10 Minute at Home Beginner Workout

This is a 10 minute at home beginner workout from the December 2010 30-minute workout. Clear off some space on the floor in front of your computer and do it along with me.

4 exercises in a row, doing each exercise for 30 seconds (15 seconds on each side of the Bird Dog and Glute Raise). After doing all 4 exercises, rest 30 seconds, then do that circuit again. Rest another 30 seconds, and then do that circuit one more time.



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10 Minute at Home Beginner Workout

Bird Dog -- Knees - 15 seconds on each side

1. Kneel on the floor and place your hands on the floor under your shoulders. You should be on "all fours" (like a dog).
2. Brace your abs.
3. Raise your right hand and left leg simultaneously while keeping your abs braced.
4. Point your right arm straight out from your shoulder and your left leg straight out from your hip.
5. Hold for the recommended time and then slowly lower and then repeat on the other side.

Wall Hold - 30 seconds

1. Stand in front of a wall (about 2 feet in front of it) and lean against it.
2. Slide down until your knees are at about 90-degree angles and hold for the recommended time. Keep your back straight and do not lean forward or place your hands on your legs while holding the position.


Glute Raise - 15 seconds on each side

1. Lay flat face down on the ground with your arms raised over your head and spread your legs apart just past your hips.
2. Starting on your right side, focus on using your butt muscle to raise your right leg up as high as you can while keeping the leg straight. Your left leg should stay on the ground.
3. When you reach the top, pause for a moment and then return to the starting position.
4. Continue the movement on the right side until you have completed the recommended number of repetitions or time and then follow the same procedure with the left leg.


Three Point Wall Pushups - 30 seconds

1. Stand facing a Wall with your feet 2-3 feet away from it and place your hand in slightly closer than shoulder width apart.
2. Lower yourself towards the wall.
3. When you reach the wall, push yourself back up by pushing through your chest, shoulders and triceps.
4. Then move your arms out so that they are straight down from your shoulder. Lower yourself again using the same form that you used in steps 2 and 3.
5. Once you have come back up, move your hands out to a distance wider than shoulder width. Lower yourself again using the same form that was used in steps 2 and 3.
6. Once you have come back up again, move your hand back in slightly closer than shoulder width, and repeat steps 2 and 3 again.
7. Continue this movement and changing the hand positions between close, straight down from shoulder width, and wider than shoulder width between each repetitions for the recommended number of repetitions or time.

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Quick Workout at Home

This is a quick workout you can do at home from the main workout of the December 2010 30-minute workout. Clear off some space on the floor in front of your computer and do it along with me.



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Quick Workout At Home

4 exercises in a row, doing each exercise for 30 seconds (15 seconds on each leg of the One-Legged Wall Hold). After doing all 4 exercises, rest 30 seconds, then do that circuit again. Rest another 30 seconds, and then do that circuit one more time.

Kneeling Offset Pushups - 30 seconds

1. Get at the top of a pushup position by resting on your hands and the tips of your toes. Both hands should be shoulder width apart, but one arm is straight down from your shoulder and your other arm where the bottom of your hand would be in line with your nose. Make sure to keep your body in a straight line from your shoulders to your feet and to not sag or raise your hips.
2. Drop your knees straight down on the ground without moving them closer to your stomach.
3. Lower yourself down until your nose is only a few inches from the ground and make sure that your hips do not sag. Also as you are lowering, pull your shoulder blades together as far as they will go and make sure that your neck stays in line with your spine.
4. Pause for a second, then brace your abs and keep your body in a straight line from knees to shoulders as you push through your chest, shoulders, and triceps until you get to the top of the position.
5. After doing two repetitions, switch hand positions and do another two repetitions. Continue switching hand positions after two repetitions for the recommended number of total repetitions or time.

Step Out - 30 seconds

1. Stand with your feet just greater than shoulder-width apart and your hands clasped together in front of you. Raise yourself up on your toes as high as you can and keep them that high throughout the entire set.
2. With your abs braced and butt muscles squeezed, start the movement at the hip joint and push your hips backward and "sit back in a chair." Make your hips go back as far as possible and lower yourself as far as your range of motion will take you.
3. Starting on the right side and staying in the squat position, step out to the right side (your body with turn as well), so that you form an "L-shape" between your two inner thighs.
4. Bring your right leg back in towards your body, and do the same thing on your left.
5. Once you bring your left leg back into your body, stand up from the squat position.
6. Continue this movement of squatting down and alternating legs until you have completed the recommended number of repetitions or time.

One-Legged Wall Hold - 15 seconds on each leg

1. Stand in front of a wall (about 2 feet in front of it) and lean against it.
2. Slide down until your knees are at about 90-degree angles.
3. Lift your right leg off the ground and extend your knee so that it is completely straight while at the same time keeping your hip in the same position.
4. Keep your back straight and do not lean forward or place your hands on your legs while holding the position.
5. Hold for the recommended time and then complete the same hold on the left leg.

