Train for Life

Author: rrluthi

  • Daily Workout #7 – Shoulders!

    Daily Workout #7 Let’s Build Those Shoulders! Your shoulder is the joint with the greatest range of motion and your rotator cuff muscles (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis, and tres minor) stabilize this joint – scientifically, the head of the humerus articulates with the glenoid fossa of the scapula. Here is a shoulder circuit to strengthen these…

  • Daily Workout #6 – Legs!

    Daily Workout #6 Give Your Upper Body a Break and Work Those Legs! Knee Extensions  3 x 15 Front Squats 3  x 15 Lunges 3 x 15 Lying Leg Curls 3 x 15 Stiff Leg Dead Lifts 3 x 15 Calf Raise 3 x 15 Stretch and Self-Myofascial Release “Foam Rolling” 5 – 10 minutes…

  • Daily Workout #5 – Bodyweight Circuit Training!

    Daily Workout #5 Bodyweight Circuit Training Lunge with Rotation 30 sec. x 1 Push-Up with Rotation 30 sec. x 1 Side Lunge with Reach 30 sec. x 1 Reclined Bodyweight Rows (with TRX Device) 30 sec. x 1 Squat Jumps 30 sec. x 1 Supermans’  30 sec. x 1 Prisoner Squats 30 sec. x 1…

  • Daily Workout #4 – Full Body Circuit!

    Daily Workout #4 Full Body Circuit – with Stabilization Focus! Cardio Warm-Up: Bike 10 min. Ballerina Squats 3 x 12 Chest Press on Stability Ball 3 x 12 Lat Pull Down on Stability Ball (use Cable Machine) 3 x 12 Shoulder Press – *Optional: Stand on BOSU Ball 3 x 12 Walking Lunges or Wall Sit 3…

  • Daily Workout – Upper Body!

    Daily Workout #3 Upper Body Lat Pulldown – Seated on Stability Ball 2 x 12 Pec Fly 2 x 12 Seated Row – Cable Machine or Stability Ball 2 x 12 Squat with Shoulder Press 2 x 12 Tricep Pushdown 2 x 12 Bicep Curls 2 x 12 Hanging Leg Raises 4 x 15  …

  • Daily Workout #2 – Strength!

    Daily Workout #2 Strength Body Weight Squat 2 x 15 Bicycle Crunches 2 x 15 Wide Grip Pull Down with Cable Machine 2 x 15 Standing Free Motion Chest Press 2 x 15 Standing Free Motion Cross Twists or Wood Chops 2 x 15 Plank Hold for 1 minute (2x)   Questions? Comments? Just ask!…

  • A New Year – A Year of New Beginnings!

    Happy New Year to all!  It is, officially, a new year and the time has come to begin and keep our resolutions!  Let 2013 be the year you adopt and maintain a healthy, active lifestyle.  I will post a daily workout (Monday – Friday) varying in focus (cardio, abdominals, shoulders, legs, chest, back, and arms) to…

  • How to Make Successful New Year Resolutions?

    As we enter the weekend, the last weekend of 2012, here are some tips for creating New Year resolutions that last! Let’s make 2013 a fantastic year!  Be healthy! Be active! Be a new you! New Year resolutions are notoriously short-lived and often completely forgotten by February. The trick to making resolutions work is to follow the…

  • A Refreshing, Antioxidant-rich Smoothie

    My sincerest apologies for the delay in posts – I am very busy as I am sure many of you are during another hectic holiday season! I hope this post finds all of you healthy and well during this time of the year.  If you feel the need to be healthier and more energized, I’ve…

  • Want Flat Abs? Here’s How!

    Who is guilty of performing repetition after repetition, set after set of crunches in the hopes of achieving flat, 6-pack, ‘Abercrombie model’ abs? I am! First, I am not saying that you should never perform crunches again… You need to simply vary your abdominal regimen! Mix things up! Here’s why: Imagine your spine is a credit card.…