Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Today's Workout & Video - Indoor Rock Climbing - Nov 30, 2010

 
Check out the new video clip. 

Today's workout was Indoor Rock Climbing.
Now I know I said that all my exercise routines, and tips can be done in the comfort of your own home, or condo/home gym, but sometimes it's a good idea to get out of the house and try new things!

Indoor rock climbing is an excellent fun, exciting, and adrenaline pumping workout for anyone at any age, or fitness level. There are kids, and old ladies at the gym climbing more advanced climbs than me!

I frequent the Rock Oasis climbing gym in Downtown Toronto
They have an excellent training program for beginners. $35 for your first lesson and equipment rental
$16.95 for a regular drop in day pass. I recommend finding a occasional climbing buddy, because you really need one or you can't climb.

Indoor rock climbing is great exercise for your legs, arms, and back. Working all the major, and minor muscle groups in those body parts. Trust me when I say you'll feel the burn, and be soar the next day. Try it, it's a blast, and so so much fun!

PS - If you want to climb, and don't have a buddy, email me, I'll be happy to take you climbing!

Today's Lunch - A BIG let down

So for today's lunch I decided I wanted something filling, hearty, warm, and healthy. What types of food would satisfy this craving? Chili naturally! But only if it's fresh homemade chili. Not the store bought canned type - which I ate.
WARNING!!
Stay away from Amy's Organic Spicy Chili...It looks, and tastes like dog crap. Not to mention it made me sick to my stomach, and SUPER tired after. Make you're own healthy chili at home. I learned my lesson.
A good chili should fill you up, provide tons of vitamins, protein and nutrients, but not make you feel "heavy".

Healthy delicious chili recipe to follow tonight.

Santogold - Lights Out [HQ] from Gilach on Vimeo.

Obsessed with this song! And the video is amazing!

Santogold - Lights Out

Amazing song to warm up and/or cool down to! Or to just bop along the streets with.

Yoga Poses for Relieving Headaches

I just came across this great feature article for headache relief. I often get stress, and tension headaches, so some of these simple Yoga moves are excellent for releaving the pain and presssue. You can even do most of these poses in you office, and obviosuly your home.
It's a great alternative to poping pain relief pills that are harsh on your system - Mainly your liver and stomach.
http://www.fitnesshealthzone.com/yoga/top-10-yoga-poses-for-relieving-headaches-and-shoulder-pain/

Healthy, and filling breakfast - Nov 30, 2010

Today's Healthy Breakfast Nov 30 - Scrambled Eggs, fresh strawberries, and a half slice of Cinnamon Raisin breakfast pita with peanut butter....UMMMMMM hearty, and nutritious breakfast.

Today's Workout Video - Nov 29, 2010

 
When performing this exercise routine, remember to move quickly from one exercise to the next. It's important to keep your heart rate up, and only rest enough to grab some water in between each movement.
Also, don't forget to rinse and repeat....Three times!!!

Stretching is VERY important. Please make sure you stretch all your leg muscles, Quad's, Ham's, Gluet's, and Calf's. Hold you stretches for 10-20 seconds.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Plyometric & Sports Conditioning Training

Hello Peeps!
I've made some short video clips for you to view. These are all based on the workout I posted earlier for Dominik.
Main focus is A) Muscle Strength, and B) Stamina.
I'm having problems with my video editing program, so they're not as fancy schmancy as I wanted them to be. But you'll get the idea.

Healthy Afternoon Snack

Organic Hummus & Sliced Green Pepper. A perfect snack any time of the day.
The Hummus is loaded with fiber and protein to fill you up, so you make it to your next meal feeling less hungry. And the Green Pepper is loaded with Vitamin C. Perfect to fight off a winter cold.

Today's Workout - Nov 29, 2010


Today's workout is going to be a doozie! This evening I'm training my friend Dominik. He's an avid cross country skier, and came to me because he wants to improve his strength and stamina for this winter seasons XC Skiing.

I will be focusing on a lot of plyometric, and cardiovascular movements, and also stabilizer movements. We need to get all his muscles, ligaments, and tendons strong to push the skis through the snow.  And improve his stamina, because I know he likes to be out on the trails for long periods of time.

Now Dominik is already a very fit guy, so I will be pushing him harder than I would push a regular client. BUT you can totally adapt today’s exercise to meet your needs. I will show you how to do this.

Today's workout schedule:
1. Warm up - we will be doing basaltic warm up, as apposed to classic stretching. I actually only recommend stretching your muscles AFTER your work out, NOT before.
a) Running in one spot.
b) Jumping Jacks

Now that we're warmed up, we can move on to the routine.

2. Jump Squats - Start by simply jumping in the air and lowering into a squat position after your feet hit the floor. To increase the difficulty level on this exercise, kick your knee's up and touch your hands while in mid air. It's hard trust me! Dominik will do as many Jump Squats as he can in ONE minute.

3. Walking Lunges, with 20 lbs weights. - This can also be done sans weights. Just use your own body weight. If you live in a small condo, regular lunges can be done with the same effectiveness. Step one leg out in front, and drop your other knee to only a few inches above the ground. Use the front leg to force yourself back up to starting position. Now do the reverse. Do as many as you can in TWO minutes.

4. Swing Kicks – You can use a stool, or chair for this one. Place it in front of you, and “swing kick” your right leg over the chair/stool, followed by the left leg. Now reverse. Swing kick your left leg over the chair, followed by your right leg. Keep those knees up! Do this for one minute.

5. Twist Combo – Perfect for skiers! Stand with your feet together, and hop to the right twisting your body, and then hop twist to the left. Back and forth, back and forth. Keep your speed up! Right to left, left to right twists. Keep your arms up like you’re holding ski poles.

You should be hurting and sweating by now!

6. Static Wall Sitting Squats. This seems easy, but is very difficult. Stand with your back against a wall, slowly lower yourself to a sitting position (ie. invisible chair). Hold this position for as long as you can. Your Quads should burn like HELL! I'd say, try for 3-5 minutes.

Now here comes the really fun part. Repeat this again! Twice!

I will follow up with video clips in case some of you guys and gals aren’t sure what exactly to do.
Remember to take water breaks. It’s important to stay hydrated.

My very 1st Blog Post

Welcome to my new blog. I know there is no one viewing this yet, so I'm basically talking to myself, but I hope to have many more followers very soon.

The main focus of my blog will bit fitness. Ya, I know, EVERYONE has done, and is doing the fitness thing....So my blog will focus on the ease of using your home, home/condo gym, etc, to achieve your fitness goals. Also, all my workouts can also relate back to the gym if you do wish to, or are using a gym.

We're all pinched for time, so realistically 1-2 hrs a day at a gym is not always an option.
All the exercise routines featured on my blog will focus on a 20-40 minute time frame to achieve the best results, make you sweat, loose weight, and feel great!

In conjunction to regular daily exercise routines, I will be blogging healthy eating habits, positive lifestyle changes, which are small and easy to incorporate in your daily routine!

This is going to be fun, easy, and with a bit of my world class sass, and wit for a bit of added entertainment!! Are you ready to live your life healthy, active and happy?! I am! Join me!

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