Total Gym Inside » GRAVITY http://blog.totalgym.com Total Gym®, Total Gym Exercises, Total Gym Workouts Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:12:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Total Gym Weekly Workout – New Year Smart Start http://blog.totalgym.com/2012/01/04/total-gym-weekly-workout-new-year-smart-start/ http://blog.totalgym.com/2012/01/04/total-gym-weekly-workout-new-year-smart-start/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:00:50 +0000 Cassie http://blog.totalgym.com/?p=4870 ... Read More]]>

Happy New Year Total Gym’ers! We hope you are off to a FANTASTIC 2012!

What good habits are you planning to adopt this year? Inspire us by leaving a Comment below.

Here’s your New Year Smart Start workout to get the year started right!

This is an efficient exercise sequence maximizing the inverted prone position on Total Gym. Need a Press Bar for your Total Gym Sport, GTS or PowerTower? Click here. Total Gym XLS owners, click here to purchase the Press Up Bars.

Pushup; Overhead Press; Prone Jackknife

Cheers to a Happy and Healthy New Year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> http://blog.totalgym.com/2012/01/04/total-gym-weekly-workout-new-year-smart-start/feed/ 0 Total Gym Weekly Workout – The Plank http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/12/27/total-gym-weekly-workout-the-plank/ http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/12/27/total-gym-weekly-workout-the-plank/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:44:58 +0000 Cassie http://blog.totalgym.com/?p=4856 ... Read More]]> 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!

Plank

]]> http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/12/27/total-gym-weekly-workout-the-plank/feed/ 0 Special Holiday Message from Total Gym CEO http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/12/21/special-holiday-message-from-total-gym-ceo/ http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/12/21/special-holiday-message-from-total-gym-ceo/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:58:06 +0000 Tom Campanaro http://blog.totalgym.com/?p=4813 ... Read More]]> Whatever holidays you celebrate this time of year, we at Total Gym wish you blessings, happiness and prosperity.

I am thankful for family and friends and all the diversity that each of YOU brings to our lives.

I am thankful for a landmark year in which Total Gym returned full circle to its roots and launched new products into more than 20 countries through our amazing distributors.

I am thankful for nearly four decades of Total Gym delivering life-changing results to customers… customers who actually write to us and tell us about it daily, which changes our lives.

I am thankful for your enduring support of our company and our family… all of YOU –customers, suppliers, service providers, trainers, dealers, distributors, friends, family, editors and publishers.

In the spirit of love and joy, from our family to yours, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a very happy and prosperous New Year!

In health,
Tom Campanaro
Total Gym President and CEO

]]> http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/12/21/special-holiday-message-from-total-gym-ceo/feed/ 0 Total Gym Weekly Workout: “Roly-Poly” Blast! http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/12/19/total-gym-weekly-workout-roly-poly-blast/ http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/12/19/total-gym-weekly-workout-roly-poly-blast/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:22:38 +0000 JayDee Cutting http://blog.totalgym.com/?p=4763 ... Read More]]> Happy Holidays TG Team!

The holidays can put a time crunch on everything, including our workouts. So here’s a little combo I love to do and teach.  I call it “Roly-Poly!”

Benefits you ask?

*Multi-tasking/time management at it’s best

*Easy to remember

*Hits all the major muscles quickly and effectively

*It’s FUN!

For instance, if I’m in a time crunch, I’ll do three 5-minute Cardio Blasts to torch some calories interspersed with 3 Roly-Polys. A full body workout in less than 22 minutes! Then I’m ready to hit the holiday goodies with a clear conscience.

I also threw in a new Plyometric move that I love … man, did it get my calves nice and sore!

Click here to watch the video on YouTube.

I hope Santa is good to you all!

JayDee

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.

 

]]> http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/12/19/total-gym-weekly-workout-roly-poly-blast/feed/ 2 Back by Popular Demand! Fun & Fit with Plyometrics: Part II http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/11/11/back-by-popular-demand-fun-fit-with-plyometrics-part-ii/ http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/11/11/back-by-popular-demand-fun-fit-with-plyometrics-part-ii/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:39:14 +0000 JayDee Cutting http://blog.totalgym.com/?p=4416 ... Read More]]> 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.

 

]]> http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/11/11/back-by-popular-demand-fun-fit-with-plyometrics-part-ii/feed/ 0 Prevent Fitness Plateaus with Total Gym Training DVDs http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/10/11/prevent-fitness-plateaus-with-total-gym-training-dvds/ http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/10/11/prevent-fitness-plateaus-with-total-gym-training-dvds/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:08:01 +0000 Cassie http://blog.totalgym.com/?p=4199 ... Read More]]> At some point, everyone reaches a fitness plateau. It’s perfectly natural. Your body gets used to doing the same workout routine day in and day out. The secret to breaking through a plateau is to change how you perform your workout by adding new variables like increasing weight load, changing the duration of your workouts or trying new training techniques (e.g., high intensity interval training).

Add diversity to your Total Gym routine with GRAVITY Training DVDs. Led by GRAVITY Master Trainers, the DVDs are designed to challenge the body in new and fun ways.

