Posts tagged sit-ups

Good Morning Muscles

Jul 8th

Posted by Funkster in The Workouts

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This is a great little workout that takes about 40 minutes. I trained to the new Prodigy Album, Invaders Must Die. It’s got some great, feisty tunes on, and it’s just the right length for a motivating workout. So what will you need today.

Items required

  • Skipping rope
  • 2 hand weights (choice of weight is yours)
  • Mat
  • Medicine Ball (optional)
  • Stability Ball

The Workout

  • Skip gently to warm the muscles up, then skip vigorously for about five minutes or a song length.
  • Perform 20 sit ups with the medicine ball.  Stretch out on the mat, and bring the medicine ball over your head. Straighten your legs and as you bring your legs up, bring the ball up. Pull the ball back over your head and let your legs drop symetrically, but keep them off the floor. That’s 1 rep. Try to perform 20. Remember to breathe in as you drop your legs and bring the medicine ball down and breathe out as you perform the exercise. If you do not have the medicine ball, this exercise will still prove to be challenging. Try to keep your legs off the floor at all times. More >
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Get Fit Fast

Jun 8th

Posted by Funkster in The Workouts

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This workout should take approximately 45 minutes. As I always state in my workouts, get some great, motivating music on. It will push you further when you feel the strain.

Items Required

  • Boxing gloves
  • Skipping rope
  • Stability Ball (optional)
  • Medicine Ball 6kg or heavier (optional)

The Workout

  • Perform some gentle skipping to warm up. Do around 3-4 minutes of skipping.
  • Perform 3 minutes of straight punches/jabs/uppercuts to the boxing bag. If you don’t have a boxing bag or gloves, do some shadow boxing. Keep on your toes at all times to keep your heart rate up. More >
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The ‘Fuck I’m Hungry’ Workout

Jun 1st

Posted by Funkster in The Workouts

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This workout takes about an hour. I needed to push myself big time, as not been to the gym for two weeks, well apart from spinning last Friday. Last week I was painting and decorating all week and the week earlier I had tonsilitis.

Anyway I’ve called it the above because afterward I have never felt so ravenous, so maybe keep a banana or apple with you to snack on afterward.

Items Required

  • Skipping rope
  • Training mat
  • Weights
  • Music (optional but motivating)

The Workout

  • Skip for approximately five minutes to warm up the muscles.
  • Stretch out the muscles equally, and hold for thirty seconds.
  • Perform 15 chinnies – bring your knees as high as you can, jump back down and jump straight back up. Perform 15.
  • Perform 15 jump squats. Jump up and position yourself in a squat position. Hold that move for 1 second and jump back up. Perform 15. This moves builds strong buttocks and leg muscles. More >
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The ‘Buzzin’ Workout

Apr 12th

Posted by Funkster in The Workouts

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Firstly, I want to state that to participate in any of these workouts, you must already have a good level of fitness. These workouts are not basic, although you can vary the number of reps that I perform to suit your fitness ability.

I will mostly use a series of exercise disciplines: skipping, press-ups, squats, squat thrusts, burpees and sit-ups.

This workout, which I call the ‘buzzin’ workout, is very intensive, uses up a lot of energy, burns fat for up to 48 hours afterward and builds lean muscle tissue, as well as burning hundreds of calories.

For this workout you will require:

  • 6-7 kg medicine ball (with handles if possible)
  • Stability Ball (optional but adds intensity to a workout)
  • Leather jump rope (try to avoid speed ropes, as they can get tangled up)
  • 20 kg dumbbells
  • Non-slip mat
  • Plenty of funky music (optional, but motivating) More >
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