Upper Body Workout Without Weights: 2010

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

2 workout routines for women to lose thigh fat and have sexy legs

Got to be honest when it comes to the ladies I am a leg man through and through. This girl has in my opinion has the perfect pins, long and lean but not overly muscular. (The rest of her ain't that bad either :]

If you read through some of my other workouts there are a few dedicated to getting your legs in great shape because in my opinion the more women in the world with sexy legs the better. Also ladies I know how important it is for your image and confidence to be able to wear the clo

Thursday, 4 November 2010

Reduce fat fast and lose belly flab with interval training

I personally believe the best way to reduce fat fast and lose belly flab is through diet, and a combination of resistance and cardio training. For the purpose of this article we are going to focus on the cardio element of the equation as after diet this is probably the most important activity when it comes to fat loss. However when we mention cardio we are not talking about normal steady state cardio you might do for forty minutes on the cross trainer. Oh No Sir we mean interval training a

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Ab workouts for women for a flatter and sexier stomach

I have been spending a bit of time in the gym recently both working and of course staying lean. Now what I have noticed is that many of the ladies that use gym have actually no idea when it comes to working the abs. I either see them on the Ab rocker, sat on the ab machine or doing countless side crunches or leg lowers and I think is about time to step in and offer some different ab workouts for women that don't involve crunches or some ineffective and frankly dangerous ab machine. (To be honest

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

5 Reasons Why your Struggling to Lose Tummy Fat

So your on the diet and your going to gym 5 times a week but you still can’t seem to lose your tummy fat. What is going on? Here are 5 reasons that may shed some light onto this frustrating dilemma.

1 - You only do cardio training

Cardio is for burning fat and weights are for building muscle. That’s the simple and flawed premise upon which countless men and women have built their exercise regimes. The fact is that weight training is an important element of any fat-loss plan.

Firstly

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Guest Post - 5 Ways to Get in Shape On a Budget

In these times when money is a little tight there is still no excuse to not stay in shape. In fact when I am feeling the pinch in monetary terms I often get even more into my fitness than ever before. This is because it makes me feel good and keeps me positive plus when I am looking and feeling my best I don't really need much else and the need for shiny new things and expensive treats really don't seem as important. In fact as this economic gloom continues I think it is the perfect time to

Saturday, 9 October 2010

Don't forget this one principle in your fat burning diet plan

When planning a fat burning diet plan people tend to make it more complicated than it really should be. How much of this should I eat, when should I eat, what are the best foods to eat? However I think as a starting point for trying to lose fat you should actually just look at how many calories you consume and then reduce them. Now of course you need to be eating the right type of foods and I will touch on that in a minute but you can simply lose weight eating what you want so long as you ar

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

2 Arm Toning Workouts for Women - Get Michelle Obama Arms

So I was reading today that Michelle Obama was heading up a health campaign for Disney in the US. Basically she is trying to tackle child obesity in the USA and is involved in a ad for Disney which is trying to promote healthy eating and more exercise for young children. I think this is a worthy and important cause and one that needs to be given a lot of priority because if this is not tackled soon not just in the US but all over the western world we have got a massive health timebomb waitin

Monday, 4 October 2010

Exercise Ball Ab Workouts for "Killer Abs"

A clip of Christian Bale in American Psycho. He got in great shape for this role and I am sure he inspired a lot of guys to do the same. Loved the book but wasn't overly impressed with the film although there are some good scenes.
I don't train my abs directly that often any more except when I am stripping down for the summer and want to sharpen them up for better definition. I normally just do a lot of isolation work or some suspension training ab exercises. I also like to throw in the odd e

Saturday, 2 October 2010

Start doing circuit training exercises to lose belly fat Or Else.....

If you read through a lot of the articles on the site you will notice that I am not a big fan of doing steady state cardio when it comes to fat loss. I don't think it is a waste of time and I still enjoy going for a long jog or bike ride when I am in the mood. However when it comes to losing fat I have the best and quickest results using cardio interval workouts and circuit training exercises where the there is more intensity involved.

