In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to do side crunches on an exercise ball. Begin by sitting on the exercising ball. Then roll down on the ball until the back is resting on the ball. Now sit up using your abdominal muscles and twist to the sides. Exhale as you go up and inhale as you go down. This exercise targets the abdominal, core and oblique muscles. The level of this exercise is intermediate. This video will benefit those viewers who are interested in health and fitness, and would...
Increasing flexibility leads to fewer sports injuries and better athletic performance all around. Try exercises for improving flexibility and balance with a fitness instructor in this free fitness video series.
These big inflatable balls aren't gumballs on steroids—they're actually some of the most useful tools ever devised for building core strength and flexibility. You'll need to choose the right ball size for your height, and pick out the right exercises. Watch this video fitness tutorial and learn how to use an exercise ball.
This video shows the method to do ab exercises on the BOSU ball. The video features five exercises. The first exercise involves push ups. The BOSU ball is put upside down and push ups are started. The legs rise as we go down and come forward as we go up. In the next exercise we lie on the ball and make a 'L' shape of the legs to the rest of the body. A right angle is formed at the knees. The right leg comes up as the left hand comes up and vice versa. The third exercise involves putting your ...
If you ever have trouble sleeping, you may feel like you are running out of options. If counting sheep and drinking warm milk aren't helping, check out this video. In it, you will learn some tips from Cindy Mastry, a professional yoga and fitness instructor, on how to use yoga moves to induce sleep and help you get more rest.
Lower back injuries are common but preventable. Learn simple lower back exercises to increase strength from tips from a personal trainer in this free exercise video series.
Kathy Kaehler, a Personal Trainer, talks about how to use an exercise ball. Exercise balls are very effective because they allow you to do multiple exercises at once. Even just sitting on an exercise ball makes you use your core muscles, so you can sit on an exercise ball at your desk and exercise your core muscles at the same time. First you will want to buy your own ball. Make sure to get a quality ball from a reputable seller or brand. Make sure that it is the right size for your height. S...
In this video, Yuri Elkaim teaches three abdominal exercises on a stability ball. First, he demonstrates a variation of the plank exercise, rolling back and forth on the ball, and then two other exercises. Learn tips on how to do these exercises correctly to be safe and avoid injury. You will also learn ideas for an abs workout routine. Learn these interesting and challenging exercises for a stronger core and better defined abs. This video will teach you a new workout routine (or just new exe...
This exercise will help work out both your lats and your core abdomnial muscles! You will need an assortment of dumbbells for this exercise to work. Don't forget to stretch, and always talk to your doctor before starting a new exercise regimen!
Work those glutes with this free home fitness guide, which presents a number of simple exercises that you can perform at home that will help you to firm your posterior—namely squats and hip lifts. Tune into specific muscles when exercising isolated areas with help from a personal trainer in this free video on glute exercises for moms.
Land-based training exercise for kayak rolling using a Swiss exercise ball.
No pain, no gain, right? In this fitness video you'll learn how to do a standing rowing exercise with a little twist: adding dumbbells. By holding on to a substantial weight while doing a bent rowing exercise, you'll be adding a lot more resistance to your workout, forcing your triceps to work harder to contract.
This video shows you how to do interval exercises to build muscle in your legs. Darin Steen, creator of the Fat Loss Lifestyle 12-Week Body Transformation Program, shows you how to do the king of all leg exercises... The Squat! Not just any squat, the smith machine back squat. It is the most effective and safe exercise for massive leg development that you will ever see! For safety purposes make sure you use a weight belt when doing this exercise. Keep your feet shoulder width apart, squat dow...
The Saw is a classical pilates exercise that increases the flexibility and strength of the core. Be careful not to turn this into a hamstring stretch. The goal of the exercise is to use the abdominal muscles to rotate the spine, then flex the spine over the leg scooping out the abdominals. If you have tight hip flexors or hamstrings, start sitting on a small cushion so you can begin the exercise in upright alignment. Watch this how to video and you'll be performing the Saw pilates exercise in...
In this free video exercise lesson, you'll learn how to do a wrist curl routine with free weights. With weight lifting, as with any physical fitness system, a basic mastery of proper technique is essential for both maximizing the effectiveness of your workouts and avoiding accidental injury. For more information, and to get started using this weight lifting exercise yourself, watch this handy home-fitness how-to.
You may not think yoga, calisthenics (jumping), and dynamic flexibility are related to swimming (given that those former exercises occur on land and swimming occurs in water), but all three types of exercises strengthen your ability to swim with ease and strength.
Strengthen your back and shoulders with Dave's top three exercises. Follow along in this fitness how-to video to learn how to do squeezers, 90/90s and rowing with thumbs up. These three different exercises are sure to help strengthen and sculpt your shoulders and back.
Yoga can be challenging, but with a lot of practice and concentration you can learn to master certain moves and poses. This beginners yoga how to video shows you how to do exercises that will help you do a lift of for a yoga push back. These yoga exercises will help you transition from a sitting position into a lift off and then into a push pack.
This tutorial covers different exercises that you can do with a bo staff. Flexibility and strength are always important when doing martial arts and these exercises should help your training.
Dina teaches us how to do the Turkish get up exercise with a kettlebell in this tutorial. You want to start off on the ground dong stretches to get your body prepared for this. After you are ready, you will grab the kettlebell and start to do various exercises that work all the different parts of your body. You will need to make sure you maintain control of your muscles while you are doing this, so you have the best results when you are finished and you don't pull a muscle. Do different arm a...
