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Full Body Toning Workout
Looking for a fast and super effective workout. Try this circuit out. You can do it alone for a quick full body workout, or add it to your shoulder workout for even more awesome muscle burning fun!
10 Mountain Climbers
10 Single Arm Press (one arm only)
10 Swings
10 Snatches
1 Minute of Clean, Squat, Press
Repeat doing the other arm (single arm press)
X 3 (6 rounds total)
Rest only after one full round (after completing one round on each side). Rest for no longer than 60 seconds.
This is one of 4 workouts we did on LiveXFit, Episode 27. Come join us on LiveXFit cross training show on www.LiveExercise.com for more great workouts!!
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5 Ways to Squat
Did you know you can target different parts of your legs by changing the positioning of you feet and where you place your weight? Here is a video explaining how your footing matters.
1. Weight on toes: Works more quadricep
2. Weight on heels: Works more hamstring and glutes
3. Wide stance (Plie Squat): Works more inner thigh.
4. Regular stance: Works neutral (all areas equally)
5. Narrow stance (Sissy Squat): Works more outer thigh.
For a complete leg workout using squats do the following exercises. Can be done with or without weight.
WEIGHT ON HEELS
20 Plie Squats
20 Regular Squats
20 Sissy Squats
WEIGHT ON TOES
20 Plie Squats
20 Regular Squats
20 Sissy Squats
X 2-3 Sets
Tip #1: Wear flat shoes (like Reebok’s CrossFit Nanos) for leg day so you don’t shift your weight on your toes accidentally.
Tip #2: You can add a piece of wood, or small weights under your heels or toes to help you shift your weight where you want it.
Tip #3: Muscle needs to be broken down to repair and get stronger. Too much rest time can be counterproductive.
Tip #4: It’s better to go light, and go DEEP (as long as your knees can handle it) than it is to go heavy and squat shallow. Besides, if you are weaker the deeper you go, that just means THAT is where you need strengthening the most! If you avoid going deep, you are not strengthening the muscles required for deep squats.
The Fanny Firmer Workout
Start this intense glute and leg circuit with the left leg planted, right leg moving. Take NOOOOO REST until you do both legs. Work through the burn – it will pay off big-time!!
16 Step Back Lunges
16 Lunge Kicks
16 Repeater Knees
16 Stomps
16 Jumping In & Out Squats
REPEAT with right leg planted and left leg moving. Again, NO REST until the entire circuit is complete. Rest for 1-2 minutes between rounds. Repeat 3 times. Add to cardio (Circuit + 10 min cardio X 3).
This segment is part of this month’s kickboxing routine led by Steve Pfiester at Max Fitness Club, held on Mondays & Wednesdays at 5:30pm.
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Lunge-Hour Workout
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Nothing sculpts the glutes, inner and out thigh, and legs like lunges. Here is a killer lung workout you can do anywhere. NOTE TO LADIES: If you are sick of workout shorts riding up on leg day, these CrossFit Shorts totally rock. they have built-in undies (so no accidental flashing of pink parts, lol) and, while the fit flat and snug around the waist, they are loose around the thigh – and the stretch fabric lets you kick, squat and lunge without binding up or pulling. Plus, they don’t look like those running shorts that are so baggy they look like diapers. These shorts are all the same comfort, but much more flattering. :)
LUNGE-HOUR WORKOUT
30 WALKING LUNGES
30 Seconds Rest
15 Static Lunges (right leg forward)
15 Lunge Kick (right)
15 Diagonal Lunge (45˙, right leg)
15 Stomps (right)
30 Seconds Rest
30 WALKING LUNGES
30 Seconds Rest
15 Static Lunges (left leg forward)
15 Lunge Kick (left)
15 Diagonal Lunge (45˙, right left)
15 Stomps (left)
30 WALKING LUNGES
30 Seconds Rest
REPEAT 3 TIMES
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Fit Legs: Leg Workout
Here’s a new Leg Workout designed for women by Bikini Coach and personal trainer, Steve Pfiester, created for the gym. Let us know how you like it!
Rest Time:
45 SECONDS max rest time between sets
2 minutes between exercises
Hack squats: 4 sets/15 reps each
suggested: start with 1-25lb plate on only one side.
Try to increase each set, BUT it is more important to get 15 reps than go heavier and stop early
Single leg leg press: 4 sets/20 reps each
suggested: start with 1-25lb plate on only one side.
Try to increase each set, BUT it is more important to get 20 reps than go heavier and stop early
Ham string curls: 5sets > #1 20 reps, #2 18 reps, #3 15 reps, #4 15 reps, #5 12 reps
Suggested: Start at 35lbs and go heavier by 5-10lbs every set. Please maintain your reps
Leg Extension: 5 sets/ 15 reps
Suggested: Start at 40lbs and go up. But keep you reps up
Lovely Legs Workout
Workout like a brute in the gym, and a beaut on the beach!
