I find myself in Vegas again….not to gamble, but to meet with cool fitness peeps. You see I surround myself with the best of the best in the industry and if it means going to Vegas to do that, well, someone has to do it… Seriously though, I’m all about making connections with the best … Continued
Ta-da! I’m so excited that I have a space at home to train when I can’t get to the gym, or when I want to do some video workouts for you. My gym is only about 90% complete, but it’s good enough to get a few workouts in. I’ll be doing some workouts and … Continued
Hi Shawna, I am a real fan of yours, Craig & Mike and have just started doing your pull up push up challenge program. Have already done some of Craig’s programs and plenty of Mike’s finishers. My question is a simple one … you had a post recently about doing 10 hill runs with 10 … Continued
Shawna I feel the toughest part of the pull up for me is the beginning; it seems like it’s all in my shoulders and after I do a shoulder shrug, I can’t get any farther. Thanks for you help, John Dear John, The scapular retraction is difficult on the pull up (this is what you’re … Continued
I missed doing the Q and A on Friday, so here you go: Shawna, Do you modify your ab workout for those with diastasis recti? Denise Hey Denise, For those of you that don’t know about this, the word diastasis means “separation” and ‘recti’ is the rectus abdonimis or the muscle that is down the … Continued
Hi Shawna,Can you tell me what is meant by a cable row and also the reverse DB flies, can’t find them in the exercises Tracey Tracey,I have 2 still shots of the cable row and the rev DB fly (in the picture I’m doing body weight). Hope that helps. Shawna ******************************************************************************************************************** Hi Shawna … Continued
The other day at the gym, I saw one dude trying to teach another dude how to squat. I was doing a squat/skip/push up/barf (not really but almost) combination. It was a painful process watching this dude. He just was NOT getting it. The key that the teaching dude was forgetting to tell … Continued
Hi Shawna With your first stage 1-12 pull up program would you do workout 1 on Monday, take a rest day and do workout 2 on Wednesday and so on? Thank you for your time Shawna. Robin Robin Agreed. I’d take a day off from my program in between my workouts. I wouldn’t necessarily take … Continued
Thanks for all the helpful advice in your emails. I do have a question. I do bootcamp or HIIT style training and in that there are a lot of exercises on toes and hands. I am wondering what I can do daily to strengthen my shoulders more as they fail prior to the core or … Continued
Hey Shawna, I appreciate your program, I have a couple of questions… My gym has a cybex – a weight assisted pull up machine – it’s a counter weighted system – you stand on a plate – the more weight you select the easier it is to do. Should I use it ? Any way … Continued