Circuit training is probably considered a more "old schoo

3 Reasons why you need to start doing circuit training exercises to lose belly fat

Thursday, 30 September 2010

Matt Damon Workout

Matt Damon has established himself as a major film star over the last 10 years or so. For many of his movies his physique has played a major part whether it be to lose 40 pounds (18 kg) in 100 days for the movie Courage under fire, get in great condition to play the super spy Jason Bourne or to pack on muscle in the film Invictus where he played the former South African Rugby captain François Pienaar.
Here is a picture of Matt Damon in his Invictus role.

As you can see for this particu

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Tiger Woods Workout Routine

With the Ryder Cup only a few days away I thought I would do a quick piece on the Tiger Woods Workout routine that he uses to keep in shape for big tournaments such as the Ryder Cup. Now when I was growing up golfers weren't really known for their physical condition and most of them looked out of shape. Then players like Nick Faldo started to realise that good conditioning was becoming more and more important in the modern game and slowly but surely you would see some of the top players suddenly

Sunday, 26 September 2010

Jennifer Aniston Diet and Workout plan

When it comes to celebrity bodies one of the most discussed is that of Jennifer Aniston. In fact she seems to get more coverage about the way she looks than the films she makes. To be honest after seeing a couple of her latest movies I can see why. Anyway I have to say as celebrities go she seems to be quite normal so I would imagine that her diet and workout plan would be pretty sensible too.

I think that why her body appeals to so many women is that she manages to exert health without i

Thursday, 23 September 2010

3 Simple tricks to eat less if you want to lose weight without exercise

If you are struggling to make it to the gym and haven't got much time to do much activity but still want to lose weight without exercise then you know that diet and in particular the amount of calories you eat is going to make the difference. Now its easy just to say eat less but if it was easy to do that no one would be overweight and we would all walk around with stick thin bodies like supermodels. Sorry I had to put that in so I could justify this picture of one of my favorite models. Plus I

Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Kelly Slater Workout - Get the Body of a Pro Surfer

Kelly Slater is probably the best known Surfer in the world. I have got to be honest he is the only one I know so forgive me if there are other famous surfers I could have mentioned. Surfing is one of those sports that I have admired for many years but just not had the chance to really try and learn it.However it is definitely on my list of sports I have to try before I get too old.
How do Pro Surfers like Kelly Slater Workout?
I have always been in envy of how cool the guys and girls who

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Why Interval Training is the best Fat burning Workout

Usain Bolt is one of the most exciting sportsman I have ever seen. Every time he runs you expect some magic. Sprinters have some of the best bodies on the planet and guess what form of training they spend a lot of time doing. You guessed it Interval Training. When I look at guys like Bolt and then at long distance runners I know who I want to look like!
Without doubt one of the best ways to lose stubborn areas of fat is with interval training and the correct diet. For the purpose of this

Monday, 20 September 2010

Heavy Bag Workout - Torch Fat and build stamina with these heavy bag workouts

I am a big fan of boxing and in particular boxing training. Not only do I get amazing results in terms of burning fat and increasing my energy and endurance but I find them a great stress reliever. In particular I find that a heavy bag workout ie. hitting a large heavy boxing bag suspended from the ceiling really does deliver all the benefits that I mentioned above.

This is a photo from my favorite fight of all time (See the video of the first round at the end of the article). If you don't kn

Sunday, 19 September 2010

Weight Vest Workout - Take your workouts to a new level with a weight vest

The weight vest or weighted vest is a great piece of equipment when you want to add difficulty or increase intensity to any exercise. I find them useful when doing body weight exercises such as push ups, planks and pull ups as trying to add resistance to these exercises can be tricky and in some cases require a partner to help you out. I also like to wear them if I am going out for a hike to again raise the intensity and burn more calories during my workouts. Here is some more advice if you want

Saturday, 18 September 2010

5 x 5 Workout

If your looking to pack on some real muscle then you need to employ some effective training systems. The 5x5 workout is one such strategy that has proven to be very effective for many people and is still very popular in gyms today.

