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A Quick At-Home Bodyweight Workout #3. Sometimes, you just don’t feel like going to the gym.

A Quick At-Home Bodyweight Workout #3

Maybe there’s 3-feet of snow outside, you’re on vacation, you don’t feel like fighting traffic, there’s a sub for your favorite class — we could go on. Whatever the reason, never fear because the truth is you can still get a great, total-body workout in the comfort of your own home. The best part is you don’t need any fancy equipment — just stuff you can find in your home. The next time you want to get a quick workout at home, try one of the these quick bodyweight workouts to help you build muscle, slash fat and get great cardio in own your living room. This is the last of three bodyweight workouts this month, feel free to rotate in the first workout and second workout. 8 Kettlebell Exercises for Everyone. Everyone can benefit from kettlebell exercises.

8 Kettlebell Exercises for Everyone

Kettlebells have a unique shape which lets you blast your body in ways dumbbells can’t. You can pull, push, twist and swing kettlebells to get leaner, stronger and more powerful. Plus, kettlebells are easier on your wrists than dumbbells. Also, because of their offset weight, the gravitational pull of a kettlebell goes straight down, instead of from side-to-side with a dumbbell (which is shaped like a teeter-totter). Bulletproof Your Shoulders with 3 Exercises. Do your shoulders hurt when you reach for the top cupboard in your kitchen?

Bulletproof Your Shoulders with 3 Exercises

Or when you’re trying to scratch that itch behind your back? Shoulder pain can affect your performance in the gym as well as daily activities. It takes more than a few rotator cuff exercises to build bulletproof shoulders. Follow this three-step guide to improve your mobility and strengthen the right muscle groups for optimal shoulder health. The shoulder is a delicate joint. These exercises focus on the three areas responsible for moving your shoulders: the spine, scapulae (shoulder blades) and humerus (upper arm bones). This move mobilizes the spine into both flexion and extension. Firm Your Butt in 6 Moves. Morning Vinyasa. 5-Move Action Core Workout.

Static Stretching 101. Free Calorie Counter, Diet & Exercise Journal. Coconuts and Kettlebells - Building More Capable Bodies. Home - Thank Your Body. VIDEO: WaveShape- The Surfer's Workout. Everyone can agree that surfers have amazing bodies, there’s really no denying it.

VIDEO: WaveShape- The Surfer's Workout

Their lean, strong physiques are the result of a demanding sport that requires every muscle to work. Fitness trend reporter for MizzFIT, Bianca Jade, got together with Adam Rosante to discuss his newest surfer’s workout routine, WaveShape. As the creator of People’s Bootcamp, Rosante knows a lot about fitness and what it takes to get toned and fit. In WaveShape, he has incorporated land exercises and techniques that mimic what surfers actually do out in the water. Whether it is duck diving, paddling out, or standing up, Rosante can get you in top shape for every challenging aspect of the sport. Watch the entire workout presented by MizzFIT: MizzFIT has teamed up with Calavera Swimwear line that is designed to fit the needs of active women, especially surfer girls! Deskercise! 33 Smart Ways to Exercise at Work ‹ Hello Healthy. 4 Ways to Make Savasana Sweeter. At the end of yoga class, it’s often joked that Savasana is the most difficult pose of all.

4 Ways to Make Savasana Sweeter

It didn’t take me long to realize that there may be some truth to this joke. Many beginners struggle with Savasana, either falling asleep or hanging on to their thoughts, forbidding clarity and relaxation to sink in. One of the reasons I developed a commitment to yoga was the paltry $5 difference between signing up for only yoga classes and tacking on a full gym membership. I seldom went upstairs to the gym. Movement on the machines felt unnatural and I was intimidated by the bulky dudes in tight shirts. When it was time for the exquisitely long 15 minutes of well-deserved Savasana, some unknowns upstairs would start their heavy weightlifting routine. I didn’t realize until my teacher training that this aggravation was allowing me to practice aparigraha, or non-attachment, by letting go of thoughts and emotions, either positive or negative. 8 Hip Stretches Your Body Really Needs.

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A Calorie-Blasting Workout for Couch Potatoes. Can’t pull yourself away from the latest episode of The Bachelorette?

A Calorie-Blasting Workout for Couch Potatoes

So riveted by the athletic feats on American Ninja Warrior that you find yourself sitting on the couch for two hours? The Best Exercises for Lower Abs - Burn Lower-Belly Fat: The Best Exercises for Lower Abs. The term "lower abs" is actually a misnomer—your rectus abdominis muscle, or abdominal wall, actually covers your entire midsection and connects at your pelvis.

The Best Exercises for Lower Abs - Burn Lower-Belly Fat: The Best Exercises for Lower Abs

Still, women (and men!) Are constantly searching for exercises that will help eliminate that dreaded lower-belly pooch. (We got your attention, right?) And now the search is over! Most of these effective exercises target multiple abdominal muscles, so you'll maximize your belly-burn with every rep. Workout details: Do the prescribed number of sets and reps for each exercise consecutively, taking a short 45-60 second rest in between sets. The Simplest Bodyweight Workout Ever. Bodyweight workouts are perfect for athletes who lack access to a weight room or expensive equipment.

