Friday, December 2, 2011

Jumping will give you a Good Feeling!

It's time again for a new workout!

We've delivered another workout that will give you that "Good Feeling" Like you've actually done something! When you are done with this, you will KNOW that you burned some fat, and that even after you leave the gym, your metabolism is on overdrive!




Exercise #1
         Box Jump  
                        When doing your box jumps you want to focus on INTENSITY, but also SAFETY.  Try to keep your movements as fluid and athletic as possible.  Jump high, land light, drop softly, spring back up!  Start with a reasonable height a household step stool works great when you are at home. Make sure you stabilize it so that it doesn't shift too much on you.  (Do these at your own risk!)

Exercise #2
        Three Point Hop
                          This exercise is great for keeping your heart rate up, and working the core!  Once again, keep up your intensity, and do your best to never stop moving. Slow down if you must, but never stop!  Start in the frog position, hands on the floor, legs right behind your elbows. Extend your body out to plank position in the center. Move to the left, back to center frog position, then out to the right. Back to center is one rep once you've hit all three points.  Hit all three points! 

Exercise #3
       Jump Squats (with a spin)
                        Jump squats are working multiple muscles in your leg. Make sure you are getting a good deep squat before you spring back up! That's engaging those muscles and allows you to work those glutes! Ladies, we know you want to sculpt those buns!  Squat deep, spring up, land soft, turn quickly, and do it again, spin back, and that's one rep!

Exercise #4
         The Burpee
                               Simple and effective, this move hits multiple muscles in your body, and gets your heart rate booming!  I've chosen a variation that skips the pushup. For more of a challenge feel free to throw in a pushup at the plank portion.  From standing, drop down hands on the ground, extend your legs out into plank position, bring feet back up to center in a frog stance, then jump up. That's one rep!



Two Choices!
       Try both of these.  
           HIIT style:  Set an interval timer for 50 second intervals, with 10 seconds of rest.  12 Rounds. Do each exercise for 50 seconds straight, take your 10 second rest, then it's on to the next one.  Record your reps, and post here to let us know how you do!
           
           Circuit style: Do each exercise for 10 reps, cycle through 3 times.  This allows you to take more rest in-between to keep your form up to par. 





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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Can't Be Tamed Ab Workout

You are the type of person that wants to get in shape but can't spend all day at the gym.  Good!  Optimizing You is dedicated to providing options for busy people like yourself.  The "Can't Be Tamed Ab Workout" is great for the core.  Try to get it done in 10 minutes.  Enjoy the work!









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Optimizing You Co-Founder 

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Back to the meat and potatoes

"It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you...."

Ladies and gents, the official Optimizing You blog is back. I apologize about the hiatus. We took a break from the official blog to put a little bit more effort into our facebook fan page. I hope you have been following us there.  We even created the Optimizing you 30 day Challenge.  We witnessed people like Kalicia Coffman (Taulborg) and Anthony Semones achieve their health goals in a 30 day period.  Now it's time to give you more of what we started Optimizing You for. Monthly video episodes of the content you love! Health, Nutrition, fitness, and mindset tips.

So far we have addressed misconceptions on Skipping meals, How often you need to work out, and how to keep your immune system up. We even covered some areas in mindset, and encouraged you to Think Arete.  We've got more to come, but as always, we want to know what YOU the fans want to learn about. I am more than happy to deliver that information directly to you, and make sure that you get more of the content that you want to hear.

We love to hear from you as much as you love to hear from us! If you are out there watching, let us know!  Leave comments here on the blog, or as always E-mail me @ YorHealthBrian@Gmail.com

More videos to come very soon recapping our 30 day challenge! Stay tuned!

In Health,
-Brian Sullivan