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12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #1 – BURPEE
Burpees are also called “squat thrusts”. Squat low in a “frog” position. Kick your feet out behind you so that you are in the top of a push-up position. Jump…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #2 – TURKISH GET-UP
A Turkish Get-up is my favorite exercise of all time. Lay down flat and extend one arm overhead. If you are new to this exercise, just try it with no…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #3 – PULL-UPS
Pull-ups are an upper body compound pulling exercise where the body is suspended by extended arms, gripping a fixed bar, then pulled up until the elbows are bent and the…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #4 – PISTOLS
Pistols (Assisted) are basically a single-leg squat while holding on and lightly assisting with the upper body. The focus is extreme range of motion (notice how low Kirsten is getting…sit…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #5 – PUSH-UPS
If you are still singing the song then you are at the, “5 golden rings” part of this exercise. Be sure to do 5 push-ups every time. Push-ups are a…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #6 – LUNGE
For this part of your holiday training do 3 lunges with each leg. Take a long stride step and focus on lowering “through” the front heel. Your back leg is…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #7 – SHOULDER PRESS
The shoulder press can be done with any implement. I have pictures of a thick band and a set of kettlebells. The way I teach this now is different from…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #8 – KETTLEBELL SWING
For the kettlebell Swing I realize you may not have access to a kettlebell. If that is the case, you can do this same exercise with dumbbells (even a filled…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #9 – JUMPING JACK
The good news about doing jumping jacks in this holiday training regimen is that this is a rest set before your last 3 big sets. Hopefully, you have been doing…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #10 – ONE-ARM ROW
To do the one-arm Row as your tenth exercise do 5 on each side (each arm). – I like to tweak this great strength move a bit so that you…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #11 – ROMANIAN DEADLIFT
The Romanian deadlift is quite a mouthful. Call it RDL for short. Stand with a barbell, dumbbells, sandbag, or other implement in front of you with arms extended (Picture 1).…
12 Days Of Fitness – Exercise #12 – BICEP CURL + TRICEP EXTENSION
You made it to the final exercise of this holiday training program. Time to do some biceps curls and Triceps Extensions. Do the curls (each arm) first. Then do the…