Workouts
Recovery heat or ice
Many people ask should they put ice on an injury or should they use heat pack? Inflammation is not good nor is it bad - it is a normal process of the injury cycle. Inflammation - repair - remodel : if you don’t have inflammation your body will not optimally repair and...
When do you know it’s too much volume.
Signs of too much volume... This time of year at the beginning of a new program we find that many people can start doing too much (especially compared to what they did previously). Sometimes it’s hard to identify that you are doing too much, but one of the signs may...
Metabolic abs and arms
Abs and arms 1 min of each and rest when needed as clock keeps ticking over: total 20 mins Seated curls - regular Deep push ups (tricep) Seated hammer curls Tricep push ups Seated regular curls Seated hover regular curls (v-seat) V-seat tricep extension V-seat hammer...
Metabolic shoulder killer
Shoulder killer 2 mins of each, rest when you need but clock keeps rolling Standing shoulder press Push up Side raises Front raises X 5 rounds 1 min x 3 rounds of each of the following Mountain climbers Bent over row Bent over flies Bicep curls Dips...
Metabolic 20 min workout
5 minute rounds workouts In 5 mins complete 5 up to 10 reps of each: Squats weight on shoulders Lunges Each leg New jacks (pulses - staying low) In 5 mins continually repeat these two exercises 5 deadlifts (stiff leg) 5 power push ups (add one each time) In 5 mins...
Book review: Teen Brain
written by David Gillespie I highly recommend this book for any parents out there that have grown up themselves in a non digital world, yet we are raising our children within the digital world. It how our children hormones correlate with digital screen, and why...
How to stop that old and aching feeling
Let's repair your fascia As we go through life, our fascia can become dense, scarred, and thickened as a result of physical, emotional, or mental stress- all of which you have endured during your negative relationships with family or work situations/ social groups,...
Sciatica
What is Sciatica? Sciatica is a set of symptoms including lower back or buttock pain, pins and needles or numbness that may be caused by general compression or irritation of one of five spinal nerve roots that give rise to each sciatic nerve. The symptoms are...
Metabolic #23 breath taker
#23 takes your breath away 1 min push ups Squats (deep and fast pace) Alternating lunges low X3 (9 mins) 2 mins bicycle twist 1 min squat jumps X 3 (9 mins) 1 min push ups (total workout time 19 minutes)
Metabolic #32 hello shoulders
'don't just stand there'.. good workout for the gym 3 min Arnold press only 1 min Squat front raise bottom 1 min Stand side raise 30 sec Push ups 30 sec Close grip bench X 4 (12 min) 1 min Low plank - (hold hips up then down throughout the minute) 1 min Elbows to...