Are you looking to get big, burly arms? If you are into bodybuilding, or are just trying to perfect your physique.. have a look at this video. In it, you will learn how to do a finishing exercise and get bigger biceps. It is probably best if you do these exercises as a more seasoned bodybuilder, so that you do not hurt yourself.
This video from fitness trainer Yuri Elkaim demonstrates a core workout for the absolute beginner. These exercises are good for people who have never worked out or who have sore back. He explains abdominal bracing, which adds stability to the core and spine, and works the muscles by contracting them. The first exercise is a bird dog. Get on your hands and knees and relax your spine and do an abdominal brace. Clench one fist and put that arm and the opposite leg out to the side, hold for five ...
This video shows you how to use an exercise band to do bicep curls, triceps extensions and shoulder raises along with some fun extensions of these basic exercises. When doing the bicep curl with the band it is very important to ensure that the band is firmly secured under your shoe, so that it does not slip forwards and snap. Once the band is secure you must curl the arms up towards the shoulders, keeping your elbows bent and close to your sides. The arms are still working in a negative resis...
Fatloss LifeStyle shows you the best way to "blast those hammys!" Using a bench and a weight is all you need to shape and sculpt your legs to perfection. First, lay down on your stomach on a bench and position your ankles around a free weight. Make sure that you do not use a weight that is too heavy. Start light and build from there. Now using your hamstrings lift up the weight that is between your ankles slowly and controlled so that your body is level. Then slowly and controlled bring the w...
One of the easiest ways to increase the intensity of your strength training workout is to add weights to your normal exercise. So if you're acclimated to doing the pilates 100, then add a set of three pound weights, holding them in your hands as you shift them up and down. The addition of weights makes the motion much harder, which means greater muscle intensity for a better workout.
No pain, no gain, guys. Sexy bodies with six packs aren't ever born; they're made. So if you want to look hot for the ladies the next time you're wearing swimming trunks or a bicep broadcasting t-shirt, then check out this supersonic strength training video.
If you don't have the time to hit the gym everyday, Woman's Day Magazine has some tips for you to do your daily firm and tone workout at home, on your own time! Firming and toning your body is one of the most important aspects of weight loss, so if you want to shed some pounds, watch and learn and use this exercise routine daily!
Learn how to perform an effective standing Pilates routine with a pair of posture balls. With Pilates, as with any physical fitness system, a basic mastery of proper technique is essential for both maximizing the effectiveness of your workouts and avoiding accidental injury. Whether you're looking to slim down or merely tighten up your core, you're sure to be well served by this home fitness how-to from the folks at Balanced Body Pilates. For complete instructions, give this free exercise vid...
See how to work your upper body and core with a Pilates Reformer exercise machine. With pilates, as with any physical fitness system, a basic mastery of proper technique is essential for both maximizing the effectiveness of your workouts and avoiding accidental injury. Whether you're looking to slim down or merely tighten up your core, you're sure to be well served by this home fitness how-to from the folks at Balanced Body Pilates. For complete instructions, give this free exercise video a g...
Visit any gym and you'll see almost all the fitness freaks crunching their abs and lifting weights to tone their arms and midsection. But toning your back is just as important for looking lean and staying strong and fit.
Back exercises are an essential part of lifting weights and strength training. This fitness how-to video tutorial demonstrates how to avoid injury and work out the back with cables. Learn tips and techniques for working out the chest, back, shoulders, and arms in this weightlifting video.
Yoga can be challenging, but with a lot of practice and concentration you can learn to master certain moves and poses. This yoga how to video shows you an exercise that will help you with yoga push backs. This movement will help you work on rolling up your knees into your chest for an easier push back transition.
Charles Sedlak shows you how to exercise your blues skills and improve your playing technique. Play along with these riffs to master your abilities. But just so you know, you might want to know how to read tabs, or you might as well forget it.
In this segment you learn how to get a great full body workout using an exercise (resistance) band with handles.
From Fat Loss Lifestyle, learn how to get great abs through a core exercise. To begin, lie on your back with your knees bent at a 90, feet flat on the floor and the small of your back pushed flat into the floor. Take in a
Being a woman means lots of things for your body. While our bodies do pretty amazing things like give birth and carry children, they can also take quite a beating from these miracles. In this tutorial, learn what you can do to help improve the lift and firmness of your breasts after pregnancy or with age.
The resistance band is great, because you can use it at home or even when you're traveling. This how-to video will show you what you need to do in order to put together a resistance band training program. This kind of workout will help you burn a lot of calories and fat! The first exercise is called "Squad Press": step on the resistance band with both of your feet, then drop down to a squad, onto the heels, the push up and lift the resistance band as high as possible. Watch this how-to instru...
Kathy Kaehler, author, celebrity trainer, spokesperson and mother, gives us a rundown of the best exercises for fellow women and moms on how to target their belly fat and love handles, and specifically the best ways to tighten these areas. Kathy first does advise us that if you're going to be targeting like this the most important thing first will be cardio and general fitness. Then, she offers us first the side plank, where you place one elbow to the ground, lying on your side, and then elev...
With all that computer typing and finger clicking to blow up people on World of Warcraft that you do, your wrists and fingers probably ache like the dickens.
It is alway important to focus on our body when practicing yoga. But the truth is that we can't always do that. This how-to video has a yoga breathing routine that will help you to tune in and relax at your next yoga session.