Cross Body Mountain Climbers - 30 seconds

1. Start at the top of a push up position.
2. Bring your right leg up and across your body as far as you can go so that your right knee is point towards your left elbow.
3. Return your right leg to the starting position and repeat the movement using your left leg.
4. Continue alternating legs until you have completed the recommended number of repetitions or time.

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Playground Ab & Upper Back Workout - Monkey Bars

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a post on a Playground ab workout on a swing set that you could do when you hit the playground with your kids.

This time, I've got a new video of an ab and upper back workout you can do at the playground using the monkey bars.

You'll do 4 exercises in a row, 30 seconds for each exercise. Then you'll rest 30 seconds, do that circuit again, rest 30 seconds, then do that circuit 1 more time.

Take a look at the video and I've written out the exercises below it:



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Playground Ab & Upper Back Workout - Monkey Bars

1. Neutral Pullup
2. Hanging Leg Raises
3. Inverted Row
4. Hanging Side Leg Raises

Should take you less than 10 minutes to get through it.

Another great way to get a workout in while also spending some quality time with your kids at the playground.

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Free Beginner Workout Programs

Ready for some more Free Beginner Workout Programs?

A couple of weeks ago I posted a video of a 20 minute workout from the main workout of the November 2010 30-Minute Workout.

Now I've got the same type of circuit from the beginner version of the November 2010 workout. Give it a look and a try and see what you think.

And don't forget, you can try the rest of the November workouts (the main workout AND the beginner workout) for just $4.95 by going to the link below and ordering, right now:

November 2010 30-Minute Workout

Here's a video of the workout with a description below:



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Free Beginner Workout Programs

These are what I call, Seven Ups and it's more of an advanced workout and it's a workout you can do at home, at work, anywhere you want:

You're going to do seven circuits of exercise with no rest between the exercises within the circuit. With each circuit, you are going to add an additional exercise from the prior circuit, until you are at the last circuit where you'll be doing 7 exercises in a row with no rest between exercises.

Circuit 1:
1. Lying Hip Extension on Chair -- 30 seconds
2. Rest 30 seconds

Circuit 2:
1. Lying Hip Extension on Chair -- 30 seconds
2. Jumping Jacks -- 30 seconds
3. Rest 30 seconds

Circuit 3:
1. Lying Hip Extension on Chair -- 30 seconds
2. Jumping Jacks -- 30 seconds
3. Wide Wall Pushups -- 30 seconds
4. Rest 30 seconds

Circuit 4:
1. Lying Hip Extension on Chair -- 30 seconds
2. Jumping Jacks -- 30 seconds
3. Wide Wall Pushups -- 30 seconds
4. Sky Dive -- W Pullback -- 30 seconds
5. Rest 30 seconds

Circuit 5:
1. Lying Hip Extension on Chair -- 30 seconds
2. Jumping Jacks -- 30 seconds
3. Wide Wall Pushups -- 30 seconds
4. Sky Dive -- W Pullback -- 30 seconds
5. Waiter's Bow -- 30 seconds
6. Rest 30 seconds

Circuit 6:
1. Lying Hip Extension on Chair -- 30 seconds
2. Jumping Jacks -- 30 seconds
3. Wide Wall Pushups -- 30 seconds
4. Sky Dive -- W Pullback -- 30 seconds
5. Waiter's Bow -- 30 seconds
6. Wall Hold -- 30 seconds
7. Rest 30 seconds

Circuit 7:
1. Lying Hip Extension on Chair -- 30 seconds
2. Jumping Jacks -- 30 seconds
3. Wide Wall Pushups -- 30 seconds
4. Sky Dive -- W Pullback -- 30 seconds
5. Waiter's Bow -- 30 seconds
6. Wall Hold -- 30 seconds
7. Army Side Bends -- Knees -- 30 seconds

Should take you about 20 minutes to get through.

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20-Minute Workout from November 2010 30 Minute Workout

The new November edition of the 30-Minute Workout is available and it's a killer. There's a circuit in there that'll take you 20 minutes to get through. I put the circuit together in a video for you to try out. Take a look, give it a try, and tell me what you think (that's of course, if you survived it....).

And don't forget, you can try the rest of the November workouts (the main workout AND the beginner workout) for just $4.95 by going to the link below and ordering, right now:

November 2010 30-Minute Workout

Here's a video of the workout with a description below:



Here's a direct link to the YouTube video:

20 Minute at home workout

These are what I call, Seven Ups and it's more of an advanced workout and it's a workout you can do at home, at work, anywhere you want:

You're going to do seven circuits of exercise with no rest between the exercises within the circuit. With each circuit, you are going to add an additional exercise from the prior circuit, until you are at the last circuit where you'll be doing 7 exercises in a row with no rest between exercises.

