FitnessBuilder Week 12.

Notes: I like working out my total body and FB has a great series of total body workouts. Four levels of body sculpting muscle burn. Total Body, Level 4: Intensive
really pushed me.

Workout Time: 53 min 51 sec

Total Body, Level 4: Intensive, Workout 10
Deadlift / Push Press / Wide Grip Pulldown / Reciprocal Incline Press / Step Up/ Crossbody Raise / Dips /Reverse Curl /Lo-Hi Chop / Front Bridge to T

Exercise of the Day: Front Bridge to T lower back exercise. I can’t emphasize how important it is to make sure you hit all the muscles in your body. Remember all the muscles in your body work together so that you can do the most basic things. It makes sense to develop them that way also.

FitnessBuilder Front Bridge to T

FitnessBuilder Week 11.

Notes: Happy Thanks Giving! God Bless. Today I wanted to make sure that I was switching up my routine a little bit more. So I decided to go back to my dumbbells which allows for more isolation while working out. With the amount of working out that I have been doing I pushed myself into the advance levels of the FitnessBuilder’s dumbbell routine.

Today’s work out was exactly what I needed to shock my muscles and challenge myself.

Workout Time: 1 hr 59 min

Dumbbells, Level 3: Comprehensive, Workout 7
Crossover Step Up / Twisting Bench Press / Bent Over Row & Twist  / Push Press Split Squat Rotation / Toe Touch /Concentration Curl / Kickback / Plank Weight Transfer

Exercise of the day: Bent Over Row & Twist back exercise. The nice thing about dumbbells is the muscle isolation that occurs. Bent Over Row & Twist does a great job of isolating and hitting your back muscle at a great angle. A FB must try, also it’s a great way to burn off some of those holiday calories.

FitnessBuilder Bent Over Row & Twist

FitnessBuilder Week 10.

Notes: Want to burn fat and build muscles?  Triple setting is for you. Triple setting will make you stronger and challenge you. Triple set is a series of three exercises that make up one set. Todays workout made me wish I chose a easier path to muscle building. Then again I was raised and live by the motto what you put in is what you get.

Workout Time: 1 hr 3 min

Triple Sets, Workout 1

Back Squat / Reverse Lunge / Dumbbells:Leg Press / Incline Bench Press / Twisting Bench Press / Decline Push Up / Close Grip Pulldown /
Self Row /Uni T-Bar Row / Extension / Hammer Curl / Cross Body Extension

Exercise of the Day: Self Row back exercise. A FB utilizing exercise equipment to the max, a simple and effective way to hit your back muscles.

FitnessBuilder Self Row

FitenessBuilder Week 9.

Notes: Day two of the World’s Strongest Man, one of the things I truly enjoy about FB is way they take gym equipment and utilize them in creative ways. Today’s exercise is a great example of something I would have never thought of.

Workout Time: 59 min 03 sec
Overhead Squat / Uni Snatch / Push Press / Standing Close Row / High Pull / T-Bar Row / Lateral Raise / Calf Raise Farmer’s Walk

Exercise of the Day: T-Bar Row back exercise. A unexpected way to use a barbell, I wedged my barbell up against the wall. Note that you should place something between the wall and barbell so the wall doesn’t get messed up.

Exercise of the Day: T-Bar Row back exercise. A unexpected way to use a barbell, I wedged my barbell against the wall. Note that you should place something between the wall and barbell so the wall doesn’t get messed up.

FitnessBuidler T-Bar Row

Summary of the World’s Strongest Man: A solid routine that will leave you sore and wanting to do more. Your muscles will be pushed as you lift, pull and push. World Strongest Man is a must try.

FitnessBuilder Week 5

Notes: The  Boot Camp Challenge is circuit training with no weights.  If you have been following my blogs you will notice that I couldn’t complete all the reps while doing any type of circuit training. This time I was able to keep up. Five weeks of working out with the FitnessBuilder and I am not sucking air. Hello results! My older son Miles joined me today he likes being front of the camera looks like my kids may become actors who knows

BootCamp Challenge: Workout 1
Burpee / Foot Up Split Squat / Alternating Bridge / Pull Up / Hanging Side Knee Raise / Jack Knife / Bench Dip /Push Up to T

Workout Time: 43 min

Exercise of the Day: Alternating Bridge a lower back exercise. Trust me after the first three you will feel it, give it a try  yourself.

FitnessBuilder Alternating Bridge

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

FitnessBuilder Week 2.

Notes: Day 2 of 4-Day Split Routines – Exercise focus Back. Once again FitnessBuilder is challenging me with great exercise combination’s.

4 Day Split Routine -Back
Close Grip Pulldown – Bent Over Row – T-Bar Row – standing Wide Row – Self Row- Reverse Extension

Workout Time: 40 min 36 sec

Exercise of the Day: Reverse Extension.Was this tough? Yes it is, try it for yourself and
feel the results. Make sure you legs are straight when you try this exercise
form over reps.

FitnessBuilder Reverse Extension

Notes: I am hoping to look back on these initial videos and laugh at myself.

Dumbbells Foundation Level: 1 Workout 1 of 2 -Total Body workout.

Step Up – Close Grip Floor Press – Prone Row-Lateral Raise – Flat Fly – Kickback – Hammer Curl – Quad Superman – Hip Raise – Side Bend

Workout Time: 45 min 51 sec

Exercise of the Day: Prone Row I like the intensity of this exercise, squeezing your shoulder blades at the top makes a world of difference. It’s a great workout for your upper back and developing your core strength.

Fitness Builder Prone Row