Medicine Balls Benefits & Sample Circuit

ABOUT THE MEDICINE BALL

A medicine ball is a weighted ball, usually between 4-12 pounds, that you can use in your exercise routine. Due to its weight and shape, it requires a lot of coordination, strength, and stamina to keep it under control. The medicine ball is actually one of the oldest pieces of fitness equipment still in use today. The ball has been in use among athletes and warriors for over 3,000 years. They have been used by Egyptians, Roman ...

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Beyond Crunches: 4 Core Exercises Off the Beaten Path

Hello ladies and gents!

I’m here today to share with you a few different and fun exercises for the core. Lovely readers: 1,000,000 million sit ups a day will NOT sculpt for you the sleek physique you strive for. Not only is excessive lumbar flexion not healthy (e.g. promotes kyphosis and/or possible lower back problem when in excess), but is also not very effective of an exercise in that tight abs come from low body fat which is NOT achieved by ...

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Training, Videos

Urban Ninja, B-girl Power, & Fitness Competition Videos

These are a few of my favorite vids that I thought I would pass along. These videos truly demonstrate the amazing capabilities of our bodies and nothing else BUT our own bodies! No wonder I love bodyweight training!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2kJZOfq7zk

Video above: Urban ninja. This is some parkour ish that astounds and impresses me with the degree of precision and agility required for these moves!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkCYzblnRho&feature=PlayList&p=88555079F16F35B9&playnext_from=PL&index=52

Video above: Amazing b-girl power- my love!! With my background in gymnastics, whenever I break I naturally ...

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Animal Workout!!

Animal exercises are AMAZING!

They are a type of functional bodyweight training that mimics animal movements to:

  • improve intramuscular coordination
  • enhance core strength
  • enhance shoulder/chest strength
  • increase cardiovascular endurance
  • increase your magnitude of bad-add-ness (Let me know if there is a better word to use. Thanks.)

These exercise will totally get you shredded (in conjunction with a very clean diet, of course). These exercises are also great because they are machine-less and therefore you can do them anytime, anyplace, and can be ...

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Even Dogs Need Exercise

Haha! I am just learning iMovie, so I decided to try out some techniques on a video with our beloved pit, LUKE!! Yes, Omar puts Luke on the treadmill because he needs exercise! He has a lot of energy he needs to let out, because we don’t want our house torn apart! 😉 Isn’t Luke adorable?? Maybe I am a bit biased because I’m the mommy but I don’t think ...

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Being A B Girl: The Attitude of Fearlessness

There is a documentary coming out on our dance crew, Extra Credit Kru! 🙂 It is called “Being A B Girl: The Attitude of Fearless.” I am featured, alongside 3 of my crew-mates. It shows the passions of b-girls.


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Sweeeeet…B-girl the Movie coming soon~~

B-boys, B-girls, and dance-lovers- get excited! The movie BGirl is going to drop soon! This is the world’s FIRST legit movie about a B-GIRL! “Legit” as in high-quality movie, not a small documentary. This is great to provide additional exposure to b-girls across the world! B-girls have been in existence since the 80’s, but they have been a tiny, undetected population by most. It has only been through the impact of recent large-scale media such as Step Up, Step Up ...

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