Fitness & Workouts
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5 changes to consider when your workouts start to suck
Everyone goes through a stage of not wanting to train or has experienced some level of fatigue. The following tips will get you fired back up. 1. Force your muscles to learn something new Take a break from gym/cardio routine you’ve been doing for the last 6 months and try a class for a week or two where you don’t have to think for an hour. It doesn’t matter what kind of class it is, but chances are you’ll feel a different kind of sore in the morning. Hey, you might even surprise yourself and enjoy it. 2. Train the stuff…
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How to get (or keep) shredded abs when you’re out of commission
High-intensity exercise and clean eating are the answer to abs, right? Right. But what happens if you’re injured or sick and completely out of commission? Here’s the deal: When I came off a SLAP tear repair surgery it meant no use of the shoulder for months, not even any running or lower-body work. Luckily for me I went into it in shape and just needed to keep it all together. So if you’re out of commission, these tips have been tested to get you through. If you’d like to hear more about the shoulder surgery click here. Evaluate your food consumption…
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Achieve skin-tearing muscle definition with these six isolation routines
You’re not the only one that gets bored to hell with the same routine. Your muscles do too. (Oh, look, there’s that mind-muscle connection thing again). After months, or even years of the same exercises day-in and day-out you’ve done an outstanding job at holding your body back from it’s potential for next-level definition and hardness. You and your body are simply too accustomed to the same thing. We’re creatures of habit with a tendency to follow the path of least resistance, or stick to the things we know. Everything’s always the damn-same. Squat, bench, dead, squat, bench, dead. You know it, we…
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Supplemental exercises for enduring an ocean’s angry thrashing
The ocean can be mesmerizingly beautiful—gentle offshore winds, groomed lines, and perfect green-blue tubes. That’s when it’s as good as it gets for any wave rider. But behind it’s beauty, is a potentially dangerous beast. And, on the other hand, there are times the beast isn’t hiding, and it can be downright scary just looking at it. Just when you feel like you’re comfortable with it, it gives you a good beating. Then blesses you with a wave of your life. Then again another good beating. No one is ever completely comfortable. And if they are, they are making a…
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The Saturday Sweats: 5 Diversified Fat-Burning Workouts
There’s nothing like polishing off a strength routine with a blood-pumping finisher or recouping from an extended evening with a metabolism-stoking circuit. However you utilize the Saturday Sweats, we promise you this: you’ll work. Watch the inspirational demo videos featuring trainer Keita Minakovichsky from FOCUS NYC. Saturday Sweat #1 Superman Push Up x 10 Power Skip x 30 sec. Single-arm Chest Press x 8 Shadow Box x 30 sec. Side Plank x 30 sec. Rest as needed. Repeat 5 rounds Saturday Sweat #2 Eccentric Goblet Squat x 10 Squat Jump x 10 Clean + Squat x 6 Jump Rope x 30…
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The Power Hour Mini-Plans: 5 Easy-to-Follow Workout Routines
If you’re the “get in, get out” type when it comes to the gym—these are the programs for you. We call these the “mini-plans” because they are condensed or simplified versions of what you may see in a traditional plan. Instead of a “split” or something new every day, just one or two of these workouts are your guide. Watch the inspirational demo videos featuring mini-plan designer Peter Miller from FOCUS NYC. Mini-Plan #1 DIRECTIONS: Complete this full body workout 3 x per week for 6 weeks. Incline Dumbbell Press x 6 Deadlift x 6 Toe Touch x15 Rest 2…
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The Contender’s Plan for Viciously-Competitive Athletes
You surf? Ski? Sights set on pro ball one day? Maybe you just want to be the ringer of your flag football league. Regardless of your sport, age, or athletic talents, if you’re serious enhancing your performance, then your gym-time should be designed around that goal. We partnered up with FOCUS NYC’s certified personal trainer and former collegiate athlete, Keita Minakawa to produce a plan designed to improve muscular strength, endurance, and injury prevention. HOW IT WORKS While all of our muscles are connected by soft tissue, total body movements are the best approach at priming the human body for…
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The Compound Plan: Workouts Built Around the Big Lifts
Aka: the model body workout plan Everyone has snapped a few shots only later to go back and delete a bunch of them. “My eyes are closed.” “I’m not standing up straight.” “Do my arms really look like that?” “Does my stomach really look like that, too?!” And sure, learning your angles is one way to cheat the lens. #AdobeGains is another. We say: Just put in the work at the gym. Jordan Morello (@Jordan_Morello), a rising fitness model and certified personal trainer, understands the desire (or need) to be camera-ready at all times. Here’s his training blueprint for building…
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The Detox Workout Plan v2.0
ONE, TWO, THREE too many. We’ve all been there. Truth is: Alcohol is a diuretic, and diuretics cause dehydration. Dehydration reduces protein synthesis which hampers the body’s ability to build and rebuild muscle. Dehydration will also reduce performance in the gym itself. In fact, alcohol consumption (especially on a regular basis) can actually lead to negative changes in the elements of muscle cells, according to a study published in The American Journal of Pathology. The study’s findings suggest that alcohol can lead to impairment of skeletal muscle—as well as heart—function. What’s more: Alcohol is a depressant. While your mood may seem…
