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Did you over do it during the holiday weekend? Never fear – the Plank is here!
While you begin to de-Christmas your diet, check out ALL the ways you can work your core with Total Gym Plank exercises. GRAVITY Master Trainer Michael Steel demos how to add an extra upper body challenge while you’re at it!
You know you’re going to do it. The turkey, stuffing, candy-coated yams and butter drenched rolls – it’s all too decadent to avoid! You’re going to indulge on Thanksgiving; it’s tradition!
To help counteract the calorie-laden Thanksgiving meal, we’ve put together a full-body Total Gym “Fit Before Feasting” workout! Warning: Feeling this good may cause you to make healthier food choices come turkey time!
Try to complete 10-15 reps of each exercise demonstrated below in 2-3 sets.
Cardio Pull - A great compound exercise to warm up the upper and lower body.
Cardio Pull
[Unhook cable pulleys from glideboard]
Squat Progressions - From single to double leg, to plyometric squats. You’ll feel the burn! Squat Progressions
[Attach cable pulleys to glideboard]
Flys and Curls - Sit laterally to perform single art chest flys and bicep curls.
Seated Lateral_Single Arm Chest Fly-Lateral Biceps CurlsAdvanced Cable Work – High-level progressions for shoulders, arms, chest and back, with recruitment of core stabilizers. Advanced Upper Body Cable Sequence
[Detach cable pulleys from glideboard and add/engage foot holder]
Hamstrings and Abdominals - Get an optimal stretch and flexion for hamstrings, while maximizing abdominal involvement
Upper Extremity Progressions
[Remove/disengage foot holder]
Sprinter Start – Explosive leg exercises that mimic a sprinter’s start to torch calories!
Sprinter Start
Hey Total Gym Team!
Plyometrics. I love em’ … my clients love em’ … and you should integrate them into your training as well.
This month’s blog is a follow up to my “Fun & Fit with Plyometrics” post in September. Try adding these upper body Plyo moves to your Total Gym routine to increase the challenge, intensity and body-shaping results of your workouts:
Your challenge is to try these exercises unilaterally!
Stay tuned as I will play more with Plyos in upcoming blog posts. Don’t worry golfers, I will be back with more golf-specific Total Gym tips in January when the tour kicks off it’s 2012 season in Hawaii.
Enjoy and hit em’ straight!
JayDee Cutting is a GRAVITY Master Trainer, certified personal trainer, Pilates instructor and creator of the “Core Golf Fitness” program. JayDee’s Core Golf Fitness DVD offers on-course and warm-up exercises proven to help advance your golf game and is available for purchase at http://coregolffitness.com.
Hello Total Gym Friends and my Fellow Golfers!
To me, the best feature about Total Gym is the ability to do plyometric strength training. What other piece of equipment allows you to do plyometric pull-ups or tricep dips?
The Latin roots of the word “plyometric” are plio meaning “more” and metric meaning “measure.” So think of this as measurable increases in strength, power, bone density, body awareness and control, and much more! Most importantly, it’s a different and FUN way to train your body!
Here are some great plyometric exercises to try on your Total Gym and catch my Golf Fitness tip at the end:
One thing I forgot to mention in the video, you can try almost all of these plyometric exercises uni-laterally – or one arm or leg at a time. Fun for the whole family!
Enjoy and stay tuned for future Total Gym Training Tips!
Don’t have the accessories that JayDee used in his video? Check out the NEW TotalGym.com and click on the Product Accessories page to accessorize your Total Gym!
JayDee Cutting is a GRAVITY Master Trainer, certified personal trainer, Pilates instructor and creator of the “Core Golf Fitness” program. JayDee’s Core Golf Fitness DVD offers on-course and warm-up exercises proven to help advance your golf game and is available for purchase at http://coregolffitness.com.
Total Gym congratulates JayDee and his wife, Elba, on 10 blissful years of marriage! They recently renewed their wedding vows and JayDee says, “Thanks to Total Gym, we still fit in the same clothes we wore 10 years ago! ”
Last Monday, we introduced our NEW 7-week exercise video series to help keep you motivated and fit this summer. Every week we’ll introduce a new muscle group and exercises to include in your Total Gym workouts.
Abs were last week … today, it’s all about the biceps! The cool thing about the Total Gym is the versatility it offers for doing bicep curls in multiple positions, from seated, to kneeling and lying supine (or face up) on the glideboard. GRAVITY Master Trainer Nicole Decker shows you how it’s done!
Click here to see the video on YouTube.
Today Tom describes a Torso Combo developed by our talented GRAVITY MasterTrainers. Build upper body strength with with this Torso Combination that includes a trunk rotation for core strength, move into a chest fly and finally a bicep curl. Change position on the glide board to build a workout that meets your needs.
These and more great workouts ideas can be found at GravityClubhouse.com. Membership is free and it’s a great way to keep your Total Gym workout fresh. See you there!
Have suggestions for a workout you’d like Tom to perform? Let us know in the comments box on this blog post.
Happy Monday! Tom is out today at the Can-Fit-Pro convention and tradeshow in Toronto, Canada. He’ll be showcasing our GRAVITY workout on Total Gym – along with our Canadian distribution team – to over 10,000 attendees at the commercial fitness show.
Great arms requires hard work – sorry there’s no easy answer here! These biceps exercises on Total Gym are dynamic and challenging enough to see results … but they are also fun! Keep your elbows high and stabilize through the core to stay upright throughout every exercise. Look for progressions like static equilibrium exercises and supine bicep curls.
