Abs work out level 2

Exercise of The Month: Mountain Climbers

Mountain climbers are without doubt one of the most popular all round exercises you can perform without any equipment. They look pretty simple, yet they are a killer! I love them. They are a full body plyometric exercise that you’ll feel working all over. Not only do they hit just about every muscle they also work the core and raise your heart rate, giving a great cardio workout.

Mountain climbers place significant muscular emphasis upon the butt/hips and thighs. Due to the repetitive nature of the exercise they are great for building strength and endurance in the lower body, but you’ll also begin the feel it in the arms and shoulders too. It’s a favorite warm-up exercise for track athletes as well as sports team as it gets the blood pumping around the body quickly. Getting the mountain climber exercise correct depends upon form. Getting your body angle wrong means that you won’t see the kind of results you should from the effort you put in. Ensure that your weight is distributed evenly between both hands and feet and keep your hips low (bum down!) throughout the exercise trying to ensure that your knees virtually touch your chest on their way forward. Keep your arms straight and hands directly below the shoulders. Now you’ll feel the burn!

Beginners can modify the exercise by placing their hands on an elevated surface…….

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Lose up to 5 pounds with the raw food diet

Last night my flatmate told me about doing the raw food diet for 2 or 3 days to detox. She told me that it is based on the belief that uncooked food is the most healthful aliment for our body and, apparently, you could lose around 5 pounds. We decided to give it a go and diet together because, as you know, it is always easier diet with someone else to support each other than diet on your own, don’t you think?

Anyway, searching more information about raw food, I have found that it has enzymes and nutrients that help the body reach optimal health, cooking food can diminish its nutritional value, for example, certain vitamins, such as vitamin C and folate are destroyed by heat. However, other aliments become more healthful after cooking, an example of these are tomatoes that contain three to four times more lycopene that raw tomatoes. It is always good to include fruits and veggies on your daily diet, so maybe after doing this diet for a while you may acquire new healthy eating habits.

There are plenty of variations of the raw food diet and you can shape your own. Generally, about 70 per cent of what you eat each day will be food that has not been cooked or microwaved. Start with 50 per cent and increase from there, find the balance that works the best with you. Most followers are vegan, but some choose to consume raw animal products like unpasteurized milk, cheese made from unpasteurized milk, sashimi, raw fish, and certain kinds of raw meat. It also includes fresh fruits, berries, vegetables, nuts, seeds and herbs in their whole, natural state……..

Read more at: http://www.jllfitness.co.uk/blog/lose-5-pounds-raw-food-diet/

How to beat the most common exercise excuses?

I know that sometimes is really difficult going to the gym, working out at home or exercising outdoors, but we have to make an effort. Think about how good you feel after walking around your area, running on a treadmill, cycling or practising a funny gym class such as zumba or the intense exercise with the boot camp classes… Think about how proud you feel of your willpower when you say “no, I can’t meet you because I’m going to work out”. If I have not yet persuaded you about exercising, keep reading, I may change your mind by showing you how to beat the most common exercise excuses…

Workout is boring

There is an exercise for everyone: aerobic, dancing, swimming, football, tennis… There are plenty of chances and gyms where you can find a big variety of classes to join in, from the traditional aerobic and spinning classes to the newest working out called boot camp. Or simply go to the studio and use a treadmill, exercise bike or cross trainer.
If you do not want to join any gym, you can exercise outdoors. Walk around your neighbourhood, run by your nearest park (if you do not know where to go, check this 6 best parks in Birmingham), ride a bike, dance at home

Read more at http://www.jllfitness.co.uk/blog/beat-common-exercise-excuses/

The JLL S300

The JLL S300 Treadmill: 

So what are the specs and whats so great about this treadmill….Well first of all there is the price £429.00 and a great one at that for top of the line home incline treadmill. Alot of people think you have to spend alot when it comes to getting a great treadmill but with JLL you dont. They are the only uk manufacturer to offer Digital Controlled Technology on there treadmills instead of Analog. This allows the treadmill to have a even smoother start and make the whole interaction with controls easier and flowing.

 

The Spec: 

Digital Controller Technology

As i mentioned earlier the JLL S300 folding treadmill offers Digital Controlled Technology this makes the treadmill suitable for all age groups thanks to the Digital Controller technology which makes the change of speed smoother and safer.it starts at 0.3km/ph

DC Motor Continuous Power 2.5 HP (1800W)

This digital controlled motor offers a smooth yet effective start. Plus JLL offers 5 years motor warranty. so if you do have any problems then you are fully covered.

0.3 – 16 km/h (= 0.18 – 10 mph) speed

It has the lowest start speed in the UK market and you can go up to a top speed of 16km/h (which i cant even hit when sprinting at the gym and I’m a fit lad (Not to brag)

20 Level Incline (= 12% Incline)

djust your elevation with the incline buttons on the handrails,Using Incline when training helps you burn calories faster and improves muscle development

122 cm (length) x 40 cm (width) / 48″ x 16″ Running Area

The running size offers an amazing running area for people who want to use a treadmill at home but have enough space to breath at the same time. You will not feel cramped with this treadmill

Weight capacity

The S300 offers a maximum user weight of 150kg

15 Running Programmes

If you think that’s great then wait till you find out that 3 of the programs you can program yourself to your own personal level. this includes the incline setting as-well.

Cushioning system

This system ruduces the impact to your joints so you don’t have to worry about getting any injury’s

Sensor built into the handrail

Just like gym treadmills on the side it has your speed and incline buttons to adjust with a heart rate sensor.

Entertainment

So like to listen to music when running? The S300 comes with high powered speakers so you can listen and conrol your music though the USB port, and even better you can connect your ipod or iphone through the AUX port.

Guarantee:

The Guarantee they offer is astonishing.

Treadmill Frame: lifetime
Motor: 5 years
Parts and Labour: 2 years

You would be silly not to take advantage of this.

 

For More info or to buy this product Visit: www.jllfitness.co.uk or http://www.jllfitness.co.uk/jll-s300-folding-treadmill.html

If you have any feed back or comments please don’t be afraid to voice them.

Tricepe warm up

So me and my friend Ben go to the gym at least 4 times a week, whist we have been going we have looked at how we can improve going bigger and pushing yourself. We came up with the idea of a overwarm up on triceps, now this isn’t for the faint hearted as it will push you to your limits and as m and Ben found out below our limits.

The warm up

Use a bar or rope on the machine do this.

First of all know your limit, mine is 45kg but I set myself at 36kg for this. So what to do? You have to have a partner who will change your weight without you knowing and do 100 reps overall thought the workout.

1×20 reps change weight 2×20 reps change weight and so on but make sure to go up and down in weight throughout the workout and use your limit at your 1 rep maximum to end on after the 100 reps. By the time had finished I’d found out that the max I had gone was 32kg and I was pretty dead by then.

You don’t have to do 100 reps if you want to do sets of 10 up to 50 then that fine just use the same principle of this over training method.

Any comments or feedback are welcome.