Trainers – Total Gym DVDs offer dynamic exercise alternatives to keep GRAVITY sessions fresh and participants coming back!

Check out these popular DVDs and click here to explore the entire DVD library:

GRAVITY :: Core Centric (NEW) Join recognized fitness presenter Rob Glick for GRAVITY :: Core Centric — Total Gym training for the all-important core! Develop a “Foundation,” get “Defined” and go “Extreme” with three Core Centric workouts that deliver dynamic functional training straight to the midsection to fortify core muscles, reduce back pain and build solid, lean abs at any fitness level.

GRAVITY :: Totally Hot Award-winning international presenter Helen Vanderburg throws out a high-energy total-body sculpting workout. This fun cardio-resistance program drives participants through high-rep exercises with minimal recovery to get fat-burning results! A “Hot” series of challenging, quick tempo exercises focuses on every muscle group while working in multiple planes of motion with little to no rest for a fast-track to improved strength, endurance, speed and muscle definition. Take hot up a notch.

More tips for plateau prevention:

Maintain a regular workout routine & healthy diet (think about calories in vs. calories out).

Check out the newest Total Gym models Sport, GTS and PowerTower, with more incline levels and advanced features to progress Total Gym training.

Get exclusive Trainer Tips to modify and/or challenge Total Gym DVD workouts at GRAVITYClubhouse.com. It’s FREE to become a member. Just create your log in and click on “All Programming and Online Extras” to find Trainer Tips for most GRAVITY DVDs.

Happy training!
]]> http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/10/11/prevent-fitness-plateaus-with-total-gym-training-dvds/feed/ 0 DVD of the Month – GRAVITY :: Power UP! http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/09/22/dvd-of-the-month-gravity-power-up/ http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/09/22/dvd-of-the-month-gravity-power-up/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:50:13 +0000 Cassie http://blog.totalgym.com/?p=4063 ... Read More]]> GRAVITY :: Power UP pushes the limits of traditional Total Gym training! Join GRAVITY Master Trainer Michael Steel for this bold new program featuring a challenging plyometric exercise series that links strength and power in one dynamic 45-minute workout.

Click here to learn more about this hot new Total Gym GRAVITY program and to purchase your copy!

Live outside of the United States? Click this link to explore our list of GRAVITY Distributors around the world who offer GRAVITY Training DVDs, all new Total Gym equipment and much more!

]]> http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/09/22/dvd-of-the-month-gravity-power-up/feed/ 0 Total Gym Weekly Workout – Lower Body Blast http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/09/19/total-gym-weekly-workout-lower-body-blast/ http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/09/19/total-gym-weekly-workout-lower-body-blast/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:06:28 +0000 Cassie http://blog.totalgym.com/?p=4049 Try this Total Gym Booty Butt Blast to kick your lower body training into high gear! GRAVITY Master Trainer Peg Hamlett demonstrates her three favorite Total Gym exercises to challenge the lower body in minimal time!

See more GRAVITY :: Picks from our elite Total Gym GRAVITY Trainers here.

Peg Hamlett

]]> http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/09/19/total-gym-weekly-workout-lower-body-blast/feed/ 2 Total Gym Weekly Workout – Upper Body Burn http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/09/07/total-gym-weekly-workout-upper-body-burn/ http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/09/07/total-gym-weekly-workout-upper-body-burn/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:29:26 +0000 Cassie http://blog.totalgym.com/?p=3919 ... Read More]]> Summer may be coming to an end, but who says you and your clients can’t have great arms for fall! GRAVITY Master Trainer Michael Steel offers his tips to progress upper body exercises on Total Gym with a series of short and long lever movements to really turn up the burn!

Watch this video for Michael’s exclusive training tips:

]]> http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/09/07/total-gym-weekly-workout-upper-body-burn/feed/ 2 Total Gym Weekly Workout: Lower Body Training with Med Ball http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/08/15/total-gym-weekly-workout-lower-body-training-with-med-ball/ http://blog.totalgym.com/2011/08/15/total-gym-weekly-workout-lower-body-training-with-med-ball/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:37:50 +0000 Cassie http://blog.totalgym.com/?p=3738 ... Read More]]> The lower body contains our powerhouse muscles. You need to devote some precious training time to strength training the legs, which will help you perform daily activities more efficiently and stay injury-free!

Squats and hamstring curls on Total Gym are great ways to strengthen the legs. Spruce up your leg training repertoire with GRAVITY Master Trainer Michael Steel’s “Lower Body Exercise Series” that utilizes a lightweight medicine ball to add an upper body challenge and get the heart rate pumping!

Workout Outline:

Go for 2-3 sets of 8-12 reps for each exercise:

Single leg lunge w/ med ball overhead reach

Single leg lunge w/ med ball forward extension

Single leg lunge w/ single arm med ball shoulder extension

Single leg lunge w/ lateral med ball pass overhead

Plank w/ ab crunch (engages the core and challenges shoulder stability)

Plank w/ ab crunch – single leg

Single leg lunge (on the floor) varying foot position and legs w/ overhead med ball reach + side squat with med ball overhead reach

Switch legs and repeat

 

 

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