When I was a child, I used to love to use the monkeybars. Unfortunately there are not too many sets of monkeybars around any more,(the joys of our society). If you think about what you can do on a set of monkeybars, you can see that they can give you a great upperbody workout and really work the flexibility and mobility of the shoulder girdle.
There has been a move over the last few years away from the standard weight training workout toward a more functional, fun approach based on similar movements to the “workouts” we had as children. One of the movers and shakers in this area is Jon Hinds and his Monkeybar Gym.
In this video, John demonstates some good training options while in a playground.
If you like what you see, the Monkeybar Gym has a set of DVD’s available on their training. I will review these shortly. To check them out click on the image below.
If you are interested in me working with you to achieve your health and fitness goals, go to busy-fitness.com/
Train Smart, Love Life.
Wayne
Do you want to drop some bodyfat and are already doing your metabolic resistance training, try this short HIIT session either after your resistance training or on the following day.
Pick a piece of cardio equipment and do an easy warm-up for 2-5 minutes. After you are warm, go “hell for leather” for 10 seconds, then go easy for 50 seconds and repeat the 10 seconds hard/50 seconds easy for 8-15 reps. Choose your rep number based on your fitness level – start low and build up. warm dpwn for a few minutes after you are finished.
I find this system fast and enjoyable (within reason) and it is a great metabolic training approach.
If you are interested in me working with you to achieve your health and fitness goals, go to busy-fitness.com/
Train Smart, Love Life.
Wayne
It is very easy to fall into patterns. In relation to training, one pattern people fall into is doing the same general workout whenever they train. An example of this might be a weights session followed by some time on the treadmill and then some stretching. As it stands this is a good training format but doing the “same” session time and time again can result in lack of progress, reduced enthusiasm and boredom. It is a great idea to at least occasionally do something different, instead of a weights session, get outside and “play” in a park, do some strongman training, do a short introduction to “pick your sport/activity” class and have some fun. You will probably find that your motivation and enthusiasm for training inceases and your training results improve.
If you are interested in me working with you to achieve your health and fitness goals, go to busy-fitness.com/
Train Smart, Love Life.
Wayne