The Simplest Bodyweight Workout Ever

With a little space and your body weight (plus whatever weights you have lying around), you can get a full-body workout rivaling any you'd get in the weight room. Start with these easy-to-follow complexes. (Check out the video player above to learn the value of following a complex training format). To start, do Complex 1 (lower body) on Monday and Thursday, Complex 2 (upper body) on Tuesday and Friday and rest on Wednesday. Finally, do the Finisher, a simple fitness test to gauge progress, either on Saturday or Sunday. Complex 1. Best Bodyweight Ab Exercises. An 8-Minute Treadmill Workout That’s Actually Fun. 3 Quick Kettlebell Workouts Anyone Can Do. 7 Stress-Reducing Moves that Increase Flexibility. 3 Post-Activation Potentiation Combos for Explosive Strength.

Ask a bunch of experienced athletes the biggest difference between high school and college sports, or between college and professional sports, and they will all tell you the same thing.

3 Post-Activation Potentiation Combos for Explosive Strength

"The game is so much faster. " Needless to say, speed and explosive strength separate good athletes from great athletes. It's not enough to simply be strong. Force is nothing in sports unless you can apply it quickly. 4 HIIT Workouts That Will Get You in Shape Fast. Must See Conditioning Videos If you're tired of doing several rounds of steady state cardio for 30, 45 or even 60 minutes at a time, it's time you learn about HIIT.

4 HIIT Workouts That Will Get You in Shape Fast

9 of the All-Time Greatest Glute Moves. The 28-Day Squat Challenge You’ll Want to Start Now! Stop 'Text Neck’ With 3 Simple Exercises. You know that hunching over a computer for a long period of time is bad for your posture. But texting on your smartphone—that seemingly harmless activity you think only takes a couple of seconds at a pop—may also be setting you up for a host of problems, including headaches, neck pain and spinal issues. The issue is becoming so common that the medical profession has even given it a name—“text neck.” And a new study published in Surgical Technology International puts the dangers of text neck in a particularly troubling light. The study, led by Dr. Kenneth Hansraj, Chief of Spine Surgery at New York Spine Surgery and Rehabilitation, attempted to examine the amount of force that staring down at a cellphone places on your neck and cervical spine. Consider that phone owners between the ages of 18 and 24 send an average of 67 texts per day, and teenagers 14-17 send closer to 100 (both numbers are according to a 2013 study by the Pew Research Center).

RELATED: Why Is Poor Posture So Bad? 5-Move Action Core Workout. 5 Minutes to Flat Abs - SELF. BABY GOT BACK: THE BEST MOVES FOR A STRONG, TONED BACK » The Fabletics Blog. Focusing on the middle of your back, this one-armed exercise will make you feel the burn. 5 Core Finishers for Advanced Athletes. Athletes are always looking to gain an edge.

And they're always looking to strengthen their abs, low back and hips—commonly called the "core. " After you complete your heavy Squats, tough Bench Presses and intense Pull-Ups, finish your training session by attacking your posterior chain and ab muscles with these five exercises. They will make your core surrender. Do all five in a row for two cycles to target the hips, abs, back and even shoulders. Bridge to Hamstring Curl. Miss America Ab Workout. Trainer Tia Falcone, who helped Miss America drop 50 pounds, wants you to work on your core. "I'd like to see people get in at least an hour core workout a week," the trainer says. This, in addition to weight-training four times a week and lots of cardio, will help you lose weight, she says.

Office Workouts-Easy Exercise Moves To Do At Your Desk. Illustrated By Ben Wiseman. Let’s face it: To make rent and keep ourselves afloat in cocktails and skinny jeans, we have to plant our collective butts in seats and desk jockey. This means hour upon hour spent hunched over a keyboard while our backsides expand. Even as someone who works from home, I’m aware of the seemingly growing landmass south of my waistline. Because as much as most of us would like our electric-fence collars to let us to work out at lunch and take long walks with our friends while talking about the last episode of Scandal — alas, they just don’t reach that far.

This is when it’s time to literally uproot and take action. Tracy Anderson Workout - Fitness Tips. Moves to Sculpt A Sexy Back. Equipment needed: Dumbbells Set up with the feet wider than hips and turned out slightly. Hold dumbbells by your side, with the palms in, and shoulder blades back and down. Curl dumbbells to rest on the front edge of shoulders, with the chest lifted and weight in the heels. 3 Moves to Sculpt an A-List Body. 1. Begin standing with your feet together with both hands in front of the chest. Why Strengthening This Muscle May Fix Knee Pain. A big, strong VMO is associated with bodybuilders who desire defined, sculpted quads. ZSeries 10-Minute Workouts: The Hill. Benefits EnduranceSpeed Difficulty Level High The Rundown. Workouts and Exercise Classes - Washington DC. Ladies: Want flat abs before summer? Butt Exercises Bikini Routine And Tips. Fitness Tips - Best Workout For Summer. Fitness Tips - Best Fast Workout Tricks For Busy People.

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