Here’s today’s weekly leg workout routine for our bikini boot campers. With each exercise, there is a photo of the equipment needed. This is just one of 4 bikini workouts (+ 3 cardios) our boot campers do each week. :)
QUADS/GLUTES
#1 – 3 sets each leg extension
- 20 Toes up (straight)
- 20 Toes in
- 20 Toes out
#2 – 4 sets of leg press (2 plates, 1 plate on each side)
- 30 feet shoulder width apart
- 30 feet close
- 30 feet wide plié
- 10 close/10 shoulder/10 plié
#3 – 3 sets leg extension (repeat #1)
#4 – 3 sets of single leg press, 20 reps each (just the rack or one plate)
HAMSTRINGS
#1 4 sets straight leg dead lifts
- 20 w/ 45lb bar
- 18 w/ 65lbs (add 2 tens)
- 15 w/ 75lbs (add 2 fives)
- 15 w/ 85lbs (add 2 fives)
#2 5 sets prone (laying down) hamstring curls
- 25 reps of 35-40lbs
- 20 reps of 40-45lbs
- 18 reps of 45-50lbs
- 15 reps of 50-55lbs
- 12 reps of 55-60lbs
Bikini Body Workout
What makes a bikini body? A flat tummy, sculpted shoulders and nice buns! With that in mind, here’s a workout Steve and I designed for the MASS SUIT to burn calories and tone all the important bikini body parts – all in one pretty simple workout. You can also do this workout with bands or dumbbells. Granted, there is NO WAY it will be as intense as it was with the MASS SUIT (OMG!), but it will still be a killer workout.
One thing that makes this workout challenging is because it uses compound movements. Meaning, you are doing a lower body exercise AND an upper body exercise at the same time. To make things even more intense, you are not taking any rest between exercises to maximize calorie burn. The good news is, you get twice the workout in half the time! Yahoooo!!
The MASS SUIT kicked my butt and really challenged my core. I was out of breath in half the time of doing traditional training – and I have to admit I was challenged at only 10 reps in! ha! Here’s the workout video to follow along with, as well as the matching written workout!
MASS SUIT BIKINI BODY WORKOUT
10 Jumping Jacks
20 Stepback Lunges with Lateral Raises
10 Jumping Jacks
20 Forward Lunges with Lateral Raises
10 Jumping Jacks
20 Diagonal Lunge
X 3 Rounds
10 Stepback Lunges with Lateral Raises RIGHT
10 Stepback Lunges with Lateral Raises LEFT
10 Forward Lunges with Adduction RIGHT
10 Forward Lunges with Adduction LEFT
10 Diagonal Lunges RIGHT
10 Diagonal Lunges LEFT
The Shoulder Shake-Up Workout
NOTE: Click on the exercise to view video instruction.
1st Segment: HEAVY
3 x 12 Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press
3 x 10 Dumbbell Snatch (10 Right/10 Left)
3 x 12 Upright Rows
2nd Conditioning Segment: MODERATE
2 x 10 Step Up & 1-Arm Shoulder Press (R/L)
Super Set: (Right arm first)
1 x 10 1-Arm Step Up (arm stays up)
1 x 15 1-Arm Shoulder Press
(repeat Left Arm – no rest)
x 2
3rd Segment (Arms start shaking!): LIGHT
15 Dumbbell Lateral Raise
30-Second Elbow Plank
X 3 (no rest between exercises & rounds)
3 x 15 Dumbbell Rear Delts
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Butt & Delt Live X Power Blitz
How to do this compound workout: This workout uses several different exercises combined together in one fluid (compound) movement. NOTE: Click on the exercises to watch video demonstration of each movement.
Tools: Dumbbell or Kettlebell
Before you pick up your weight, do 5 burpees. Grab the dumbbell and get ready to work! The compound movement starts with a clean (bringing the dumbbell from the floor to the shoulder), then with the weight on the shoulder go down into a squat, return to stand and go right into a 1-arm shoulder press (keeping the dumbbell overhead), then immediately to an overhead step-back lunge (with dumbbell still overhead with active shoulder), return to stand, bring dumbbell down and back to the ground to begin the whole sequence again for the 2nd rep. After 10 full reps are complete, stay standing on that last round and pump out 15 1-Arm shoulder presses. Feeeel the burrrrn!! :)
This is what it looks like on paper…
RIGHT ARM:
5 Burpees
10 Clean + Squat + Shoulder Press + Overhead Step Back Lunge
15 1-Arm Press
LEFT ARM:
5 Burpees
10 Clean + Squat + Shoulder Press + Overhead Step Back Lunge
15 1-Arm Press
3 ROUNDS
(6 total rounds, 3 on each side)
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Leg & Butt Toning Circuit
You can do this workout with no weight, or with weight. Our boot campers did this workout with sandbags, but it would be great with dumbbells, kettlebells or a weighted bar.
INSTRUCTIONS: Take as little rest as possible (no rest is best for fat burning and toning). Go as deep as you can go on your squats and lunges – the deeper you go, the more inner thigh and glute action you will get, especially on the squats. If you can’t go deep with weight, then lighten your weight or use no weight at all. Use a mirror to watch how low you actually go. If you don’t have knee issues, try to get the same depth as the guy in the photo below – and feel the difference!!
LEG & BUTT CIRCUIT
3-Position Squat
- 10 Close Stance Squat
- 10 regular stance
- 10 Wide stance
60-Second Walking Lunges
60-Second Wall Sits
Repeat circuit with no rest for 3 rounds.
TRAINING TIPS: Notice his hips are BELOW parallel. If you want some serious buns, the deeper you go the better, as long as your knees don’t hurt and your form isn’t compromised. As soon as you feel that your back is bending, or your butt is tucking under (which we call “winking”), you know you’ve gone too deep, or you have range of motion limitations due to weak or tight muscles. The more you practice deep squats, the better your range of motion will be, simply from loosening up your hips, and getting more flexible and strong. :)
