The benefits of strength training are numerous -ranging from strengthening your bones and to helping you lose body fat. For those who take their sport seriously/competitively, it will make you stronger and faster. It increases your body's ability to buffer lactic acid, helps with balance, increases power output, trims you down, and improves muscular strength and endurance. Whether you are running, surfing, playing tennis, volleyball, or mountain biking :) you will get faster, stronger, and also prevent overuse injuries. not bad..eh?
you in?
This is what you need:
1. Timer (interval timer app works well)
2. Clear out some space
3. Good music
4. List of exercises below
Here's a quick workout you can do at home without any equipment.
20- min Quick Home Workout
30 seconds hard / 10 sec recovery - repeat 3-5 times
(How hard - on a scale from 1-10 where 10 is "all out" be at a level 8)
1. Push-ups
2. Side plank
3. Crunches with legs up
4. Bicycle crunches
5. Supermans
6. Alternating forward lunge and reach down on the lunge part
I attempted to make a little video of the above mentioned exercises - I labeled it Level 1 because there will be more workouts to come. http://youtu.be/EPm04x1JRuw.
Happy Holidays!
Chi
