If Barack can workout…

If the almost-to-be leader of the free world can gym it religiously, what’s my excuse if I let my workout schedule falter?

New Year’s Fitness Resolutions

Well I recently read an interesting article on ptonthenet.com, a personal training web site that I absolutely love. It’s full of my fitness industry favorites imparting their great wisdom at around $10 a month. Bargain. Anyway, this article by Craig Ballantyne was all about Female Training Secrets and it has put my fitness goals on [...]

Repeat Workout: Mark Verstegen’s Stability Ball Workout

Day 68
Today I repeated the exact same workout sequence that I did two days ago – a real core workout!
I burned less calories but I felt my form was a lot better. One thing that I was working with last time was a really tight back but today it was gone. I really managed to [...]

Workout DVD #32: Mark Verstegen’s Stability Ball Workout

See the DVD cover | stability ball
Day 66
Mark Verstegen rocks. I have several of his workouts and they are all effective. If you like Functional Training then his work is for you, but if you prefer toning workouts with music then this may not be your cup of tea. However, this stability ball workout is [...]

Workout DVD #31: Reebok Core Board – Hard Core Training

See the DVD [well video actually!] | Reebok core board, towel, fan
Day 62
This workout is not available through Netflix but it’s listed on here, like several others, that are from my collection while I await the arrival of new workouts from the movie rental giant.  My queue has been stagnant for a couple of weeks [...]

Repeat Workout: Turbo Jam & Core Performance

#10 Turbo Jam 20 minute workout
#11 Mark Verstegen & GoFit’s Core Essentials Level 3 hand weights, exercise ball, mat
Day 22
Well it’s time for repeat workouts from my collection because Netflix has yet to send me the next DVD on my queue! What is up with that? I mailed back stuff a few days ago…
I did [...]

Workout DVDs #10 & #11 Mark Verstegen

Day 18
#10 Turbo Jam 20 minute workout
#11 Mark Verstegen & GoFit’s Core Essentials Level 3 hand weights, exercise ball, mat
Today I wanted to do some strength training but I didn’t feel like pumping iron – sorry Jari! To begin my workout I wanted to be nice and warmed up, and get a little cardio in, [...]