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If I Want To Change My Routine A Little To Make It More Interesting, What Exercises Should I Incorporate Into My Routine?

Joseph Coupal - Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Answered by: Gin Miller

I love to cycle, so whenever I can I take myself outside and jump on my bike. Whether I’m climbing mountains or cruising the streets, riding clears my mind, gives me a chance to breathe some fresh air and allows me to exercise outside of the stale gym environment.

In addition, cycling allows me to challenge my muscles in a different way from the step and strength classes I normally teach. It switches up the muscular skeletal or biomechanical stress on my body. This keeps my muscles working hard rather than allowing them to get so used to any one type of exercise that they get lazy.

So if you’re getting bored with your current workout routine or feel like you’re at a fitness plateau, it’s not as important what exercises you add to your regime as it is to add change of any kind. For example, switch from running to swimming, treadmill to elliptical or yoga to ab ball training. Or take a cue from me and climb on a bike. It’ll make you feel like a kid again while giving your butt and legs a killer workout.

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Are There Any Exercises I Can Do to Help Back Pain?

Joseph Coupal - Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Answered by: Kathy Stevens

Work the core. A strong core is about more than a super 6 pack!

The stronger the core muscles, the stronger you will be in everything you do, from getting out of a chair or walking to sports. As an added benefit strengthening the muscles of the abdomen, hips and lower back helps to prevent back problems.

Core strengthening exercises and chronic low back pain were evaluated in a study conducted at the University of Technology in Perth, Australia. Group-A performed core strengthen exercises and after 10 weeks showed a significant reduction in the intensity of their back pain as well as their functional disability levels.

These improvements were still apparent at a 30-month follow-up. Group-B underwent other commonly prescribed conservative treatments. These participants demonstrated no significant change in back pain or functional disabilities after intervention.

 

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Turn Your Outdoor Cardio Into a Total Body Workout

Joseph Coupal - Tuesday, October 04, 2011

By Heather Hawk

The Fall is a beautiful time to get active outdoors. Many people enjoy walking, running, and hiking in local parks. These cardio sessions are invigorating by themselves however a few simple changes can take these workouts to a total body training session:

  • Many parks have strength stations along the paths for push-ups, pull-ups, and other movements. Take advantage of these stations along the way.
  • Create your own strength stations by doing circuits of body weight exercises every 5-8 minutes during your cardio session. Perform walking lunges or step-ups on a bench for the lower body, push-ups for the upperbody, or plank holds for the core.
  • Bring your resistance cords to the park and stop every 8-10 minutes for a total body circuit. The resistance cords provide you numerous exercises for the upper and lower body
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