Circuit 1:
1. Crossover Reach Pushups -- 30 seconds
2. Rest 30 seconds

Circuit 2:
1. Crossover Reach Pushups -- 30 seconds
2. Y -- Forward Lunge -- 30 seconds
3. Rest 30 seconds

Circuit 3:
1. Crossover Reach Pushups -- 30 seconds
2. Y -- Forward Lunge -- 30 seconds
3. Twisting Jump Squats -- 30 seconds
4. Rest 30 seconds

Circuit 4:
1. Crossover Reach Pushups -- 30 seconds
2. Y -- Forward Lunge -- 30 seconds
3. Twisting Jump Squats -- 30 seconds
4. Decline Plank -- 30 seconds
5. Rest 30 seconds

Circuit 5:
1. Crossover Reach Pushups -- 30 seconds
2. Y -- Forward Lunge -- 30 seconds
3. Twisting Jump Squats -- 30 seconds
4. Decline Plank -- 30 seconds
5. Y-Sumo Squat on Toes -- 30 seconds
6. Rest 30 seconds

Circuit 6:
1. Crossover Reach Pushups -- 30 seconds
2. Y -- Forward Lunge -- 30 seconds
3. Twisting Jump Squats -- 30 seconds
4. Decline Plank -- 30 seconds
5. Y-Sumo Squat on Toes -- 30 seconds
6. Reverse Diagonal Lunge -- Toes -- 30 seconds
7. Rest 30 seconds

Circuit 7:
1. Crossover Reach Pushups -- 30 seconds
2. Y -- Forward Lunge -- 30 seconds
3. Twisting Jump Squats -- 30 seconds
4. Decline Plank -- 30 seconds
5. Y-Sumo Squat on Toes -- 30 seconds
6. Reverse Diagonal Lunge -- Toes -- 30 seconds
7. Bodybuilder Burpees -- 30 seconds

Should take you about 20 minutes to get through.

Let me know how it goes.

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Strange Poll Results on Weight

When you look at yourself in a mirror, or sit down to eat a meal, what is it that you really see? If you're active and eat well most of the time, why are you doing that? Is it because you want to lose weight and get in shape and look better, or is it because you want to lead a healthy lifestyle to ward off sickness and other ailments? Or is it a little bit of a combination of both?

I've been meaning to blog on this story for awhile but I had to read it a number of different times because I found it somewhat confusing.

It involves a poll conducted by AP and Ivillage and here are some of the findings:

Half don't like their weight, even 26 percent of those whose body mass index or BMI — a measure of weight for height — is in the normal range. But just a third don't like their physical condition, even though being overweight and sedentary are big risk factors for Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other ailments.

I've read that paragraph a half dozen times and it still doesn't make sense to me. Half don't like the weight that they are at and a third don't like their physical condition. I guess it depends on how you're defining "physical condition" because it seems to be that if half don't like their weight, that those same people don't like their physical condition.

More from the article:

"People can't see the damage that's being done inside their body," says Goldberg. "If you increase your fitness but don't lose as much weight, you still have a lower heart disease risk than someone who is obese and sedentary."

Okay fine, being overweight but continuing to exercise is going to reduce your risk of heart disease but, it would reduce it even more if the excess weight was taken off (yes, I know that might be easier said then done but, it's doable).

Now here's a quote that really bothered me:

"Someone who is fat or even overweight can be healthy if they have a balanced diet and are physically active," Kwan says. "Our culture really does put a lot of pressure on women to look a certain way," taking precedence over health measures.

Maybe I'm just not looking at this correctly but, if our culture puts a lot of pressure on women to look a certain way (skinny, model type), then why are two-thirds of women overweight or obese? I remember that was the common theory back 10-20 years ago (and earlier), but does it really hold today, in 2009? Beauty pageants that involved women that were so skinny if they turned sideways you probably wouldn't know they were even there, have lost a lot of popularity over the last decade to the point that they aren't even shown on the major networks anymore.

If anything, I think what people have started to realize (and the article states as much) is that getting to a point where you look like this:



Not only looks better (and even men will tell you as such), but is more healthier than looking like this:



But again, I just don't see how there's that much pressure out there anymore to even look like either of those two pictures due to the fact that two-thirds of us are not even close to being able to see our abs.

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Follow Up to the "I Hate Mike" Interval Workout

To follow up a little bit on this interval workout that I posted the other day, I got some, well, interesting responses...

They ranged from "yup, you're right, I hate you" to "I hope your house burns down!!" and finally my favorite "DIE MIKE!!!!!! DIE!!!!!!!"

Although they were all in fun (at least..I think they were), I'm glad people gave it a shot and will continue to make it part of their routine.

But don't think it gets any easier. I've been doing it now 2 times a week for the past 5 weeks and I still haven't gotten use to it.

Have a good weekend everyone.

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