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Bowflex Xceed Home Gym – Perform 65 Exercises!

July 1, 2020June 18, 2020 by Robert

The Bowflex Xceed is a compact home gym that comes designed to provide you with a full complement of exercises to work every part of your body. It gives you a total of 65 exercises. This puts the Xceed at the mid-point level when it comes to the Bowflex range.

The Xceed provides you with a maximum resistance of 210 pounds maximum resistance by way of the unique Bowflex power rod system. The system is upgradeable to 310 and 410 pounds. However, the resistance provided by the power rod system is not quite the same as using free weights.

The sixty-five exercises that you can do on this machine include all of the standard moves that you’d expect to see in a commercial gym, including squats, bench press (vertical), and deadlift. The cable system provides you with a high and low cable attachment so that you can work your muscles from a range of different angles.

The Bowflex Xceed provides you with a full complement of workout options in a compact space and utilizing a proven, safe, and reliable resistance system. It is a very stylish, well-constructed machine that is robust yet flexible. Of all the Bowflex home gyms, this is my #1 recommendation.

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The Tabata Workout – Is it a Fitness Miracle?

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 by Robert

The Tabata Workout is known as the closest thing we have to a fitness miracle. The Tabata workout is a favorite of researchers and fitness pros alike for its unparalleled fat-torching abilities and simplicity. To do a “Tabata,” simply pick an exercise and set a timer for 20 seconds on and 10 seconds rest.

Do the exercise as hard as you possibly can for 20 seconds and then rest for 10, repeating 8-20 times total. Don’t be fooled: These moves may seem simple, but they’re not! If you’re not seeing stars by the end, you’re not pushing hard enough. You can use the Tabata protocol with almost any exercise. Here, I share some fat-burning exercises to get you started:

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Tabata Bodyweight Exercises for Working up a Killer Burn

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 by Robert

As fun as it is to slam battle ropes, swing kettlebells, hoist heavyweights, there’s absolute power in Tabata Bodyweight Exercises for working up a killer burn using just your body. Think about it: If you’re 140 pounds, you’re pressing that much weight away from the floor every time you do a push-up.

When you’re using only your body weight as resistance, it’s pretty much impossible to cheat but easy to progress. These workout circuits are incorporating total-body compound exercises designed, so you quickly build up some heat and engage your core almost every set.

Traditionally a Tabata workout is broken into 4 minutes rounds with every 4 minutes following the same format of max-effort work for 20 seconds followed by 10 seconds of complete rest repeated eight times. However, more exercises can be added to create a longer workout. The only adjustment you need to make to the format is to add a minute of rest between exercises.

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HIIT Workouts for Men – Become a Fat-Burning Machine

June 10, 2020June 8, 2020 by Robert

These HIIT Workouts for Men disprove one of the most common misperceptions about exercise being necessary to spend hours busting your butt and sweating buckets to obtain benefits. Instead of working longer, work smarter by using short intervals of extremely high-intensity exercise.

HIIT stands for High-Intensity Interval Training and there’s a reason everybody’s talking about it: it works! HIIT involves repeated bursts of high-intensity exercise interspersed with low-intensity recovery periods. This enables you to achieve results in improved muscle tone, fat burning, strength building, endurance, and cardio fitness all in less time.

The reason HIIT is so effective is that it produces excess post-oxygen consumption or EPOC. EPOC raises your resting metabolic rate for twenty-four hours or more after your training session. Thus, it turns your body into a fat-burning machine.

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At-Home HIIT Workout Routine for Women

June 10, 2020June 8, 2020 by Robert

Can’t seem to find the time to exercise? Well, this HIIT Workout Routine for Women doesn’t require you to work out for hours and hours a week to lose weight, build strength, and improve your overall health.

You can complete a calorie-torching HIIT workout in just 15 minutes—and you don’t even need to go to the gym to do it. The key: compound exercises, which are double-duty moves that fire up multiple muscle groups at once, allowing you to maximize your limited workout time.

Compound exercises are some of the best ways to get a body-transforming workout fast. These efficient movements require the use of multiple muscle groups at once. The best compound exercises help you build strength, tone your abs, arms, and legs while also getting your heart rate up—all in a single, super fun sweat session.

The following HIIT workout routine for women consists of eight highly effective compound exercises that not only strengthen muscles in your arms, legs, and core but also challenge your balance and coordination.

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