Achieve a total body workout with the Cable Flex personal workout system. Improve your strength and flelxibility with Cable Flex. It's fun, fast and effective, and you can do your workout in the comfort of your own home!
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The Western world is gradually listening, receiving and applying simple, primitive and more effective training methods from the archives of the Eastern bloc. Kettlebells (KB's) have already become the tool of choice for 'in the know' strength and power athletes. Joint Mobility (JM), a combination of Qigong and dynamic stretching, has also become one of the most effective warm-ups for any athlete. How can the re-birth of these two timeless protocols benefit triathletes?
Triathletes are a special population due to the fact they are training for three events simultaneously, i.e. swimming, biking, and running. Efficiency is of the utmost importance, especially for Ironman competitors, 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run ALL IN ONE DAY!! Thus, there are many problems these athletes run into throughout the course of their training programs. The most common issues are over-training, weak core, tight hip flexors, tight low back, and stress fractures mainly in the lower leg and small bones of the feet.
This article will address some specific protocols that have been effectively used to correct some major strength and flexibility imbalances of a current client. She is 33 years old and has competed in two Ironman triathlons, as well as many shorter races. When we started working together, nine weeks prior to her second Ironman, she was rebounding from a stress fracture in the femoral head, major quad/ham imbalance, rotator cuff problems (past injuries from swimming on college scholarship), and tight hip flexors.
Through a combination of JM drills and KB's, she was able to effectively overcome many of these weaknesses in nine short weeks. Every session began with a minimum of ten minutes of joint mobility head-to-toe and then specifically returning to problem areas. Refer to Super Joints (book or DVD) for these exercises: Belly Dance, Cossack, extended Cossack, Bootstrappers, and Split Switches. After a general mobility warm-up, emphasis was on the Wall Squat, essential to recovery and progression of imbalances, weaknesses and mobility of the hip/low back region. Within two weeks, her squat depth had improved four inches due to increased flexibility and relaxation of the hip flexors. This almost immediate improvement led to relaxed bike pedal power, relaxed running and overall increased power and efficiency.
The remainder of each training session revolved around KB training. The foundational movements apply to triathletes as they do for any athlete. Five main KB exercises were used. A healthy dose of swings, cleans, snatches, renegade rows and windmills were the focal point.
Swings teach hip and hamstring firing. Most programs neglect to teach athletes in general how to neurologically program their hamstrings which leads to efficiency in biking and running.
Cleans re-teach the hips to fire while simultaneously relaxing the shoulders...crucial during a grueling multi-sport race.
Snatches are an extension of the swing and help 're-wire' the CNS to fire on demand and also adding to overall efficiency.
Renegade Rows are a full body core workout teaching the abdominals stabilize in a 'relaxed tension' state instead of mindlessly rowing a weight. This movement transfers to more effective hip stabilization in triathletes while building a solid core.
Windmills work the core at the same time stretching the glute/hamstring complex while maintaining mental awareness of the upper body, once again engaging the ENTIRE body to work as a unit vs. a collection of body parts.
These five exercises revolve around everything that a triathlete is looking for: increasing core strength without increasing muscle mass, and increasing work capacity while maintaining aerobic efficiency (relaxed tension).
Treating the body as a 'unit' vs. a collection of body parts--which leads to increased efficiency--is crucial for triathletes. Kettlebells fill the void where traditional strength training lacks, effective strength workouts in minimal time. Ask any triathlete: his/her last priority is strength training. However, every triathlete is interested and understands the benefits of "core" training and the Party knows what the MOST EFFECTIVE core-training tool is: kettlebells. Help your fellow triathlete comrades by showing them these intricate Party Protocols. They will surely thank you!
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| Price : $88.82 | Post Date : Nov 20, 2011 00:44:29Created by J.B. Berns--a practicing martial artist for more than 20 years--the urban rebounding workout has its lineage in martial arts and core abdominal postures, resulting in a nonstop abdominal workout that melts away the fat and inches, strengthens your core, and improves your balance and coordination like no other exercise. Now, with the Urban Rebounder folding trampoline workout system, you can perform the urban rebounding workout in the comfort of your own home in just 20 minutes a day, three times per week. Not only is it the first exercise you'll actually look forward to, but it brings the fun without causing pain or stress on your joints. That makes it especially ideal for athletes, seniors, and anyone else who wants a low-impact, high-efficiency workout.The Urban Rebounding system comes with a commercial-quality mini trampoline, a stabilizing bar for particularly vigorous exercises, and six motivational workouts on DVD. And users can rest assured that the workout is effective, as it's the same routine that's used in nearly 5,000 health clubs worldwide, including Bally's, Crunch, Equinox, Gold's, and the YMCA, to name a few. The Urban Rebounding system--which offers a weight capacity of 300 pounds and folds up for easy storage--carries a one-year warranty.
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A Pilates Rebounder is basically a rebounder (also known as a small trampoline) connected to the end of a Pilates Reformer bed. The Pilates Reformer a vintage item of Pilates equipment developed by Joseph Pilates and is made up of carriage along with rollers using a system of ropes as well as springs that increase resistance. You are able to lie, sit down or stand upon the carriage and utilize the ropes to complete numerous arm, leg and abdominal workouts and exercises. The Pilates rebounder provides a aerobic element of the regimen. It is ideal for individuals of every age group and the workouts can be modified to accommodate just about all health and fitness ranges.
One of many key advantages of the rebounder is that it rapidly boosts the heartrate to a calorie and fat-burning levels. It provides an aerobic exercise routine as well as the typically strengthening and stretching routine of Pilates. With this you receive all the advantages of a powerful aerobic exercise workout without straining your joints. This is certainly of distinct advantage for people who are suffering from knee or hip joint disease and cannot go running. An additional advantage, as opposed to taking a run, is that you could workout regardless of what the weather is like outdoors.
The Pilates rebounder works virtually all the body's muscle tissues as opposed to focusing on a particular region. This once again aids in improving aerobic conditioning maximising outcomes. All the Pilates Rebounders include an training DVD or video, however remember, seek the assistance of a skilled Pilate's teacher prior to trying any new workouts by yourself.
Advantages of using the Pilates Rebounder; Enhance aerobic (lung and heart) function with frequent use, Decrease tension and stress, Enhance tone of muscle, Reinforce the core, Increase co-ordination as well as stability, Less demanding on the important joints than jogging, and Boost blood circulation.
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