Today I want to share with you a story of Wendy, although she lives in my town, I have yet to meet her. Her story reminds me that all it takes is some correct information followed by massive action. Wendy, like many moms just didn't know the right way to healthily lose weight and be healthier. I am humbled that some words in my Fit Moms For Life book, and some of my workout videos was the … [Read more...]
Fit Moms For Life Home Workout DVDs
One of the best decisions I ever made was to begin creating DVDs to allow my programs to be shared all across the world and give access to those living outside the Madison, WI area the ability to still follow my programs and workout from anywhere rather than going to my popular MamaTone or Fit Fun Bootcamps. … [Read more...]
Best Core Exercises For a Flat Stomach
If you are looking for the perfect exercises for a flat stomach, you aren't going to find it in just one, but if you create a well rounded core program that hits the 4 different ab muscles from all different angles along with the lower back, you will improve posture, decrease back problems and have a much tighter belly. This video is quite a few years old, but provides you with many different … [Read more...]
Fat Burning Partner Workouts
Exercise SHOULD be fun. At least some of it. When I look at designing workouts for my Fit Fun Bootcamps, MamaTone, and various DVD programs, I try my best to add some sort of element of fun. This morning myself and my 12 trainers kicked off our outdoor bootcamp season. I forgot how amazing it feels to workout in the great outdoors. We had some light mist and fog to deal with today, it … [Read more...]
How To Do A 1 Arm Pushup
I was teaching my MamaTone class yesterday and at the end of class when they were dead tired I had all the moms max out on the number of pushups they could do. Most of these moms have been super consistent for anywhere from 6 months to 3 years with me, and the average number of pushups was over 30 and Laura was able to get 75 good pushups. These pushups were of course on their toes, since I … [Read more...]
5 “Weird” Fat Burning Exercises
I thought I would go back into my vault of close to 400 youtube videos and share with you a few of my favorite fat burning exercises. These videos were taken in Chicago with my friend and fellow trainer John Hall. At around 45 years old, he is a great example to me what a body can look and perform like twenty years from now. He practices what he preaches, and I enjoy working out with him. … [Read more...]
Bad Day at Black Rock?
Posted by Roger, a contributor to this blog. It seemed like an uncomfortably warm night last night. My wife and I watched the movie Tales of the Crypt (1972), not to be confused with the HBO series, before heading to bed. I love old '70's B-movies from my youth. They used to show them at the local drive-in but I suppose now they are direct to video. However, I digress. The warm air or humidity … [Read more...]
Lessons Learned from Bootcamp
Posted by Roger, a contributor to this blog. I woke up pretty rested today. The television said it was 44 degrees out so I figured that's not too bad. A hoodie and sweatpants should do the job. Ok workout, I thought, here I come! … [Read more...]
30 minute workout you can do anywhere
Post by Katie C., blog contributor Before I started bootcamp, if I only had 30 minutes to work out (or even if I had more time), my default activity would be running. Now that I've been doing bootcamp for almost a year, I've learned the importance of incorporating strength activities and am a fan of circuit workouts. Here's a 30 minute circuit workout that I've adapted from iVillage. It's … [Read more...]
11 Fat Burning, Muscle Toning, Tummy Tightening Exercises
We had a great time with our Saturday morning outdoor bootcamp kickoff. There were 90 positive and hard working bootcampers that came out and worked hard, burned calories, improved their cardiovascular fitness, strengthened their core, toned their muscles, and met tons of new people. One of my highlights was the potluck that we had afterwards. Great food and community building. I met so … [Read more...]
