Category: workout

Jul 16 2010

Try This Exercise: Tips From the Norwell Personal Training Company

Jump Squat
Today’s Veteran Training exercise involves plyometrics. What’s that, you ask? It’s an exercise that incorporates repeated stretching and contracting of the muscles to increase strength, as in the jumping and quick rebounding you’ll be doing during a Jump Squat. A few sets of this multitasking move — which targets your calf muscles, hamstrings, quadriceps, and glutes — and your legs and butt will be stronger in no time!

Step 1
Stand with your feet together, arms at your sides.

Step 2
Jump up as high as you can, swinging your arms behind you.

Step 3
Land in a squat position, legs slightly more than hip width apart, arms extended in front of you, elbows bent at 90 degrees and palms facing each other. Be sure that your knees do not extend beyond your toes.

Step 4
Immediately jump back up to the starting position and repeat.

Caution: This exercise may not be suitable for those who have or have ever had a knee or back injury. Please consult your doctor before starting any fitness program.

Jun 21 2010

The Best Incline Treadmill Workout You’ll Ever Do! (This week…)

There are several ways to improve the number of calorie burned during your One-on-One Personal Training session in Scituate, Cohasset & Pembroke.

Each treadmill comes with 2 main controls: the speed and the incline.

If the speed button is used very often we cannot say the same thing for incline.

Push the button that control the incline and you will burn more fat… have stronger leg muscle and have a better fitness level.

Running on an inclined belt is harder even if you do this at a slower pace.

A study that was made discovered that exercising on a inclined belt uses 10% more muscle and another study showed that a 1% incline require the same energy spent on an outside track.

Here is our Veteran Training treadmill workout based on the principles above….

1. Walk at slow pace for five minutes. Then perform a  3 minute stretching sessions.

2. Now elevate your treadmill at 1% and run at a easy pace for 1 mile.
(Same as before.)
2.5.After that raise the incline to 2% and run for 3/4 of a mile.
(sip water.)
3. Raise the incline again. This time to 3%. Run for half a mile.
(Breathe)
4. Make the workout harder and raise the elevation to 4% and run for another half of mile.
You reached the top of the hill. (DON’T STOP!)
5. Start lowering the incline in the same order you raised it and running the same distance.
5.5.For 3% run 1/2 of a mile, for 2% run 3/4 of a mile and for 1% run a full mile.
(Repeat.)
6. Finish up with a cool down session and don’t forget to stretch.
(Drink more water.)

For this workout you should keep the speed at an easy level.

Lower the pace while you increase the treadmill incline.

So before everyone starts asking- what should you start at for a speed? Well in any session our Running Coaches in Scituate, Cohasset & Pembroke usually suggest 65-70% That’s where you consider holding a conversation difficult while running.

But in this case for this workout… we would like you to maintain 50%. That’s where talking isn’t difficult… but laughing would be. Good Luck.

Jun 14 2010

Ab Exercise of the Week: Tip From the Norwell Personal Training Company

Everyday one of our Fitness Coaches gets asked about mid section toning? Well, we are sure clothes fit much better if you add this move to your fitness workout. The Plank Knee-In is an all-around core toner here at Veteran Training: it works on your mid section muscle area and it will develop and define your lower abdominals, upper abdominals, and external obliques — and, as a bonus, it’ll help tighten your glutes.

Step 1
Get into plank position: Lie facedown on your Veteran Training workout mat, resting your forearms on the mat beneath your shoulders; push yourself up onto your toes. Keep your back flat and your abs pulled in tight.

Step 2
While stabilizing your torso, bring one knee in toward the opposite side of your chest.

Step 3
Return the foot to the starting position and repeat with the other knee.

Caution: This exercise may not be suitable for those who have or have ever had a back injury. Please consult your doctor before starting any fitness program.

Jun 13 2010

Can you do it? Challenge From the Norwell Personal Training Company

Try and perform your maximum amount of repetitions for 3 minute each exercise.

