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As we all know these days, exercise can bring great benefits to our health and well being. To get the maximum benefit you need it to be a mixture of aerobic and muscle conditioning and strengthening exercises. Many machines and exercise equipment such as treadmills or home gyms will only really give you benefits in one area or the other. Cross training conditioning exercises on the other hand, will give you a good all around workout, benefiting both the strength and the tone of your muscles and also your cardiovascular and respiratory system. This is unlikely to be achieved by any other single exercise instead to achieve the same benefits you would probably have to use several in combination. Using a cross trainer can avoid the need for this and allow you to perform all of your exercises at once making this a very convenient way for busy people to exercise efficiently and achieve health benefits in less time that it would otherwise take.

Cross training conditioning exercises are a great way to do your whole workout without the need to do other activities to make sure that you have covered all areas of your fitness and exercise regime. The low impact step system that is common amongst most cross trainers also reduces the impact, wear and tear and possible injury to your joints normally caused through running.

A good machine combined with the correct instruction can help to make sure that your cross training conditioning exercises give you all the work out your body needs to maintain an optimal level of health and fitness. Of course, you still need to the combine it with a good diet and a healthy lifestyle in order to realize and gain the full benefits. Also don’t forget that other things such as reducing or eliminating smoking and creating low stress levels in your work and personal life can also help you to gain the maximum benefits and promote a higher level of well-being.

Cross training conditioning exercises will actually make your exercise time feel like less of a chore. Using a cross trainer efficiently is much more effective and better suited to maintaining your interest when compared to simply running on a treadmill or doing weights. The all around nature of the activity and the interactive aspects whereby you can set your own level and adjust it while training gives you much more of an interest in what you are doing when compared to some other exercise activities. This also has the benefits of making it more likely that you’ll carry on rather than get bored with the exercise machine and enable you to continue to complete your exercises as a means of enjoyment and relaxation rather than purely for the health benefits.

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When I get finished teaching you this never-before-seen version of the push-up, you’re going to think that either I’m crazy or a genius or both! Of course, the results you’ll get from it will speak for themselves.

First, we need to set the stage for this version of the push-up.

To begin with, exercises that move your body rather than the weight (such as the push-up) have been shown to fire more muscle fibers than exercises that move the weight rather than your body (such as the bench press). This means that the push-up has the potential to activate a lot of muscle fibers.

Next, we know that exercising in an unstable environment also increases muscle fiber activation. This is because your body compensates for the instability by firing more muscle fibers in order to stabilize the resistance. Anyone who’s run barefoot on sand knows the tremendous work your calves get from it. The same concept is put to work in this exercise.

* NOTE: Effective exercise requires progression, and that is essential for learning to perform this exercise safely. Because you will end up doing it in a very unstable environment, you need to start slowly and work your way into it. Naturally, if you’re an advanced trainer or are used to working in an unstable environment you may progress more quickly.

Only go as far as you’re comfortable with these exercise stages. Each stage holds great benefits but you should always err on the side of caution.

Read through these exercise stages one at a time, then, at the end of the article, you’ll find a link where you can view pictures of each stage.

Stage 1 - Dumbell Push-Ups

Set two dumbells on the floor in the approximate hand position and spacing you would use for a push-up. You will essentially be using the dumbells as push-up handles.

The plates on the dumbell should be round (meaning that they’ll roll) for maximum instability. Use fairly lightweight dumbells, e.g. 15 to 20 pounds each, so they’ll move around more.

This variation by itself is an excellent exercise for beginner to intermediate trainers. You may do this variation with your knees on the floor if you’ve not yet developed the strength for regular, full push-ups.

Stage 2 - Swiss Ball Push-Ups

Set a large Swiss Ball (the inflatable exercise ball) on the floor where you’ve got some space.

Place your hands on the floor in your regular push-up position then set your legs on top of the Swiss Ball. Your shins should be on the top of the ball, placed slightly to the sides so you can use them to maintain your balance.

Do push-ups in this position. You will find that the ball will shift around as you are doing the exercise and you’ll be forced to move your body around to keep your legs on top of it. The ball will roll slightly forward with you as you drop down to the bottom of the push-up position and roll slightly back as you push yourself up.

Stage 3 - Swiss Ball/Dumbell Push-Ups

Now that you’ve experienced instability at both ends of the push-up, it’s time to put them both together and feel the burn!

Be sure you are comfortable with other two progressions before attempting this one and be sure you are not too close to anything should you lose your balance and roll off.

Set the dumbells up as you did in Stage 1 and set the ball up as you did in Stage 2. Place your hands on the dumbells first then set your legs on the ball.

Now do push-ups on three rolling, unstable surfaces!

Make sure you drop down and get a full range of motion (the dumbell handles will allow you to go further down than if you were doing them on the floor).

The first few reps may feel easy but as you continue, you will notice a burning sensation in the deep muscle fibers of your chest. Keep going! This is where it gets good. You are now hitting muscle fibers that have most likely never been effectively worked by standard chest exercises!

