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Tag: Shoulders

  • Wake Up Your Core and Improve Joint Mobility!

    Here is a martial-arts-infused warm-up circuit meeting all 5 kinetic checkpoints from head to toe! Increase your circulation, dynamic flexibility, and range of motion Connect your body and mind Head and Cervical Spine Place your hands at your hips and move your head 2 – 3 repetitions in each plane of motion:  forward/backward (sagittal plane),…

  • Simplify Your Fitness and Try a HIIT Work Out Today!

    Many of us have busy lives, which often allows little time to exercise.  The solution? High Intensity Interval Training, or “HIIT.”  HIIT enables you to work out for less time and receive better results.  This heart-pumping, vigorous type of training features short, intense cardiovascular exercises designed to enhance athletic performance and overall health and fitness levels. To begin a HIIT…

  • Daily Workout #11 – A Quick Full Body Circuit!

    Daily Workout #11  When you are short on time, here is a quick circuit that will hit each major muscle group and challenge your stability. Lat Pulldown on Stability Ball 2 x 12 Pec Fly on Stability Ball 2 x 12 Squat with Shoulder Press 2 x 12 Tricep Extension (“Scull Crushers”) on Stability Ball…

  • Daily Workout #10 – Total Body!

    Daily Workout #10 Complete Body Workout – from head to toe! Cardio Warm-Up Elliptical; Treadmill; Stair Climber; Erg/Rowing Machine 10 – 15 minutes Leg Extensions 3 x 15 Leg Press 3 x 15 Leg Curl 3 x 15 Lat Pull Down 3 x 15 DB Chest Press on Bench 3 x 15 DB Shoulder Press…

  • 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 #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…

  • 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…