performed using just your bodyweight, dumbbells or barbells and can even be performed with weight to one side to create instability and further activate the core. It’s perfect for beginners and more [...]
This is a great back exercise particularly for the mid-section muscles with the rhomboids being your prime mover. What I love about this exercise is that it’s a simple body weight exercise that you can do at home. To increase the difficulty you have to decrease the angle from you and the ground. If you’re [...]
Just wanted to throw down a requested routine for legs. I love super-setting exercises because not only are they great for increasing muscle but burning fat as well! Traditionally super-sets have been utilised by coupling exercises that target opposing muscles (agonists and antagonists), however more recently the trend has been to target the same body [...]