LIVESTRONG.COM Fitness Essentials
Summary: Dare to challenge your workout routine with LIVESTRONG.COM professionals showing you step-by-step instructions on how to get fit. Every week LIVESTRONG.COM publishes a new video podcast covering topics from how to do plank exercises to how to improve your cardio endurance. Whether you are interested in running your first marathon or beginner's strength exercises in the gym, LIVESTRONG.COM Fitness Essentials will help you sculpt your body at home. To find more videos on diet, exercise and healthy living visit www.livestrong.com.
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Peter Guber, whose executive and entrepreneurial accomplishments have made him a success in multiple industries, has long relied on purposeful story telling to motivate, win over, shape, engage and sell. In the Winning Voices series, Peter sits down with a diverse group of some of the country's most successful people, all who validate the power of telling purposeful stories. Guests on Winning Voices include Magic Johnson, Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, Pat Riley, Mark Victor Hansen, Tim Ferriss, and Stephen Curry. What began as knack for telling stories as an entertainment industry executive has, through years of perspiration and inspiration, evolved into a set of principles that anyone can use to achieve their goals. In this episode, Peter meets with Mark Victor Hansen, the creator of the massively successful Chicken Soup for the Soul franchise.
Cable push pulls are a fantastic upper body and core strengthening combination exercise. Throw it in a lunge position and now it's full body. With hips quiet, keep the motion only in the upper spine. Learn how to perform this exercise in this training video brought to you by Inflict Training.
Box squat jumps are designed to build vertical explosion, so look for a raise surface that challenges your vert. Keep the rhythm consistent and absorb the deep squat to the point your legs feel a natural elasticity. Learn how to perform this exercise in this training video brought to you by Inflict Training.
Ball slams are a great core strengthening exercise that incorporates your chest and shoulders. Keep your spine slightly curved while performing and pick your feet up to increase the intensity. Learn how to perform this exercise in this training video brought to you by Inflict Training.
Hanging leg raises are a lower abdominal strengthening exercise, not a hip flexion exercise. You will fire your hip flexors, but your goal is to curl your hips up curving your spine. Try to get into a rhythm and don't swing. Learn how to perform this exercise in this training video brought to you by Inflict Training.
Alternating incline chest press is a great variation to the standard incline chest press as it adds an element of balance and core stability. Learn how to perform them in this training video brought to you by Inflict Training.
Leg drops are a tough core strengthening exercise. Stay curved up and put your hands behind your head if they start to fatigue. If you can't extend your legs to vertical, bend your knees. Learn how to perform this exercise in this training video brought to you by Inflict Training.
Two dumbbell squat press is a full body combination exercise that strengthens your hips snap and trains for power. It'll get your heart rate up, so go light at first. Let your hip snap produce the press. Learn how to perform this exercise in this training video brought to you by Inflict Training.
Squat thrusts provide a great cardio workout. Learn how to do cardiovascular exercises in this free training video.
This one leg jump is an important exercise to build and support body weight loads on one leg. You should feel it in your glutes and the lower leg stabilizer muscles under your foot. Keep the rhythm consistent and absorb in the hip. Learn how to perform this exercise in this training video brought to you by Inflict Training.
Supermans are a perfect exercise for working the lower back. Learn how to perform supermans from a certified trainer in this fitness video.
Elliptical trainers are great for toning the hamstrings. Learn how to use an elliptical trainer to tone your hamstrings in this exercise video.
Elliptical trainers are great for toning up the buttocks. Learn how to use an elliptical trainer to tone the buttocks in this exercise video.
A back lunge with balance to work out the lower body utilizes a step and weights to increase strength, stability and coordination. Step back off of a step and lean forward with leg extended back while taking instruction from a certified fitness trainer in this video on lower body workouts.
An incline leg lift is an outer thigh exercise that works the gluteus muscles, the external obliques and the outer thighs. Do a set of 25 incline leg lifts to work out the thighs with tips from a gymnast in this video on exercises and training.