Design Your Own Exercise Program Using Seven Key Moves
Some people have the luxury of a personal trainer to create their exercise routines for them. For the rest of us, web site Dumb Little Man has outlined seven key movements worth considering when designing a fitness program.
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According to the post, any good exercise program should incorporate the following seven movements: squats, lunges, bends, twists, pushing, pulling, and walking/running.
The key step is deciding how much and which movements to implement. To get you started, Dumb Little Man suggests the following:
To give you an idea, that maximum you’d get out of this program would be to perform 3 groups of each exercise (sets), with each group containing between 8 and 15 repetitions. To keep it interesting, and also to maximize energy and fat loss, perform one group of each exercise back-to-back with no rest, take a 2 minute break, and then repeat two times.
Browse the full post for more details on how to design your own program and, if you exercise, let us know if your routine involves any of the above seven moves in the comments.
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I just bought P90X so hopefully it will incorporate all of these moves. I'm sure it will.
I'm glad I do have the luxury of a personal trainer.
This realy breaks down the exercize process beyond body parts.
There is more detail to be added for arm and calf development, but I found this very interesting.
AdmNaismith
@wakebordr: Yup. Pretty much all of these are in most P90X workouts. Obviously some workouts have more than others (e.g. chest and back has more pushing/pulling than plyos), but you'll definitely do all of these very frequently.
TracerBullet
I wish I can remember the BodyPump sequences
iDesire
@wakebordr: P90X is an amazing program. Try and do the diet too - you can struggle by without it, but it's the muscle building diet that really makes the program. Pick up some protein shakes too.
david77123