Here’s an awesome partner resistance band complex we did at Urban Athlete the other week. This is one of those workouts that is a lot of fun AND at the end you know you’ve worked out! Plus you’re working with a partner.
Forget about long and boring workouts, they aren’t worth your time or frustration!
Check it out.
I’ve been doing a lot of working out while on the west coast. Not sure if it’s the environment, seems like most people exercise here whenever they can. Regardless, I’ve been able to get in a few beach workouts, some traditional workouts, and some Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
This is a short little clip of a Kettlebell Complex combing the clean, press, and windmill together. These short quick workouts are great for the beach environment, or if you have a short amount of workout time available to you.
Even the most intense workouts might allow your body to reach a plateau if you don’t have a watchful eye.
This week I’m in the LA area between two weekend long Kettlebell Athletics Kettlebell Certifications I do with Jason C. Brown. While I’m here I’m going to get to train with a few friends who I don’t see often, it’ll be cool to switch things up a little bit. I’m expecting a few differences when compared with my own workouts.
In fact, I’ve already hit a double workout my first day in Torrance. I was pretty excited about it, had a great hour long session training Muay Thai with my friend Megan and her instructor, took a two hour break then took an awesome BJJ class at Rigan Machado’s.
It’s not that I haven’t done these things before, it’s just I don’t typically do them in back to back sessions, let a lone in the same day. Yet, I feel great today! I’ve been working all morning so I’m off to the beach to do a kettlebell and TRX workout soon, no worries we’re gonna film it, and I’ll post it here for you.
Stay tuned…
As it turns out Gwyneth Paltrow’s celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson might not really know what she’s talking about. Big surprise. Mark the record, although I’m sure it’s a given, I don’t agree with Ms Anderson’s training philosophies as is.
The stunning actress has reportedly been diagnosed with osteopenia, fortunately Gwyneth has some time it seems to turn the tables with this diagnosis before full blown osteoporosis sets in. I hope she does anyway.
A few months ago, I talked about the video clip that showed Paltrow and Anderson running through a typical workout session. I nearly fell off my chair when the Anderson boldly stated, that no woman should ever lift more than 3lbs. Maybe now she’ll change her mindset.
Tony Gentilcore has a great take on the recent events. Check out his post on Gwyneth’s unfortunate diagnosis. Despite strongly disagreeing with Ms. Anderson, I’m on the same side of this mountain as Tony.
The worst part of any exercise program is hitting a wall. Yes, that is far worse than a tough workout, or making yourself get up at 6am to workout.
Why do we hit walls?
There are several reasons we can hit a wall or start to plateau with our workouts. The biggest thing is to notice that you might start to plateau or that you have and make some changes right away. Here are two of the more common reasons.
1. Maybe you let your nutrition slip a little and it isn’t as good as it should be (or as good as it was when you did notice results.)
2. Maybe you’ve been doing to same workout over and over again and haven’t made a change so your body has actually gotten use to the workouts and it doesn’t respond with the same positive effects.
So what do you do??
1. Review your nutrition again. Make a log of what you eat over the course of 2-3 days. See if you are slipping up a little more than what you think you might be. Have your coach or trainer review your food log and ask them to make suggestions on what to change. (sidenote here, this may cost a little extra money for you to have someone review your food log and make some meal plan changes.)
2. Switch up your workouts. If you’re an avid endurance athlete add in some weight training (you need to do this regardless). If you’ve been following a weight training program, change the weight or alter the workouts slightly, so that you’re doing movements that are similar but not identical to what you’ve been doing. Switching the amount of weight you use could also help matters.
You may also notice that if you typically workout in the mornings, maybe you need to workout in the evenings every once in awhile. Keep in mind that you might also need an extended rest period where you’re mostly doing active recovery type of working out but where you take a short rest (4-7 days) of the give-it-all-you’ve-got type of workouts.