And if you think you’re getting a burn on the first set, just wait till you do a few more sets. You’ll feel it across your abs and sides too!

The reason this exercise is so effective is simple: complete instability.

Since the vast majority of chest exercises are performed in a reasonably stable position, there are some muscle fibers that never get fully worked. They aren’t required to work because you’re stabilized.

By placing your legs and both hands on independently moving objects, you demand massive amounts of stabilizing work on the part of your pecs. Your pecs never normally get this work with most chest exercises. Now they’re stabilizing your entire body and your limbs while you’re moving yourself up and down!

All this intense stabilizing work fires many more muscle fibers than are normally required for a push-up, resulting in a tremendously effective exercise for the chest.

To view the exercise progressions explained above, go to: http://www.fitstep.com/Misc/Newsletter-archives/issue8-chest-tip.htm

p.s. click on this link and you’ll receive not only a great tip that can dramatically increase the intensity of this already incredibly effective exercise but a secret Stage 4, which was just too powerful to put into this article.

About The Author

Nick Nilsson is Vice President of BetterU, Inc., an online exercise, fitness, and personal training company. Check out his latest eBook “The Best Exercises You’ve Never Heard Of” at http://www.thebestexercises.com or visit http://www.fitstep.com. You can contact him at betteru@fitstep.com or subscribe to BetterU News, his fitness newsletter at betterunews@fitstep.com.

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Sport has become so competitive lately. With the lure of the glory in professional sport and contracts becoming more and more lucrative, athletes are beginning to condition themselves at younger ages and more strenuously than ever before. This often raises a concern of the safety of resistance and power training in kids. This article offers some helpful information for youngsters and their parents on the topic of strength and power training and tips on how to ensure exercise safety and effectiveness.

The enduring concept that high intensity exercise like weightlifting and power training are bad for children has been perpetuated for years. Concerns such as injury or damage to bones and ligaments possibility of stunting the child’s growth have been eased a great deal with recent studies.

The main concern is that resistance training in children and teens may damage an area of the bone called the epiphyseal or growth plate. This is an area composed of growth cartilage where ossification (bone forming) has not yet occurred and is therefore softer and supposedly more prone to injury. Epiphyseal plates remain active through most of the teen years, allowing for linear growth and increases in height. In the late teen years and early 20’s however, the growth plates “seal” and ossify - becoming hard (cortical) bone.

Another concern of intense weight bearing exercise in kids is the possibility that it may be damaging to the ligaments and tendons of the joints. This concern stems from the fact that during the maturation process youngsters have extra laxity or flexibility in the ligaments and tendons of their joints. It is thought that this additional flexibility may predispose the child to injury.

Recent studies however have failed to find a strong connection between intense exercise like weight lifting and resistance training in children; in fact it is estimated that forces experienced in the child’s sport may even exceed those in resistance training programs.

Even power training programs including classic Olympic lifts such as power cleans and snatches have been deemed safe for children to perform as long as precautions are taken, the program is sufficiently monitored by an experienced fitness professional and adequate warm-up and preconditioning is guaranteed. It is also important that the exercise program be periodized and progressed in such a way that the youngster develops a sufficient base of strength, flexibility and core stability before moving on to highly intense exercise such as power training.

Performing exercises such as Olympic power lifts with poor technique can be potentially injurious, so it is critical that a youngster performing these exercises be instructed of the correct lifting technique. Power training by its very nature is explosive, so experienced instruction will not only increase levels of safety, but will also increase the effectiveness of the exercises.

The exercise instructor must be competent and able to recognize lifting faults and give feedback to correct them. Unfortunately, a large majority of children and their parents don’t have access to exercise professionals qualified and certified to instruct this type of exercise. Even high school coaches may not have sufficient knowledge, experience or time for the task. As a result, many youngsters may be performing complicated lifts with poor technique and not even realize it.

The best advice for youngsters and their parents looking for safe sport-specific conditioning services is to find exercise professionals with appropriate credentials. The NSCA (National Strength and Conditioning Association) offers the most respected credential currently available for this type of conditioning in exercise specialists called Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists (CSCS). A CSCS credential demonstrates the holder’s superior knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics and physiology directed specifically to all aspects of strength and conditioning.

In closing, it is hoped that this article has provided some helpful pointers to parents and youngsters alike who may be considering doing additional sports-specific exercise and power training. Using this information as a guide will not only ensure safety but also ensure effective conditioning results for the future sports stars.

David Petersen is a Personal Trainer/Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and Golf Biomechanic. He is the owner and founder of B.O.S.S. Fitness Inc. based in Oldsmar, Florida. More articles and information can be found at http://www.bossfitness.com

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Whenever you read about exercising, you often see the caution from an author about talking to your physician before you start any exercise program. This is sound advice, as long as you don’t take it too far. Because of this common caution, many people seem to think that physicians are experts on exercise. That isn’t usually the case.

