Archive for the ‘fitness’ Category

9
September

How to improve fitness without leaving the house?

For medical reasons I can’t leave the house for the next 2 weeks, but in 3 weeks time I am doing a 10k run. Before I became housebound I only got up to running 5k. I need to increase my fitness a lot within these 2 weeks and don’t know what I can do.

The only gym equipment I have is an exercise bike so i’ve been doing an hour on there everyday but it doesn’t seem to be helping much.

Any ideas?

Hey ….umm u know there’s lots of stuff u can do in home like for - -
Abbs >> Lie on ur back on the floor, ur legs straight and ur hands behind ur head. As u life ur legs, bend the knees and simultaneously life ur torso up as well. Try to touch ur knees 2 ur chin. Return to starting position and repeat until ur abs get fatigued.

Hang from a chinning bar using an overhand grip about shoulder width apart. Keep ur legs bent, life ur legs in front of u as high as possible. Lower the leg back down to starting position and repeat…

Pushup >> Take pushup with ur fingers - 1st with 10 fingers do 20-30 pushup, next with 8 fingers do 15-20 like that u can reduce or increase its upto u….

Still there are lots more stuff u can do in home do skipping, umm try to find urself something useful for u….

2
June

23
May

What is a good fitness plan to build muscle?

I’m 19 years old, 5′10 and weigh 220lbs. I’m trying to find a girlfriend but it’s like I’m invisible. So I want to lose weight and gain muscle to look good. However I don’t know anything about fitness plans or anything so can someone help me know what kinds of foods to eat and some fitness plan ideas? Also give me some idea of how much weight I can lose within a week. Thanks guys.

** Eat six mini meals a day. Exercise and before every meal, drink two tall glasses of water, (about 16 oz.) this will fill you up and you will automatically eat less. This really works, so be patient. Good Luck to you

17
May

How long will it take for my fitness to improve?

I have soccer training 4 times a week (for about an hour), a game on the weekend and jog about a km twice a week.
How long would it take for my fitness improve? How many weeks, etc.

Good answers please.

You will see the result very soon in two weeks or less, don’t forget to drink 8 gasses of water ( 8oz each glass)

3
May

What is the best fitness routine to do to lose weight?

I go to a snap fitness, and I’m wondering which machines to go on, and for how long, in order to lose weight, and tone up without bulking up.

Hi! Do insanity workouts drink lots of water and do change you eating routine. This will surely help you, I got my advices and tips for health and fitness from http://savalan.org. The site give great advices that will help you to reach your goal.

21
March

How much should a fitness trainer charge and do you need any certificates?

I want to become a fitness trainer but I’m a bodybuilder so I focus more on heavy weights low reps. Can you become a fitness trainer just for building muscle only? I don’t do cardio at all!!! and do you need some sort of certification to become a fitness trainer becuase I’ve been bodybuilding for 3 years and know the different muscle groups and the machines. And how much should a fitness trainer charge I hear they get paid well.

Although there is no law requiring certification, you need a national certification in order to get insurance and/or work for a reputable gym. A national cert is once like ACSM, CSCS, ACE, NSPA. Generally, a nationally recognized body where you must take a proctored, closed-book exam. I say that because there are a number of certifications out there that have take home tests or no test. Generally, they are a crock. Expect to spend between $400-1000 USD to get a good personal trainer cert.

As far as practice goes, it doesn’t matter what your fitness regimine is, as long as you give clients a workout plan that is tailored to their needs. Generally, trainers charge between $40-100 per hour for their services. If you work at a gym, you will keep anywhere from 50-80% of what you take in. A full time trainer can make around $30,000 per year to start, if you are a good salesperson, and a well trained trainer. As you develop your business, and your reputation and education increases, you can expect to make more. If you reach a point where you can own your own business/training studio, you can make some decent money. But my advice is that you pursue personal training as a side job.

15
March

21
January

What is a good home fitness machine to lose weight and work on my abs?

I was looking at P90X but idk what i should get, can anyone recommend me any good home fitness equipment?

Here is a video of exercises — no equipment needed. You can do 3 or all of the exercises; 15 to 20 minutes session 2 or 3 days a week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Uc86SH6h4

For abs, these 2 exercises — bicycle crunch and leg-lift:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TUquBnXi_A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFcY-As6UDA

Start slow ‘cuz these are not as easy as they look. For first 2 weeks , do as much as you can for 30 or 40 seconds; then rest 1 minute. Do another 30 seconds; rest 1-minute. Do another 30-seconds.

For 3rd week and forward, increase the exercise time (but keep the 1-minute rest).

19
January

What are some fitness workouts to do at home?

I am looking for some fitness workouts to do at home that dont require any equipment. I already do push ups, sit ups, elbow dips, crunches and a few others. Are there any other exercises i can do similar to those?

Hmm, the ideal thing to do, providing you want to stay indoors, would be to get a pullup bar. I can’t see how you’d get a balanced training program without including any pull exercise.

I suggest getting a pullup bar, and starting some form of strength training routine. You don’t need weights for the upper body to get a strength workout, but for the lower body, once you master pistol squats for high reps (10-15) you’re really going to want to add some resistance. For the upper body, I recommend starting with two different isometric exercises; one pull and one push. The pull exercise could be front lever progression, or back lever progression. For pushing, I’d only recommend planche progression. Perform sets of the neccessary progressions (Link at the end from where I follow my advice from ;)) for a total of 60 seconds, so if you can hold a tuck planche for 5 seconds, do 20 x 3 seconds.

I’d obviously recommend pistol squats, (Squats on one leg) since you don’t want to lift heavy weight around. Build up to a good umber of them (I personally built up to 5 sets of 10 before moving on). However, once you can easily do those numbers, it’s more endurance work and won’t get you results as good, although it’s definately not a bad thing to do. I’d suggest finding something to lift whilst doing them after that point :)
I’d also recommend including two "dynamic" exercises. For a beginner, pullups and proper dips are a good start. Once you master them, you can begin decreasing the leverage, without adding weight of course. You could progress from dips to one arm pushups, handstand pushups, or dare I say one arm handstand pushups if you train for long enough. For pullups, you could do uneven pullups (Assisting arm grabs a towel wrapped around the bar as low as possible), and once you get good at them at with your arm really low down, you could work one arm negatives, and eventually one arm pullups.

For optimum results, you want to be working on strength. Strength has a high translation over to endurance, so you won’t lose any of the numbers you’ve built up with those easier exercises. Isometircs are straightforward; 60 seconds total hold per exercise for two exercises. For pistols and dynamic upper body stuff, you want to be working on 3-5 sets of 3-5 repetitions, apart from that I’d recommend building up to the aforementioned numbers for pistols first.

Crunches and sit-ups are quite useless exercises when it comes to working out. There’s nothing more I really need to say. Pushups and elbow dips are a good start if you find them hard, but I’m sure you find them quite easy by now, so I’d definately give the exercises I suggested a go, to see if you like them :)
Finally, i’d like to say that I don’t want to force you to do anything you don’t want to do, I’m merely giving some advice I’ve learnt that works best for me, and a lot of other people I know. If you don’t enjoy working out like that, then find something you do enjoy! Exercise isn’t something you should slave away at, it should be a constant adventure :) Personally, I hate exercising indoors because I find it boring, so I do my strength workout outside. I also explore the woods around my school, mountain bike, and swim. Find something you like, and go for it!

Sorry for the length, but the question you asked deserved a thorough answer :) You’re already trying to get fit, which is more than I can say for most people. Good luck with your training!

15
December