Lots of you don’t have a pull up bar, or if you do, you have trouble doing a pull up in the first place so you need some alternatives to back training. If you have access to a suspension trainer, like a TRX, or any kind of rope/ring set up, I have three great strengthening … Continued
Its common place to hear talk about how much you can squat or bench. These are important strength lifts, but the pull up measures your strength to weight ratio better than almost any other exercise. You don’t often hear ‘how many pull ups can you do?’ One reason for this is because there is very … Continued
Want to strengthen your back but only have the use of dumb bells? No problem. Check out the exercises in the following video for some great ways to strengthen your back. There’s no replacing a bar to do pull ups or even an Olympic bar in a squat rack that you can do inverted rows … Continued
Want to do more pull ups? Do you have a few extra pounds weighing you down? One of the most effective ways to increase your maximum pull ups is to reduce the amount of ‘dead weight’ in the form of fat on your body. So how can I use a heart rate monitor to get … Continued
Members, are you looking for a great at home workout? Here’s a compete follow along workout that my awesome super-trainer Krista took my boot campers through. You can view the video while you’re exercising. You can see the exercises by scrolling under all the videos to a list. (If you need to, head over to … Continued
As you may know, my latest challenge is to learn how to do the human flag. It’s no easy task! I’ve been trying for two weeks now, making some attempts and adding some training exercises to help out. I figured you’d want to check up on my progress and I have one tip for you … Continued
You need to get in some cardio training. You DON’T need to spend all day doing it. Lots of you have a treadmill, bike or other piece of cardio equipment at home. Your best bet for increasing your fat loss efforts is to do intervals rather than a long, slow session where you barely break … Continued
Here’s a great full body workout for you:
I was in Las Vegas recently for the meeting of the minds with the top fitness pros in the US and Canada. I had four fellow Canadians here and we really enjoyed the LV weather and sights. Vegas is really such an unbelievable place. It’s like a total sensory overload on the strip. We were … Continued
Here’s a great 12 minute video for you to follow along to at home. I suggest doing each set twice through and you’ve got a great full body workout plus you’ll really hit that bum and hamstrings in the second set.