Three Necessary Workout Tips Needed for Fitness Results
October 16, 2009 by Fitness Tips · Leave a Comment
Three Necessary Workout Tips Needed for Fitness Results
October 16, 2009 by Fitness Tips · Leave a Comment
Treadmill Training!
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The Body Principal The Exercise Program for Life
April 28, 2009 by Fitness Tips · Leave a Comment
The Body Principal The Exercise Program for Life
Two man isometric exercise program for the whole body Brown physical education series
April 28, 2009 by Fitness Tips · Leave a Comment
Two man isometric exercise program for the whole body Brown physical education series
Strength Band Training
April 28, 2009 by Fitness Tips · Leave a Comment
Maximize your strength, speed, and power through the use of resistance bands and tubing. As a complete workout on their own or a supplement to free weights and machines, strength bands are the ultimate tool for customizing workouts and isolating muscles. And the portable bands and tubing make the perfect travel workout. Strength Band Training shows how to use resistive bands and tubing in 106 exercises addressing every major muscle group. These exercises have been used by strength professionals and many top athletes because the bands and tubing allow you to add resistance in multiple directions–something free weights and machines cant do. As a result, your resistance routine can simulate sport demands, strengthening core and supporting muscles or targeting specific rehabilitation needs.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars great book
I was given this book as a gift. It provides very clear instructions on exercises with useful pictures. It contains variations on each exercise. If you want to exercise with resistance bands, this is a good choice.
4 Stars Alternate Exercise Program
This book is well laid-out, informative to the nth degree. it has aided my health regime and alternative exercise program greatly. I would recommend it to both beginners and weight trainers of long standing.
2 Stars good idea, poor execution
I bought this book hoping it would serve as a one-stop resource for dozens of strength band exercise ideas. That is, afterall, what this book attempts to be. However, I quickly found that this book falls far short of that mark.
On the positive side:
1) lots of exercises
2) generally well-organized by body part
On the negative side:
1) Their picture of “proper” athletic posture is seriously flawed. The guy’s head is jutted forward, his abdominals aren’t contracted, and his shoulders are rounded, among other things.
2) Photos are limited to 2 shots per exercise - the 2nd shot usually shows a variation of the first. While I was glad they showed the variations, this book would have been far clearer and more useful if they’d included at least enough pictures to show each exercise’s ’start’ and ‘finish’ positions.
3) I have to agree with the reviewer from Portland Oregon - the models in the exercise photos look bored to tears most of the time. I’m not advocating cheesy grins, but since these types of exercises are usually more effective if one (the exerciser) focuses on the specific muscles you’re using, it’d be nice if this book showed models who at least look like they’re actually doing the exercises - not just assuming a certain position and sleeping with eyes open until told to do something else.
4) As another reviewer mentioned, very few (if any) of the exercise pics show how one might attach the strength band to doors, table legs, or other attachment points the typical “at home” exerciser is likely to have available. In most cases, it matters significantly how high you attach your band, the angle of resistance you create, etc.
In summary, I will be returning this book. If the negatives I listed above are important to you, a far better book selection for you to consider would be “Therapeutic Exercises Using Resistive Bands” by Caroline Corning Creager. Although that book’s title specifies “therapeutic” exercises, what you’ll find inside is actually much broader in scope. It includes 275 exercises (pictures depict ’start’ & ‘end’ positions 
) plus a whole lot more.
5 Stars A great resource for the clinic library
This book is a great adjunct to any clinical library. It has creative and thoughtful activities for theraband activity that may benefit your patient population. The pictures are easily understandable and easy to reproduce. The authors did a great job putting this book out to fill a void in resistance band training and rehabilitation.
5 Stars More than one hundred physical exercises
Strength Band Training is co-authored by sports and orthopedic physical therapist Phillip Page (Manager of Clinical education and research for Thera-Band Products) and licensed physical therapist Todd Ellenbecker (Clinic Director at the Physiotherapy Associates Scottsdale Sport Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, and who draws upon his 18 years of professional experience as a sports clinical specialist and an orthopedic clinical specialist) and offer health and enthusiasts more than one hundred physical exercises employing resistive bands and tubing. Resistance bands and tubing allows fitness training in minimal time, at very little cost, and can be practiced in virtually any setting, on the road or at home. Individual chapters cover “Strength Training with Elastic Resistance”; “Shoulders and Arms”; “Chest and Upper Back”; Abs and Lower Back”; Hips and Thighs”; Lower Legs and Ankles”; “Combination and Circuit Training”; Power, Agility, and Speed Exercises” “Stretching Exercises”; Functional Training Programs”; and “Training on the Road”. Enhanced with a bibliography for further reading, Strength Band Training is highly recommended reading, especially for fitness enthusiasts, professional athletes, fitness trainers and professionals, physical therapists, and non-specialist general readers seeking an inexpensive, versatile, and mobile training regime for their own personal health and physical well-being.
