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Ripped arms workout

18 Tuesday Nov 2014

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I think anyone who is into weight training/bodybuilding would agree that having a ripped pair of arms are a must! This being said.. a lot of people go wrong when training arms because 9/10 people blast biceps and don’t go nearly as hard when it comes to the tricep muscle. If you actually look at your arm you will realise that your tricep muscle makes up roughly 60-70% of the width of your arm. So clearly adding muscle to this area would make a lot difference when it comes to the overall size of your arms. Another big reason to train arms that alot of people don’t think about is that increasing muscle mass and strength to your arms will increase your overall strength when it comes training other muscle groups. For example when your bench pressing the primary muscle being worked is the chest but your triceps are what really help get the weight.

Here is a great workout that will work both your bicep and tricep evenly and give you a deep pump. Notice that I’ve added a drop set on your first set for every exercise. This is purely to push yourself that bit more. If the drop set is to much for you then just do 3 normal sets of 12 reps.

Bicep

Standing bicep curl with EZ curl bar

SET 1 (DROPSET): 12,10,8,8

SET 2&3: 12 reps

Seated single arm dumbbell curl:

SET 1 (DROPSET): 12,10,8,8

SET 2&3: 12 reps

Preacher curl over bench:

SET 1 (DROPSET): 12,10,8,8

SET 2&3: 12 reps

Hammer curl:

SET 1 (DROPSET): 12,10,8,8

 

Tricep:

Skull crushers with EZ curl bar:

SET 1 (DROPSET): 12,10,8,8

SET 2&3: 12 reps

Rope pull downs:

SET 1 (DROPSET): 12,10,8,8

SET 2&3: 12 reps

Single arm kickback (both arms):

SET 1 (DROPSET): 12,10,8,8

SET 2&3: 12 reps

Narrow dips:

3 sets to failure

 

Intense leg sculpting for girls

14 Friday Nov 2014

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This workout is going to really help tone and sculpt the main muscles in your legs as well as help build that rounded bum every girl wants. Notice that the rep ranges are high, again this is because we are going for toning and not bulking.

* make sure you stretch your legs of before starting this workout.

Warm up

Treadmill: 5 minutes

Box jumps

3 sets of 15 reps

Barbell squats

3 sets of 15-20 reps

Dumbell lunges 

3 sets of 15-20 reps each leg

Kneeling Straight leg kickback

3 sets of 15-20 reps per leg

Calf raises on a step 

30-40 reps per leg (or go until you feel a deep burn then change)

 

Weight training for girls

11 Tuesday Nov 2014

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Nearly every girl i speak to regarding weight/resistance training seem to be on the fence. I think a big reason for this is purely because women tend to assume that lifting weights leads to bulky muscle mass which definitely is not the case. I constantly get asked by girls  ” how do i tone up ?”  and i tell them to stop spending countless hours on the cardio machines and start weight training. Cardiovascular exercises and machines are obviously great for weight loss and will result in some muscle tone. however, if you really want to see results.. a mixture of weight training and cardio exercises is the way forward!

But won’t i get bulky?

The answer to this is NO! Combined with a balanced healthy diet, cardio exercises as well as lifting light weights for high repetitions will 100% not result in a bulky muscular physique. The main reason for this is because as a women your body does not produce the same hormones as a male and it would take a super intense regime along with having to consume large amount of high protein and carb meals to become bulky.

So how should i train?

Lets say the average person spends 1 hour in the gym per workout. In which case i would highly recommend spending half your time improving your cardio and focussing purely on cardiovascular based exercises and then spend the other 30 minutes targeting muscle groups with weighted resistance based exercises.

5 Reasons to squat

08 Saturday Nov 2014

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Out of every single exercise i have ever heard of or done i can confidently say that along with a few other big compound movements, squatting is up there with the best! Ive noticed that its almost become fashionable to squat, its like lately all you ever see is girls squatting or talking about squatting but i guarantee they don’t actually know the true benefits. So here are a few:

1.) Squatting builds all round muscle – The primary muscles being worked in a squat are obviously the quads, hams and glutes and calves. What people don’t know is that squatting releases a large amount of testosterone and natural growth which leaves your body in anabolic overdrive. In time this will massively help the body build muscle not only in the area being worked but all over.

2.) Increased mobility – This is something that is massively neglected in general but squatting will really help improve your general mobility. Since your legs are more or less your foundation for movement i think it would be wise to train them.

3.) Killer core – Believe it or not, squatting will hugely help you get that toned stomach you’ve always wanted. When you perform a squat your entire core is being engaged from every angle possible. So stop crunching and get squatting.

4.) Leg sculpting – Probably one of the main reasons people squat is that its a great exercise to sculpt your legs and really tighten up your bum which will help give you that rounded look.

5.) Cheap – For those of you who don’t have the money to pay for gym memberships your be pleased to know that it can cost absolutely nothing to squat. For me i like to get some heavy weights into my squats but for a lot of people using your own body weight to squat is completely okay! Or even squatting in conjunction with other exercises or even a circuit is effective and of course cost efficient.

