FitnessBuilder Week 3

Notes: Third and final day of Tubing.

Tubing Total Body, Level 1: Foundation, Workout 3:

Reverse Lunge / Incline Bench Press / Close Pulldown / Hip Adduction / Torso Twist / Lateral Raise / Pushdown / Curl / Lo-Hi Chop / Bicycle Crunch

Workout Time: 43 min 08 sec

Exercise of the Day: Reverse Lunge. Solid leg exercise, it feels like your doing a Lunge with weights.

Summary of Tubing Total Body, Level 1. The giant rubber band gets my respect so does FitnessBuilder for exposing me to a new way of exercising. Tubing is great way to workout with minimum amount of equipment. Taking a trip and staying at a hotel with no gym? No problem. Tubing is lightweight and easy to take with you, so if you get lost on a deserted island there is no excuse not to work out.

FitnessBuilder Reverse Lunge

FitnessBuilder Week 3

Notes: Second day of Tubing. Tubing comes in different types of resistance, they are usually color coded to represent different levels. Resistance can vary with the size of the band, shortening the band increases the resistance.

Tubing Total Body, Level 1: Foundation, Workout 2:
Squat – Bent Over Row – Upright Row – Standing Press – Hip Extension – Twisting Crunch – Seated Curl – Side Bend – Kneeling Crunch Extension

Workout Time: 47 min 35 sec

Exercise of the Day: Upright Row. Shoulder exercise. I am impressed with the workout that I am getting with minimal equipment.

FitnessBuilder Upright Row

FitnessBuilder Week 3

Notes: For the next three days I will be focusing on Tubing. Tubing is resistance training. Resistance Training is a form of strength training in which each effort is performed against a specific opposing force generated by resistance (i.e. resistance to being pushed, squeezed, stretched or bent).(Source Wikipedia). Day 11 has introduced me to a giant rubber band that can build strength, hey who knew.

Tubing Total Body, Level 1: Foundation, Workout 1:
Split Squat – Bench Press – Close Row – Overhead Press – Hip Abduction – Feet Up Crunch – Curl – Kickback – Hi-Lo Chop -Reverse Crunch

Workout Time: 40 min 58 sec

Exercise of the Day: Bench Press Tubing. A giant rubber band gives a whole new meaning to working out to traditional exercises.

FitnessBuilder Bench Press Tubing

Two Questions this week from Marc and John :

Marc:
I’ve had knee issues for years, which has made me hesitant to focus on leg exercises. Can you recommend a good exercise I can do at home without putting too much pressure on my knees?

Declan:
Before I can answer this question accurately I would need to know more about the “knee issues” you are having. Have you seen a physical therapist or orthopedic doctor about the issues and if so what was their diagnosis and did they recommend for you to perform or avoid any specific exercises?

John:
I’m new to core exercising… but want to make it a regular part of my routine. at this point, I regularly do planks… but aside form that, i can’t think of any other core exercises I do. can you tell me about some others?

Declan:
The “Core” has become a very popular buzz word lately in fitness yet there are many different and often conflicting ideas or definitions of what it actually means. For me the core encompasses the whole torso basically all the way down the spine and into the hips and therefore would involve training all the muscles in this region not just the Transverse Abdominus as some people prescribe. These muscle groups include the Lats, Pectorals, rectus Abdominus, Obliques, Errrector Spinae, Quadratus Lumborum and many more. There are hundred’s of exercises that you can incorporate into your program to help train your “core”. FitnessBuilder contains many different Core specific workouts.

60 Days:
Here are two examples of core exercises that I have done: FitnessBuilder Russian Twist and FitnessBuilder Torso Twist .

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FitnessBuilder Week 2.
Notes: Today marks my two weeks of working out with the FitnessBuilder check out the results at THE WEIGH IN. Work out I did today Dumbbell Circuit, Workout 2. Circuit training one day I will be able to complete you in your whole entirety, for now I had to cut back on some reps.

Dumbbell Circuit: Workout 2
Sandbag Squat-Reciprocal Incline Press -Step Up- Renegade Row-Straight Out Press-Incline Hammer Curl  -
Rear Delt Row – Feet Up Crunch – Extension -Torso Twist.

Workout Time: 40 min 58 sec

Exercise of the Day: Renegade Row. This is definitely lives up to it’s name it’s a conventional Prone Row gone gangster. Great back exercise that makes you feel like you have enter a strong man contest . Give it a try send me your opinion.

FitnessBuilder Renegade Row

Summary of Week 2 with the FitnessBuilder:
FB is still is keeping me interested, sweating and challenged. I am looking forward to the next six weeks of working out with it.
BTW anyone have used Olympic weights for sale? See you next week. -N