Push-ups are a great chest and shoulder exercise that can literally be done anywhere. But I know a lot of people don't do them because they feel the can't do traditional push-ups. Well I am here to let you know that Continue Reading »
Tabata is a form of high intensity interval training (HIIT) and consists of 8 intervals of 20 seconds of high intensity followed by 10 seconds of rest. In this case, we had a quick session of Tabata cardio in between Continue Reading »
While weights are really what I love most about the gym, I do my fair amount of body weight exercises as well. Probably the most fun to do is the big box jumps. Even though they don't look that difficult, it takes a Continue Reading »
We started off boxing today holding a kick for 30 seconds on each side. While these videos are not as exciting as most of my other boxing videos, holding this position is an amazing glute exercise. Although having Continue Reading »
Over the last few years, I've put most of my focus on increasing my strength instead of losing weight. It has been amazing to see just how strong I truly am. I very quickly discovered that I was especially strong when Continue Reading »
I had the pleasure of getting to do two different workouts with one of my oldest friends while on vacation last week. I post a blog post about our first workout and this one will focus on the second workout. This Continue Reading »
My family is out of town this week for spring break, but that doesn't mean no workouts for me. Since we're spending our vacation in my hometown, I got the awesome opportunity to work out with me best friend since Continue Reading »
I don't often get videos of me on the rower, because I usually choose to run on the treadmill instead of rowing. Since rowing involves sitting down, my heart rate usually ends up dropping too quickly for me to achieve Continue Reading »
You have to really push your body pretty hard to be visibly shaking. I can often feel my muscles shaking when I'm lifting heavy, but it's not always visible to bystanders. Today, we were challenged to hold a push-up Continue Reading »
Since I added the XIT kettlebell class to my workout routine, I have become much more comfortable with KB cleans. It's rare to have a class that does not involve at least one exercise that utilizes a clean. Most Continue Reading »