Halloween HIT workout

01 Saturday Nov 2014

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HIT WORKOUT

Rowing machine

3000m as fast as possible

Box jumps

3 sets of 15 reps

Pull ups

50 reps as fast as you can with as little rest as possible

Dips

3 sets of 8-12 reps

Hanging leg raise (or knees)

3 sets of 15-20 reps

Medicine ball sit ups

3 sets of 20-30 reps

5 reasons to train your CORE

26 Sunday Oct 2014

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Your core works to stabilize your torso and permit movement throughout your body. Keeping a strong healthy core is vital when it comes to exercise and day to day life.

Your main core muscles:

  • Rectus abdominis
  • Transverse abdmoninis
  • Internal and external obliques
  • Quadratus lumborum (part of your lower back)
  • Multifidus  (muscles in the spine)

These muscles help you not only in the gym but with day to day activities also. Training them is crucial!

5 reasons to train your core

1.) 6 PACK – Your Abdominal muscles make up a huge part of your core and doing exercises like sit ups, leg raises and crunches will help tone your abs and get that famous 6 pack look.

2.) RID YOURSELF OF LOWER BACK PAIN – Doing exercises like back extensions and anything that targets the lower back region will really help you prevent any lower back injuries.

3.) FLEXIBILITY – Exercises that consist of lateral flexion or rotation of your trunk will help keep your core muscles and spine flexible.

4.) POSTURE – So many people suffer from back problems because they spend hours slumped over there desk at work. Strengthening your core will help straighten out your back and ultimately improve posture.

5.) STRENGTH – For the weight lifters out there you will be pleased to know that strengthening your core will massively help with strength based exercises.

Fitness Friday #Chestandshoulders #FF

24 Friday Oct 2014

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Todays Fitness Friday workout is a chest and shoulder superset workout:

* try and have little to no rest between supersetting. Its much easier if you get the equipment out you need before you start.

Chest and shoulder superset workout

(3 sets of every superset exercise)

1.) Bench press x dumbbell shoulder press: 10-12 reps each exercise

2.) Incline chest press x dumbbell lateral raise: 10-12 reps each exercise

3.) Decline chest press x dumbbell front raise: 10-12 reps each exercise

4.) Dips x EZ curl bar upright row: 10-12 reps each exercise

5.) Push ups to failure x rear delt dumbbell raise: 10-12 reps each exercise

6.) Barbell shrugs: 6-8 reps per set

 

 

Summer bodys are made in the winter

20 Monday Oct 2014

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SUMMER BODYS ARE MADE IN THE WINTER

Now summer is over and the hot weather and longer days are gone, staying motivated seems difficult. Even i have days where i would rather lay on the sofa and watch TV than go workout, but i always tell myself that ” summer bodys are made in the winter”. Building a quality physique takes more than just a couple of months training prior to the all important holiday. You need to be training all year round if you want that dream body. I get that everyone has different goals and not everyone wants to be ripped up with 6% body fat like me but the principal remains the same. Im constantly seeing people uploading pictures of muscular/lean guys or girls with tanned skin and toned abs with a caption of ” dream body”. If your one of these people you need realise that these amazing physiques belong to those who train all year round and don’t just workout from march – august.

Ive been working out now for around 5 years and my physique is still no where near where i want it to be. I never let this discourage me though. I know that if i carry on training how i am, eventually i will reach my goal.

There really is no better time than the present!

Workout saturday

18 Saturday Oct 2014

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This week I haven’t been able to train much due to being in Amsterdam for a music festival. Despite having an amazing time i felt so guilty about eating chocolate waffles for breakfast lunch and dinner and not training. So now its safe to say i can’t see my abs! Anyway, today was my first day back in the gym and back eating clean, so what better way to ease back into working out than doing a crazy intense total body workout. Here it is:

Rowing machine:

2000m as fast as possible

Deadlifts:

3 sets of 10-12 reps

Squats: 

3 sets of 10-12 reps

Military press with bar:

3 sets of 10-12 reps

Flat bench press superset with dips:

3 sets of 8-12 on each exercise

Pull ups:

30 reps as fast as possible with as little rest

 

 

Supersets

13 Monday Oct 2014

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For those who are unfamiliar with supersets I’m going to break it down for you!

Supersetting exercises is a great way to really up the intensity of your workout. A superset is basically when you do one exercise then with little to no rest you go straight into another. An example of this would be to perform shoulder press and then superset it with pull ups. A lot of the time people will do opposing muscle groups, e.g shoulders and back, or even do a circuit of different exercises. They are also great for when your trying to really hit a muscle group hard and force growth, you can superset different exercises for the same muscle group. An example of this would be when i superset flat bench press with dips or dumbbell flys. Another good reason to do them is that they kill time! Sometimes you get to the gym and your rushed for time so using the superset technique you can actually fatigue a load of different muscles in a shorter amount of time than if you was just going to hit them separately.

SUPERSET SUPERSET SUPERSET!!!