Meet Shaun T
Check out the creator of the most Intense exercise videos in the world Insanity and Asylum ! Shaun T !!
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Shakeology- The Best Meal of the Day
Shakeology
The best meal of the day !!
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X Mike
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Ab Exercises You Can Do at Your Desk
Ab Exercises You Can Do at Your Desk woman at desk #9 image by Adam Borkowski from Fotolia.com
Ab Exercises You Can Do at Your Desk
If you're like the average American, chances are you spend more time at your desk than any other place. Rather than just sitting still all day, take advantage of your situation and perform seated ab exercises at your desk. There are several different exercises you can perform to strengthen your core muscles using only a chair and your own body weight.
Isometric Abdominal Hold
The isometric abdominal hold targets the bulk of the core muscles and helps improve their strength and endurance. Sit in your chair with your feet flat on the floor and your back straight. Inhale and contract the abdominal muscles. Hold the contraction for 10 to 20 seconds before relaxing. Perform five to 10 contractions throughout the day.
Seated Alternating Knee Raise
The seated knee raise is effective at targeting the transverse abdominis and the lower fibers of the rectus abdominis muscles of the lower abs. Sit in your chair with your feet flat on the floor and back straight against the back of the chair. Inhale, stabilize your core, and raise your right knee straight up 3 to 4 inches. Hold this position for two counts and then lower back down. Repeat the movement with the other leg. Complete three sets of 10 to 15 repetitions per leg.
Seated Reclining Curl
The seated reclining curl works the rectus abdominis muscle that runs up the center of your abdomen. Begin by scooting to the front of your chair, crossing your arms over your chest and placing your feet flat on the floor. Keeping your back straight, stabilize your core and slowly lower your shoulders and torso backwards as far as you comfortably can or until you make contact with the back of your chair. Hold this lowered position for a count of two and then slowly return to the starting position. Complete three sets of 10 to 15 repetitions.
Captain's Chair
The captain's chair exercise utilizes the muscles of the lower abs. Sit at the edge of your chair and grasp the front of the chair with both hands for balance. Take a breath in, straighten your back and stabilize your core. As you exhale, slowly lift your knees up toward your chest as high as you comfortably can. Hold the position for a count of three and then lower back down to the starting position. Complete three sets of eight to 12 repetitions.
Sit and Stabilize
To engage your abs all day every day, trade in your desk chair for a stability ball. Utilizing a fitness ball will help you to improve your balance and tone your core muscles while sitting at your desk, says the Mayo Clinic. To ensure you reap the benefits of the stability ball, always sit up straight and keep your feet firmly planted on the floor. To further challenge the stabilizing muscles in your abs, rotate your hips from side to side and front to back. Perform several repetitions throughout the day.
References
Body Results: Seated Core Exercises
Mayo Clinic: Exercises at Work
Good Housekeeping: A Flat Belly---Fast
Photo Credit
woman at desk #9 image by Adam Borkowski from Fotolia.com
Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/112696-ab-exercises-can-desk/#ixzz1FSsT7q00
Ab Exercises You Can Do at Your Desk
If you're like the average American, chances are you spend more time at your desk than any other place. Rather than just sitting still all day, take advantage of your situation and perform seated ab exercises at your desk. There are several different exercises you can perform to strengthen your core muscles using only a chair and your own body weight.
Isometric Abdominal Hold
The isometric abdominal hold targets the bulk of the core muscles and helps improve their strength and endurance. Sit in your chair with your feet flat on the floor and your back straight. Inhale and contract the abdominal muscles. Hold the contraction for 10 to 20 seconds before relaxing. Perform five to 10 contractions throughout the day.
Seated Alternating Knee Raise
The seated knee raise is effective at targeting the transverse abdominis and the lower fibers of the rectus abdominis muscles of the lower abs. Sit in your chair with your feet flat on the floor and back straight against the back of the chair. Inhale, stabilize your core, and raise your right knee straight up 3 to 4 inches. Hold this position for two counts and then lower back down. Repeat the movement with the other leg. Complete three sets of 10 to 15 repetitions per leg.