Sculpt Your Body with Balls and Bands Shed Pounds and Get Firm in 12 Minutes a Day With Your 3 Week Plan for Fast Easy Weight Loss
April 28, 2009 by Fitness Tips · Leave a Comment
Denise Austin-star of Lifetime Television’s The Daily Workout as well as Fit & Lite, television’s #1 exercise program-has always been in the vanguard of the exercise revolution. Now she has come out with another sensational breakthrough: the first book that combines two powerful, proven tools-the exercise ball and resistance band-to give you the safest, most effective method of body shaping, muscle toning, and weight loss.
Denise shares compelling new research that shows performing exercise routines on a fitness ball will help you strengthen and tone muscles while enhancing your flexibility, balance, and coordination. Best of all, the effort to hold a position on a wobbly ball is great for a lean and strong core, the key to healthier posture, improved energy and better-fitting clothes!
Denise also uses elastic workout bands of increasing levels of resistance to provide the simplest, safest, most efficient way to sculpt and reshape your body. Long a favorite of fitness professionals, these bands eliminate the problem of momentum and make it easier to get the most out of the return part of the movement than either free weights or machines.
Now you can get the benefits of both tools at the same time. Denise Austin shows the most effective best band/ball exercises that target the abs, thighs, waist, butt, and upper arms, as well as sharing rejuvenating, body-shaping, 12-minute workouts in several key disciplines: Pilates, yoga, cardio, and balance/stretching. Each day during her three-week plan, Denise will motivate readers with an inspiring before-and-after story, with photos, of a fan’s success; an at-a-glance, 12-minute workout guide; a full-menu plan of delicious, less-than-12-minute meals (with 20 pages of new recipes from Denise’s kitchen); and “Denise’s Wisdom,” an inspiring tip or thought for the day.
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Great exercises, not so fab food.
If you’re looking for a book that has fun and enjoyable exercises to do with resistance bands and exercise balls, this is the one for you. Denise Austin is an incredible motivating source and makes reading this book that much more fun. She’s a little perky, but who cares. My only two criticisms are that there are not enough resistance band exercises (I had to buy another book for that) and the food recipes are seriously lacking. There are great ways to enjoy really healthy, low-calorie food without them being booooring.
5 Stars A lot of FUN
I recieved the book in great condition and in a timely matter. I love the exercises in the book. They have been a lot of fun to do with my aerobic classes as well as at home.
5 Stars Great book indeed!
What a great way to change up your routine and maintain interest in working out. This book has recharged my body and I see incredible results. Those exercises that look simple are really cranked up to a new level by doing it on the ball. I am on my second round through the book and have double the reps/time for each exercise. I also like the menu plan for it’s portions and it helps guide me to more snacks during the day.
Laura
3 Stars Good start, for the most part
Overall, I like this book for many of the same reasons others did, but only for the duration of the 3-week program. I chose it because usually bands and balls are considered ideal for anyone who’s just getting started exercising or who hasn’t exercised in a long time, and for the most part it is - except for someone with a considerable amount of weight to lose.
Some of the positions in the exercises are difficult for someone with a lot of excess weight to achieve proper form (such as and planks and push-ups). I found one exercise - a standing quadricep stretch with your hand on the ball - impossible to do as pictured because at 5′6″, apparently I’m taller then Denise and couldn’t reach the ball without bending. There’s no modifications for any of these except for advanced exercisers.
The recipes are good and surprisingly quick but again, no modifications if there’s a food you don’t like or might be allergic to (such as peanut butter), or if you live in an area where your grocery options are limited. I live in a major midwest metro area and have NO idea what “Old Bay seasoning” is, nor could I find it. (Must be a Texas thing.) As for cost, the food isn’t as expensive as the South Beach Diet or Abs Diet.
Most of your eating is during the day, with two between-meal snacks(and snacking at work is a habit I’m trying to break). Many recent studies indicate that most people eat more later in the day, so it seems a light after-dinner snack would prevent late-night munchies but there’s none here, despite an overall daily calorie count of about 1500.
(And…no dessert? Not even 10-calorie, sugar-free Jell-o? That’s just wrong.)
5 Stars Read my stats and you will see this book WORKS!!!
I was looking for something I could do with my kids and this is the perfect workout because you can do it anywhere literally. Its fun and easy. There are tons of exercises and the stretches feel wonderful.
Anyway I just finished up week 1 and so far I’ve lost 1 inch off my waist, 1/2 inch off my hips and am 1.5 pounds lighter. I did not follow her diet plan but just did weight watchers instead. And I did 30 minutes of cardio as well 3 times per week.
I was so excited that I just had to come and post a positive review on this book. I’m motivated more than ever to keep going now. Great book and much better than those pricey machines that take up space in your house.