As the name suggests it is basically 5 sets of 5 reps for any exercise but is mainly used with compound ones such as the squat, deadlift, chest press, Pull Ups or the military press.

The program has many interpretations so here are just a few articles I found th

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Jason Statham Workout for the Expendables Movie

So this is the first of my celebrity themed workout articles. I know myself that I am always interested to find out how a actor or actress gets in amazing shape for a movie. They can be great role models to motivate and focus you especially when you see the reaction they are getting from the opposite sex. My last celebrity body inspiration was Daniel Craig in the last 2 bond movies and I was inspired to try and emulate his physique.

Now after watching the Expendables movie I want to do a

Monday, 13 September 2010

A great upper body workout without weights to gain muscle and strip fat

So if you're like me and want to take a break from the iron every now or your working out a lot at home then here is a great http://www.squidoo.com/build-muscle-and-lose-fat-with-this-upper-body-workout-without-weights-">upper body workout without weights that will build your chest, shoulders, back, arms and also if that wasn't enough give your abs a great workout too. You will need a pull up bar. The regimen includes six exercises to work your entire upper body without using any weights at all.

The six exercises will be broken down into 3 supersets of 2 exercises.

You will begin by doing pull ups. Then you will follow those with push ups and mountain climbers, which are a killer.

Pull ups - keep your hands at shoulder width apart and start by hanging with straight arms off the bar with a overhand grip. Tighten the body, suck in your abs. Now raise your body up. Place your chin over the bar. Now lower yourself slowly. Do not just fling yourself down. You want to control your release. Keep repeating this exercise, but do not go to the point of failure. For instance, if you can do 5 pull ups correctly, but cannot do a 6th one correctly, only do 5.

Press up with mountain climber. Perform a normal push up then when you are back to the start position bring your knee up to your elbow and back down and do the same for the other leg. All of these moves constitutes one repetition. Aim for a number between 10 and 20 repetitions. Your fitness ability will determine how many you do.

Keep repeating these exercises for 5 minutes with a little or as much rest as you need.

The next superset is negative wide grip pull ups and decline press ups

Negative pull up - you will need a bench or chair to help you. Begin by getting a wide grip on the pull up bar. Hang down, but keep one foot on the chair or bench. Start pulling your body then at the same use your foot and leg to push yourself up until your chin is above the bar. From here slowly lower yourself down to the start position. Repeat either with the same or other leg. As before, perform as many repetitions as you are able to do correctly.

Decline push up.- Place both feet on the bench and place your body into a standard boy style push up position. Keep your entire body straight, without letting your bottom or back sag. Aim for between 10 and 20 repetitions, but let your fitness level dictate the number.

You will continue alternating these supersets for five minutes. If you need to rest, do so. If you can do them without resting, then do more reps.

The third and last superset consists of close grip push ups and chin ups with knee tucks.

Chin up and knee tuck start by hanging straight down, hands close together with a underhand grip. If you are able, pull your body up and draw your knees into your chest. You should find that moving your legs gives you a bit of momentum to help you get your chin above the bar. Control the action of lowering your legs back to the starting positioning. Repeat this as many times as you can maintain proper form. Doing additional repetitions with improper form accomplishes nothing.

Close grip press ups. Start with a normal push up position but bring your hand close together so your fingers are almost touching. Maintain a straight body with no sag in your butt or back. Then lower yourself down and steadily raise yourself back up in a controlled manner. The placement of your hands forces your triceps to get more involved. This will work your triceps harder and make them the primary muscle in the push up. This final superset is an excellent way to workout the muscles in your arms. You want to aim for between 10 and 20 repetitions in your supersets. Let your fitness level guide your repetitions and watch your form.

As with the previous 2 supersets repeat for 5 minutes

This regimen is an excellent upper body workout without weights that will increase your muscle mass and help you burn fat too. If your not dripping with sweat after this you haven't worked hard enough.