If you have a Medicine Ball around the house and you haven’t used it in awhile dust it off and try out this full body circuit.  
Medicine Ball Power Moves consists of ten moves that will tone your
muscles, get your heart rate up, and burn calories along the way.
Remember intensity is really important.  Try this routine out and let
me know what you think.

Suggested frequency 2 to 3 times a week. You can make this routine
harder by performing each exercise for 1 minute instead of 30 seconds..

MEDICINE BALL POWER MOVES

1. MEDICINE BALL HOP
2. MEDICINE BALL SQUAT THRUST/PRESS
3. ROLLING BALL PUSH UP
4. MEDICINE BALL RUSSIAN TWIST
5. MEDICINE BALL SHOTGUN
6. MEDICINE BALL PUSH UP
7. MEDICINE BALL CHOP
8. MEDICINE BALL SPLIT JUMP
9. MEDICINE BALL SIDE LUNGE
10. MEDICINE BALL SLAM!

PERFORM THE EXERCISES AS A CIRCUIT
(ONE EXERCISE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER)

PERFORM EACH EXERCISE FOR 30 SECONDS

TAKE A 15 SECOND BREAK AT THE END OF EACH EXERCISE

AFTER EXECUTING ALL TEN EXERCISES TAKE A
1 MINUTE BREAK

PERFORM 3 CIRCUITS

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By Alwyn Cosgrove

I am always amazed with how simple things can be. Torching fat doesn’t have to take a lot of time or be complicated.  Alwyn Cosgrove, C.S.C.S developed this two exercise workout to torch calories and ignite your metabolism.  Basically, what this workout does is get your body set up to burn more calories all day.

I did some research on Alwyn and his theory on fat loss and found this interesting quote.
“the post workout period that results in metabolic disturbance, elevating EPOC, fat burning enzyme activity and total body fat oxidation to maximize caloric burn for the other 23+ hours per day”. Alwyn focuses on workouts that keep your body burning even after you finished working out.

Check out this interesting read Training techniques to maximize fat loss. Where Alwyn answers the question . What do you look for when designing a fat loss training program? Do you look at what people have done in the gyms before, or do you read the research and then try to recreate that?

Click here to read more.

This workout was found in the December / Janaruay issue of Men’s Fitness.  Josh Koscheck featured in the workout and illustrates how the exercises are done.

Randy Couture admittedly has me beat on this one. He can get you into shape with just 10 minutes a day. Only draw back is you need Randy’s door gym, a product that I haven’t review yet. For Men’s Fitness Built for Battle MMA workout all you need is one weight, a kettbell or Dumbbell and 15 minutes. The work is intense and it is crucial to go all out within the time frame. If you muddle through this workout you won’t get any benefit from it.  When done right this routine will help you develop endurance, fighter specific strength and burn fat. I recently purchased a heart monitor that calculates the amount of calories burned when I workout. For this workout I burned about 300 calories that is a lot given the amount of time for this workout.

Here is the break down for the workout. Perform workout as a Circuit complete one set of each exercise then move on to the next exercise.
Perform each exercise for 25 seconds then rest for 5 seconds.
3 Circuits total

1. Kettlebell Swing
2. Shoulder-to-Shoulder Press
3. Single-Arm Bent Over Row (25 Seconds on each side)
4. Lunge with Rotation
5. Tight Core Rotation
6. Reverse Lunge with Knee Strike (25 Seconds on each side)
7. Fighter Push Up
8. Burpee to Boxer Guard

Perform this workout once or twice a week.

You may need more rest between circuits, that is fine ultimately you want to
get down to one minute between circuits.

Special thanks to Brad from coordinationbag.com for sending me these cool Muay Thai Shorts. Get your shorts here. Also check out my review on this unique martial arts product the coordination bag.

Hitting your target as a martial artist is a critical part of training. The CoreBag is a great product that develops your hand and eye coordination. The CoreBag will help you develop your focus, spacing and timing. The way the CorBag works is it is specifically weighted so that when you hit it, its’ movements are unpredictable, just like when you’re sparring or fighting. I personally think that this is a great product. After a three minute round with the CorBag you will be huffing, puffing and burning calories. My kids can’t stop hitting and  practicing with it. As with any training equipment when it is fun to use you will use it more often. I gave this product five out of five stars for its unique design, potential and it’s unpredictable nature that will take your training to the next level. Try the Corbag out for yourself click here for more details. It retails for $49.99 and it’s made in the USA.