Mid-week Madness

31 Fitness Exercise of The Week - Overhead Press

This exercise is excellent for strengthening mainly our shoulders and triceps. However, the benefits of overhead lifting extend to some not so conscious areas. Our Abs and back for example play a supporting role keeping our posture correct during this lift. Balancing the weight works musc...les in our ankles, calves, hips, and forearms. This is especially true if using unstable weights such as dumb bells or kettle bells. The exercise can be performed with both arms at the same time, or alternating left and right, or just the right and then just the left, if you'd like.

Technique:

Start with our feet shoulder width apart. Lift the weight to your chest and press overhead. Control the weight back down to your chest and repeat. Some important things to think about is keeping our back ridged and upright. People have a tendency to let their back arch in order to get better leverage on the weight. However, we want to be pressing straight up overhead so choose a weight you can handle with perfect form.



31 Fitness Jam of the Week: Disturbed - Stricken

Of all the weight rooms I've been to, I don't think there has been one that hasn't had this blasting on the stereo at some time. I've also noted that if females are in charge of the music they love this one too. So ladies, enjoy!



This one made me laugh...

Exercise of the week

31 Exercise of the Week



The Dead Lift. This exercise is a great total body lift. Major muscles worked include your quadriceps, hamstrings, and glutes in the legs. Your entire back and abdominals. Your shoulders, forearms, and grip in your arms.

Technique: Start with your feet shoulder width apart. Place your grip outside of your knees. Bend your knees and sink your hips back. Keep your shoulders tall, and your chest "up" (if you have writing or logo on the front of your shirt you should be able to see it when in the bottom position.) As you stand up keep your back ridged and straight, extend your knees and hips at the same time. If you are using a barbell for this exercise, keep the bar as close as you can to your body, being careful not to scrape your shins or hit your knees with the bar.


31 Jam of the Week: Hidden in Plain View - 20 Below

With a fast tempo its perfect for 30 - 45second sprint intervals.





This is a jicama. It is a root vegetable from mexico. I tried it for the first time this week, and I have to say it is quite refreshing. It tastes somewhat like a radish, except not quite as bitter. Maybe like a cross between a radish and an apple. It is very high in fiber and is considered a high volume food, if you didn't catch my post on that click Here!