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FIT IN A HURRY
5-MINUTE SIX PACK
by Rommel Acda on July 13, 2009
Been extremely busy, but I wanted to leave you with a no-excuses
5-minute core routine to add to your tool box of "six pack" abs
workouts.
You have four exercises, with one of them working one side at a
time. Set your timer for 50-seconds of work time and 10-seconds of
rest time. You should challenge yourself to perform as many reps as
you can with solid form so maintain your focus on keeping your stomach
tight and glutes squeezed during your work time.
This routine will last 5-minutes, but if you have an additional
5-minutes then go for one more set.
The Exercises
* Plank Crawl
* Side Plank with 1-Arm Row (Left Side)
* Side Plank with 1-Arm Row (Right Side)
* MedBall Overhead Rotation Slam
* MedBall Lunge with Side Bend
If you like this routine, send me 20 comments on what other ab
routines you'd like to see and I'll be back with more 5-minute six
pack routines!
Have a great workout, be intense!
- Rommel
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9 QUICKIE WORKOUTS
by Rommel Acda on June 23, 2009
Finding time for workouts is a big issue nowadays with the American
lifestyle causing a tight schedule, but not a tight waist.
Photo Credit: Animatrix
The art of squeezing in effective workouts simply takes being armed
with just a few "bang for buck" exercises and utilizing time-efficient
protocols.
My two favorite time-efficient protocols are "ladder sets" and
"tabata intervals". With both protocols I prefer to only use two
non-competing exercises.
Ladder sets are performed by increasing the reps with every set.
For example, lets take squats and pushups and it would look like
this:
Set 1: Squats - 1 rep, Pushups - 1 rep
Set 2: Squats - 2 reps, Pushups - 2 reps
Set 3: Squats - 3 reps, Pushups - 3 reps
And so forth until you complete 10 reps of each. This example
demonstrates if you were to only increase your reps by one with each
successive set. For a more advanced ladder workout you increase your
reps by five with each successive set.
Here's a video demo of "Jump Squats/Pushups" Ladder Workout