Seated Reclining Curl
The seated reclining curl works the rectus abdominis muscle that runs up the center of your abdomen. Begin by scooting to the front of your chair, crossing your arms over your chest and placing your feet flat on the floor. Keeping your back straight, stabilize your core and slowly lower your shoulders and torso backwards as far as you comfortably can or until you make contact with the back of your chair. Hold this lowered position for a count of two and then slowly return to the starting position. Complete three sets of 10 to 15 repetitions.
Captain's Chair
The captain's chair exercise utilizes the muscles of the lower abs. Sit at the edge of your chair and grasp the front of the chair with both hands for balance. Take a breath in, straighten your back and stabilize your core. As you exhale, slowly lift your knees up toward your chest as high as you comfortably can. Hold the position for a count of three and then lower back down to the starting position. Complete three sets of eight to 12 repetitions.
Sit and Stabilize
To engage your abs all day every day, trade in your desk chair for a stability ball. Utilizing a fitness ball will help you to improve your balance and tone your core muscles while sitting at your desk, says the Mayo Clinic. To ensure you reap the benefits of the stability ball, always sit up straight and keep your feet firmly planted on the floor. To further challenge the stabilizing muscles in your abs, rotate your hips from side to side and front to back. Perform several repetitions throughout the day.
References
Body Results: Seated Core Exercises
Mayo Clinic: Exercises at Work
Good Housekeeping: A Flat Belly---Fast
Photo Credit
woman at desk #9 image by Adam Borkowski from Fotolia.com
Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/112696-ab-exercises-can-desk/#ixzz1FSsT7q00
Chris E-Insanity Success story
Insanity Success story
Chris E
Remember Chris from the Insanity videos ?
He was not cut like some of the guys at first, check him out now. Though he was a serious athlete running in marathons and triathlons, Chris E wasn't prepared for Insanity. Check him out after 60 days!
Contact me about Insanity!
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email : Xmikew@verizon.net
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Meet Shaun T
Meet Shaun T!
Posted on February 24, 2011 by pegmckie
Shaun T, born as Shaun Thompson, was raised in New Jersey. He received a BS degree in Sports Science with a minor in Theater and Dance from Rowan University.
Shaun moved on to work in the corporate world as a health and fitness specialist/personal trainer. He was then promoted to a health program manager at one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, WYETH. After living the life in the corporate health world, Shaun branched out into the world of commercial fitness and dance working for companies like Equinox and many other health and fitness chains and conventions.
Currently living in New York City, Shaun has put both of his degrees to good use. He has not only come out with some great workout routines on DVD, but he has also danced in theater and television. Shaun has worked with some top names in the entertainment industry. Some of his accomplishments have been with Val Kilmer in the musical version of The Ten Commandments and musicals such as “Pippin” and “Applause.” Shaun T has also had some small appearances in television on “Six Feet Under,” the BBC America Channel, and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Shaun also dabbed his feet in the movie business with an appearance in “Beauty Shop” starring Queen Latifah. He has worked with Nike, Boost athletic shoes, Radio Shack, and the LA Lakers. He also worked with Mariah Carey, Aaron Carter, Nick Carter, and Elephant Man.
But the excitement does not stop there! Shaun has always had a talent for choreography. He has choreographed for Aaron and Nick Carter, the Garden State Dance Festival, and for the NCAA Final Four Halftime Show. Shaun helped Tony Gonzalez choreograph cheerleading moves for the movie “Bring it on: All or Nothing,” starring Hayden Panettiere and Solange Knowles.
Riding on the heels of his successful dance career, Shaun T was contacted by Beachbody to do some workout DVDs. They decided to take Shaun’s expertise in dance and turned it into a workout routine called “Hip Hop Abs.” Shaun created Hip Hop Abs in February 2007 and it quickly became America’s #1 fitness program on television. Hip Hop Abs swept the nation and helped many people shed fat and build strong abs. Hip Hop Abs was just the beginning. In 2008, Shaun T saw a need to fight childhood obesity by helping kids and preteens get into shape. He created two new workouts called Shaun T’s Fit Club (for ages 7+) and Get Real With Shaun T (for preteens). 2008 was a busy year for Shaun because he also released his next big hit, “Rockin’ Body.” It involved new dance moves and more calorie burning workouts to popular music. Shaun T’s biggest accomplishment in the fitness world came in July of 2009. INSANITY hit the market! Insanity is a 60-day workout challenge that involves Max Interval Training, no dancing. This is the most challenging workout Shaun T has created, and one of the most difficult but effective workouts on the market today.
