Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Burn More Fat with Bodyweight Power Workout

Bodyweight power workouts will torch body fat and your joints don't take a pounding from lifting heavy weights!


To get your muscles to improve power (how fast your muscles can produce force), do exercises full speed.

You will see your body taking shape faster with power exercises. Your bulky, fast twitch muscle fibers activate more with speed exercises. That is one reason that speed athletes' bodies are so cut.

Bodyweight power exercise circuits are a tried and true method to burn more fat, increase strength/endurance and improve heart health. And, the workouts are short (10-30 minutes).

Do each exercise one after the other with 30 seconds rest between exercises. Rest 2-3 minutes between circuits. Do the circuit 2-3 times. Here is a good bodyweight power workout:

--Medicine ball diagonal chop (pictured above), fast, 5 each side
--Pushups, 10, fast
--Medicine ball rotational throw, fast, 5 each side
--Squat jumps, 10, fast
--Medicine ball slams, 10, fast
--Mountain climbers, fast, 30 seconds
--2-handed medicine ball soccer throw, 10, fast
--Side to side hops, fast, 30 seconds

Use correct form and start torching the fat!

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7 comments:

  1. great post! great workout! great advice!

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  2. Thank you for this post - very informative and useful for improving our knowledge and skills!

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  3. Dean...glad you can use the information..thanks for stopping by!

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  4. Really good advice, Thanks for posting

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  5. Just happened to land on your site – appreciate reading your directions about the medicine ball – this is new for me. Your site is has great information and will have to return to take it all in. Good for you!

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