I am truly blessed that my gym offers such a great variety of classes. Since XSport added XIT, my weekly workout has gained so much variety. This is great, because I never get bored with going to the gym. When XIT first Continue Reading »
My legs are very strong and I really pride myself on being able to leg press over 1000 pounds. Just like with hands, however, we have a dominant leg, which tends to be stronger and pick up the slack for the weaker Continue Reading »
We had a substitute instructor for our boxing class tonight, which definitely mixed up our routine. Normally we have a bunch of 30 second rounds and move from bag to bag after each round, which also means a different Continue Reading »
There have been a lot of cool new moves lately in our boxing class. This week we were introduced to backhands. While the instructor made it look super easy, it is actually pretty difficult. You not only need to step Continue Reading »
If you've got a limited amount of time at the gym, I always like to do compound movements like this one. Since it is actually three separate leg exercises combined into one, it packs a real punch. Even just three sets Continue Reading »
I was a huge fan of Billy Blanks' Taebo videos while I was in college. I had all the videos and would religiously do them during my down time. Taebo was one of the first workouts I did that was so much fun that it Continue Reading »
While boxing is my main source of stress relief, there are other exercises that can be just as effective for relieving stress if you do them correctly. My favorite of these would be medicine ball slams. There is just Continue Reading »
I always try to get in at least 10 minutes of cardio before I lift, but with two small children I do run late sometimes. This is one of the workouts I pull out when I've got to warm-up quickly. I do 60 seconds of Continue Reading »
So this first video is from my boxing class a week ago, and is the first time I've been able to do more than a couple reverse crunches without having to return to the ground between each rep. Anyone who has ever done Continue Reading »
I'm pretty I've done more jump squats and plyo lunges than the average person does in a lifetime, so both of these moves are pretty standard for me at this point. This was the first time, however, that I've done Continue Reading »