Now Shaun T can be found still helping people stay fit, as he represents many fitness conventions around the world and is in the process of creating his next workout program, “The ASYLUM,” slotted to hit the market in early 2011.
Another Note: Shaun T also helped with Kathy Smith’s “Project: You,” where he choreographed some dance routines for Kathy’s workout.
A list of Shaun T’s Workouts:
Hip Hop Abs
Hip Hop Abs Ultimate Results
Rockin Body
Shaun T’s Fit Kids Club
Get Real with Shaun T
Shaun T’s Insanity Workout
The Straight Dope: P90X: Muscle Confusion Two
This ain’t your granddaddy’s weight training program. It’s too early to explain just what they are, exactly, but one thing that comes to mind consistently while doing the mc(muscle confusion)2 resistance workouts is a line Tony says in the preview to one of the P90X resistance workouts, “It’s just good old fashioned weight training.” P90X mc2 decidedly isn’t that, so today we’ll preview its weight training workouts.
In fact P90X wasn’t really old fashioned either. One of the things that make it so successful is that its workouts are complex. It takes a while for most anyone to master it and that keeps your progression curve heading skyward. This, of course, is part of our overall strategy for the program. By creating some amount of what our marketing team coined “muscle confusion” your body keeps adapting, and this prolongs the period of time it takes before you master the program and start to plateau.
But compared to mc2, 90x is old fashioned. Not only have we designed workouts that keep you adapting longer, they also target laser-specific weakness in the body that occur across a broad spectrum of the population. In the most laymen of explanations, this means that your muscles will not only grow and get strong, but they will do it in a way that’s forcing your body to use them more effectively. So as your muscles grow they are also going to work better from a biomechanical perspective. This means, quite simply, that beyond just improving how you look you are going to get better at doing stuff.
The first time you go through these workout it’s going to feel strange to most of you. At times you’re spending so much focus on holding the various positions that you may hardly move any weight. As your balance improves so will your ability to move more weight but, more importantly, you’ll be moving it with a more harmonious kinetic chain. This you’ll notice in your movements as everything you do in your daily life that requires you body to move will become easier. It’s the kind of feeling that’s addicting in an “I never thought this was possible” sorta way. Once you’ve felt it you’ll never want to go back, which challenges us to keep coming up with new and better stuff.
If this seems like a brush over of nearly half of the program’s workouts, consider that it’s really all you need to know. Decide, commit, and you’ll succeed beyond what you realized was possible.
pic: sure granddaddy was big but could he move?
Posted by Steve Edwards at 8:54 AM
In fact P90X wasn’t really old fashioned either. One of the things that make it so successful is that its workouts are complex. It takes a while for most anyone to master it and that keeps your progression curve heading skyward. This, of course, is part of our overall strategy for the program. By creating some amount of what our marketing team coined “muscle confusion” your body keeps adapting, and this prolongs the period of time it takes before you master the program and start to plateau.
But compared to mc2, 90x is old fashioned. Not only have we designed workouts that keep you adapting longer, they also target laser-specific weakness in the body that occur across a broad spectrum of the population. In the most laymen of explanations, this means that your muscles will not only grow and get strong, but they will do it in a way that’s forcing your body to use them more effectively. So as your muscles grow they are also going to work better from a biomechanical perspective. This means, quite simply, that beyond just improving how you look you are going to get better at doing stuff.
The first time you go through these workout it’s going to feel strange to most of you. At times you’re spending so much focus on holding the various positions that you may hardly move any weight. As your balance improves so will your ability to move more weight but, more importantly, you’ll be moving it with a more harmonious kinetic chain. This you’ll notice in your movements as everything you do in your daily life that requires you body to move will become easier. It’s the kind of feeling that’s addicting in an “I never thought this was possible” sorta way. Once you’ve felt it you’ll never want to go back, which challenges us to keep coming up with new and better stuff.
If this seems like a brush over of nearly half of the program’s workouts, consider that it’s really all you need to know. Decide, commit, and you’ll succeed beyond what you realized was possible.
pic: sure granddaddy was big but could he move?
Posted by Steve Edwards at 8:54 AM
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