Most physicians are trained in working with diseases and how to cure them. They don’t know much more about putting together a proper exercise program than the average, educated adult.

If you have an existing medical condition, or you’ve been told you have certain risk factors (such as: being a smoker, or being excessively overweight) you definitely should talk to your physician before you start an exercise program. But, talking to them, and getting exercise program advice from them, are two different things.

If you have a good physician, he or she will probably give you clearance to exercise and tell you if there is anything you need to be careful about. They may suggest you have an exercise physiologist or an experienced trainer design and supervise a sensible program. If you have a severe medical condition, they may suggest that you join a supervised exercise program such as a cardiac rehab program at a medical facility or hospital.

It seems to me that too many people use the need for talking to their physician as an excuse for not starting an exercise program. They just can’t find the time for an appointment, or they don’t want to pay for an extra visit. Well, if you’re generally in good health and see your physician for regular check ups, you probably don’t need to check in with them before starting an exercise program. Of course if it’s been a long time since you did any exercise, you’re over 65, or you have a specific medical condition, it sure would make sense to at least call your physician and tell them what you want to do.

In almost all cases, the benefits of a sensible exercise program far outweigh the precautions you may need to take. So:

One of the greatest motivators and inspirations for me is the motivation of my clients themselves. The majority of clients training with Fitcorp Asia are professionals and therefore dedicated, ambitious and focused. They also have very high expectations of themselves to perform both in and out of the office. That same dedication is applied to their training also. Unfortunately, one of the greatest ways to disrupt their routine is travel. It’s a fact of business and it’s a fact of life. Travel doesn’t have to result in an interruption of your healthy habits. You can still fit in exercise time while travelling.

Not all travel destinations have the most appropriate facilities; hence we adopt a functional approach to training. Fitcorp Asia has developed a unique and effective form of training called FITS - Functional Integrated Training System. FITS allows us to train the body as a system, mimicking movements that we perform in every day life. FITS removes the external support provided by the machine to work multiple muscle groups in “integration” - as the body is intended to move.

FITS uses minimal equipment - you can train anywhere, anytime, with an amazing degree of intensity. This equals to higher energy expenditure, greater body fat loss. Results are guaranteed. FITS enhances coordination, balance, speed, muscular strength and endurance, speed and core stability. Here is an example of the perfect travelling workout: Repeat the routine twice over. This should take a total of 18-20 minutes.

Jump Rope for 5 minutes
Stretch
Squat and Press (Tubes)
Functional Push Ups with Rotation
Lunges
Seated Row (Tubes)
Abdominal crunches
Jump Rope for 5 minutes

Here are a few tips we offer our clients to ensure our clients don’t lose any of their hard earned achievements while on the road, arrive fresh and are as productive while they are away as they are when they are training with us.

•Be realistic. Aim to complete 15-20 minutes of exercise per day with a variety of CV and strength training. This will guarantee you maintain your levels of fitness while away.
•Pack your jump rope for cardiovascular training. Skipping increases the heart rate, burn a lot of calories and is great for improving endurance, core stability, coordination, balance and foot speed.
•Pack your resistance tubes. Tubes are a fantastic option for strength training. Exercises are for the entire body, they allow you to train anywhere, anytime with results.

Some other tips:
•Exercise before you leave. This will keep your metabolism high during your flight.
•Stay well hydrated. Drink one glass for every hour while on the plane and avoid alcohol and coffee.
•Never travel hungry.
•Walk and stretch every hour while on the plane to increase blood circulation and reduce muscle stiffness, fatigue and jet lag.
•When you arrive try to get outside. The sun will automatically help to reset your body clock.

As a health and fitness professional for over 10 years, Daniel has personally trained more than 4000 people, on 4 continents towards the achievement of their fitness and lifestyle objectives using his unique holistic and functional approach to lifestyle enhancement. Daniel is a true leader and innovator in the industry. Daniel draws from an academic background in Human Movement, Exercise Science and Sports Management in Australia & also holds a Diploma in Massage Therapy, & Certificates in Workplace Health Promotion, Personal Training (ACSM) and Australian Training for Fitness Professionals (ATP), Golf Fitness & Conditioning, Postural Analysis, Weight Management & Fat Loss.

Daniel is the founder and CEO of Fitcorp Asia, Thailand’s only Corporate Health & Fitness Solutions Company. “We don’t just conduct personal training, we take pride in our ability to ‘coach’ our clients in all exercise science principles including nutrition and total lifestyle transformation to ensure our clients achieve a holistic goal orientated approach to their personal health and fitness endeavours.

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Christmas gets more over-blown and expensive with each passing year. Even though people always claim they’ll do it differently in the future, each Christmas it feels like you spend the holiday just cleaning and cramming stuff away. Sure it was fun to get gifts when we were kids; but now that we’re adults do we need to continue the crazy mall shopping every year?

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