If there’s one exercise sure to ignite fat burning in your body, it’s the burpee. Also known as the exercise people love to hate, burpees combines multiple movements into one, which leave you gassed into no time fast. The Four-Step Burpee Basics Never done a burpee before? Let us introduce you to the curse-causing cardio movement, which can essentially be broken down into … [Read more...]
No-Running, Fat-Burning Treadmill Exercises
Nothing can make you feel more like you’re headed on a exercise road going nowhere than the dreaded treadmill. After all, you are literally walking, jogging, or running in place, making the treadmill quickly reminiscent of a human hamster wheel. Sure, you’re burning some calories, but even if you’re running your heart out (not literally!), taking a straightforward, cardio-only … [Read more...]
Set Up Your Fitness Reps and Sets for Peak Progress
Regardless of the type of fitness you do, you’re probably familiar with the practice of reps and sets. As a quick refresher, reps--or repetitions--are the number of times you perform an exercise or movement. Sets are the number of times you perform that quantity of reps. So if you were told to do three sets of push-ups at 15 reps, you would be doing a total of 45 push-ups with … [Read more...]
The Head-to-Toe BOSU Ball Workout You Gotta Try!
If you want to add a dose of core and ab work to every exercise you do--not to mention, up the intensity level--then it’s time to try a BOSU ball workout. If you have a gym membership or you’ve taken a stroll through the fitness section of a sporting goods store, then you’ve likely seen a BOSU ball, which looks like half an exercise ball mounted onto a solid plastic platform. … [Read more...]
Plyometrics 101: Leap Your Way to a Leaner Physique
If this is your first time hearing the term “plyometrics,” you might think you’re in for an advanced math or statistics class. And while those course types may be on the schedules of students starting new school years, plyometrics is actually something that can advance your fat-burning and lean muscle development goals. Plyometrics, often shortened to just “plyo” (pronounced … [Read more...]