Skipping is an excellent cardiovascular exercise that can be done almost anywhere. How to Simply push the couches back, pop on your favourite playlist and hop to it! The intensity of skipping means you can spend less time working out and when performed regularly you’ll see an increase in fitness, coordination and body tone. To […]
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Once the penny drops that lifting weights is the best way to burn fat, it’s tempting to haul as much as you can and rep ‘til you drop. But your bravado may be a hot-body buzz kill. WH&F weight training guru Grant Lofthouse re-writes the rulebook CRITICAL RULE #1: Train more often For the last […]
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Target muscles: Quadriceps, Glutes, Adductors, Soleus, Hamstring, Deltoid With weights in hands, step laterally (sideways) then reverse lunge, lengthening spine. Pause in lunge position, raise same arm as outside leg to press weight above head, and lower. Repeat on other side. Reps/Recovery/Sets 12 to 15 reps x 3 sets; 30 seconds recovery between sets Want […]
Feeling stressed? Relax your body with the Happy Baby yoga pose. How to Lift the legs up in the air, taking a hold of the outsides of your feet into Happy Baby. Pull the knees in towards your armpits and stack the ankles above the knees. Keep the core activated, and the hips on the […]
A fun exercise that targets your abdominal muscles and lats! How to 1. Sit on a bench with your legs stretched out in front of you, ankles crossed, slightly below parallel and your arms holding your medicine ball. Your torso should be leaning backwards around a 45-degree angle from the bench. This will be your […]
Bingo wings, be gone! These exercises specifically target your triceps so you can tone your upper arms. Medicine ball lunge with triceps extension Step 1 • Stand upright, feet together, medicine ball extended directly above the head • Step out into a lunge position, keeping the medicine ball extended directly above the head […]
Feeling stiff? This is a great stretch for the side of the body. Nikki Fogden-Moore shows us how. Side stretch 1. For the side stretch, start on knees, shoulder-width apart, and reach arms above head. 2. Hold arms out straight at sides to balance, looking straight ahead. 3. Support yourself with your right arm straight […]
Want to be part of the World’s Largest Core Fitness Class? Join us in Melbourne on Saturday 14th March 2015. Guy Leech, known as Australias No.1 fitness coach and seven-times Ironman winner, will be leading the attempt to set the record for World’s Largest Core Fitness Class. It will be fun and frantic, with the […]
WH&F Head Trainer Nikki Fogden-Moore demonstrates calf raises. How to Stand with your feet firmly on the ground, one foot slightly in front of the other. Hold a weight in your hands and then rise up on your tiptoes. Pause at the top for one or two seconds then come down again. NEXT: Lunge & twist […]