Repeat.

Jun 12 2010

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May 10 2010

Firm and Tone Your Chest and Arms With This Beginner Pushup!

Step 1:
Kneel on the floor, with your hands out in front of you, as shown. Keep your back straight, abs tight, and your head in a neutral position.

Step 2:
Slowly bend your elbows and lower your chest toward the floor. Straighten your elbows and return to the starting position.

Step 3:
Perform 3 sets of 10

May 03 2010

Veteran Training Yoga: Neck Stretches From The Pembroke Boot Camp

Our Yoga Instructors know many people hold tension in their necks and shoulders, leading to stiffness, bad posture and tension headaches. Repeating these five yoga Neck Exercises eases tension, increases flexibility and tones the muscles. Do them slowly and keep your spine straight. Your neck relaxed and your shoulders facing forward. First drop your head back, then drop it right forward. Now keeping your head erect, turn it all the way to the right, back to center, then all the way to the left. Next drop your head forward and roll it around as wide a circle as possible. Repeat in the opposite direction. Now, raise your right shoulder, then drop it down. Repeat with the left. Lastly, raise both shoulders at once, then drop them down again.
  • Bend your head forward, chin on chest, then back to original position.
  • Bend to the right, then back to the original position.
  • Bend backward, then back to the original position.
  • Bend to the left, then back to the original position.
  • Bend forward, chin on chest, move from right to the left, then move from left to right.
  • Warning: Veteran Training encourage everybody to try and practice the Yoga Poses by yourselves at home or in the office. However, if you are feeling uncomfortable or are not able to complete a posture, do not push yourself. Yoga Exercise is not a competition, so just relax and try again. Moreover, do not try Yoga Postures which are beyond your capabilities. It will be helpful to actually sign up for some of our Yoga Classes where a professional instructor will guide you through each Yoga Pose and make sure you are doing the exercise correctly.
    Mar 31 2010

    Straight-Leg Lying Triceps Extension: Best Exercise for the End of a Workout

     

    Grab a straight bar or dumbbell underhand from a low pulley cable and lie on a Swiss ball so your butt and lower back touch the ball. Your legs should be straight, pointing away from the weight stack. Extend your arms overhead, beside your ears. Without changing your elbow position or body angle, bend your arms to lower the bar toward your shoulders. Then reverse. Do three sets of 12.

    Mar 28 2010

    Military Push-Up Exercise: The Dive Bomber

    Here’s a challenging twist on a push-up that’ll sculpt your body from head to toe, while increasing flexibility in your hamstrings, back, and shoulders — call it the total-body push-up. This is a hard-core moveto train real Military recruits in Basic Training Boot Camp!

    Step 1
    Start in a push-up position, hands directly under your shoulders, feet about shoulder width apart.

    Step 2
    Keeping your legs as straight as you can, push your backside into the air and your sternum down toward the ground.

    Step 3
    Bend your elbows out to lower your nose toward the ground, and then, as if you were trying to slide under a bar, flatten yourself out so that your torso is parallel to the ground.

    Step 4
    Keeping your hips close to the ground and your hands directly under your shoulders, lift your head until you are looking straight ahead. Return to the starting position to complete the movement and repeat.

    Caution: This exercise may not be suitable for those who have or have ever had a back or shoulder injury. Please consult your doctor before starting any fitness program.

    Mar 23 2010

    How to Perform a Real Military Push-Up: Norwell Boot Camp Trainer Tip

  • Start in the Plank position.  
  • Lower yourself two inches and hold for a count of ten.
  • Lower yourself two more inches and hold for ten.  
  • Repeat 4 more times, continuing to get lower and lower.  
  • On the final time, your chest should be two to four inches from the floor.  (Keep your hips aligned with your back and remember to breathe)
  • Next push up two inches and hold for ten seconds. 
  • Repeat 3 more times, continuing to get higher and higher
  • Once your arms are fully extended, hold for ten seconds in the plank position.