Not Your Average Garden Variety Workout
garden, diet, calorie burn
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This next statement might get me into some hot water with some of my colleagues…but I'm going to say it anyway!
Sometimes I think personal trainers shouldn't exist to begin with!
Granted there is a need (especially these days) for someone to safely instruct people how to perform physical tasks in order to achieve a desired outcome quickly and effectively. Or might I say help someone shed unwanted body fat without hurting themselves.
Sometimes I feel like if people would just move, if they would just play, if they would just work around the house they would be much better off!
What if I could tell you about an exercise routine that involves no thought, burns tons of Calories and hits all of the target areas like the core, arms, legs, butt, lower back, upper back AND the heart and lungs?
Could this be a new fitness contraption that sells for 3 easy payments of $29.95?
This unbelievable workout that I rediscovered is called…
PLANT A GARDEN
My wife and I recently planted an 8 x 10 foot vegetable garden and it took 4 hours total. For a beginner exercising for the first time this equates to 8 half hour workouts! That's more than a week!
For an intermediate to advanced exerciser that is at least 4 hours. For a nut like me it is one crazy marathon of a workout!
This rivaled some of the toughest workouts I have ever experienced! Everything is sore and though I don't know the exact Calorie count…it must have been massive!
What did we do exactly?
1. Edged a 10 x 8 foot rectangle out of the grass next to our shed in the back yard.
2. Used a pitch fork to lift the sod up and shake out the dirt. Put the remaining grass roots (and weeds) in the wheelbarrow.
3. Repeat until grass and weeds are gone
4. Drove 12 stakes in the ground and attached plastic fencing to keep the "critte... read entire entry
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on 7/28/2008
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9.8
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Is your fitness recession proof?
quick workouts, whole body workout, calorie burn
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These days EVERYTHING costs more money in the U.S. and around the World. Oil prices are still sky high and so are gas prices. The value of the dollar is only getting worse and the World economy is suffering.
What can you to to make your fitness recession proof?
Try workout from home that will leave you wondering why you ever joined a gym to begin with.
Here is my latest workout that you can do ANYWHERE!
1.) Push ups (any variation) to failure
2.) Sit ups 10 Reps
3.) Box jumps 10 Reps (Step ups can be substituted)
Complete 6 rounds of this as fast as you can. Adding a time element is a sure fire way to increase your intensity!
This combination of volume and intensity will have you gasping for air and burning more calories for up to 40 hours later!
Save Gas. Save Time. Get Fit.
Dave
www.homeofficeworkouts.com
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on 7/22/2008
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11.4
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Huge calorie burn in under 20 minutes
sprint, quick workouts, calorie burn, fitness
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Here is yet another example of getting more out of less. This quick workout is adapted from a crossfit workout I have seen. You can do this inside on a treadmill or outside on a track.
Complete everything you see here for time (as fast as possible)
1.) 1/4 mile (one lap on a track)
2.) 50 Kettlebell swings
3.) 1/4 mile
4.) 50 Medicine ball slams
5.) 1/4 mile
6.) 50 Dumbbell rows (3 point stance, hand on bench)
7.) 1/4 mile
8.) 180 degree Trunk rotations with exercise tubing.
You will be gased!
Just complete the 1/4 mile as fast as you can. Kettlebell swings, med ball slams and dumbbell rows choose a weight you would perform 15 reps with while having great technique. When doing this workout it is meant to be fast but still under control.
The trunk rotations with tubing I tied (wrapped) one end around a machine at the studio but you can use anything that won't move! Face where you attach the tubing and rotate with your hips, pivoting on your feet as in a golf swing, 180 degrees - no further around than that.
Have fun. Sweat. Get lean.
Dave
www.homeofficeworkouts.com
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on 7/3/2008
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13.5
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