The Ultimate Plyometrics Workout

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44 Hardcore body weight exercises

Puma launches free running club in Singapore

Puma Running Club to launch in Singapore on August 1

Sportswear brand Puma rolls out a free night running club, starting in August.

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  Puma AW12 Glow footwear

Sports and lifestyle brand Puma launches the Puma Running Club starting from August 1. Runners meet at Puma (Marina Square) every Thursday at 7:15pm.

This free running club features Puma running shoes for rent and electrolyte drinks from Hammer Nutrition. Led by local runners from Team RunFanatics, participants of varying levels will practice speed, circuit, strength and conditioning workouts, plus take part in 5 to 10 km group runs.

Motivational freebies will also be given out to encourage continued participation, such as Puma socks (after the first session), a Puma Running Club t-shirt (after the fourth) and other merchandise.

The launch of this running club ties in with their AW13 Glow collection of glow-in-the-dark and fluorescent sneakers and athletic gear.

Original article at:
http://is.asia-city.com/health/news/puma-running-club-launch-singapore-august-1

Unique Exercise: Landmine 2 hand rotational lunge

A small tweak to a common exercise makes this a much more unique challenging compound movement therefore increasing it’s efficiency. More work in less time.

Hard Ab Exercise: Pike Roll Out

A challenging ab exercise that will hit the entire abdominal area with the benefits of a roll out and a pike in one movement while requiring some balance. A new Get Lean favorite.

Carb free pizza vegetable and chicken lasagna

Ingredients 

• Extra virgin olive oil spray
• 1 medium eggplant, sliced lengthwise in 1/4-in thick slices
• 2 large uncooked zucchini, sliced lengthwise in 1/4-in thick slices
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 6 mushrooms diced
• 1/4 green bell pepper diced
• 3/4 pound part-skim ricotta cheese
• Crushed red pepper flakes, to taste
• 1/4 cup basil, fresh, cut into thin strips
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
• 4 cup pizza sauce, divided [Note:  Use 2-3 cups for thicker lasagna.  This is my preference!]
• 1/2 pound shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided.  [Note:  I use organic for eggs and all dairy ingredients when possible]

Directions:

• Pre-heat oven to 400°F.  Coat two baking sheets with olive oil spray.
• Place eggplant on one prepared baking sheet and place zucchini on other prepared baking sheet; spritz vegetables with olive oil spray.
• Roast 8 minutes; turn over vegetables and roast for 7 to 10 minutes until soft but not mushy; remove from oven and set aside.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine egg, ricotta cheese, red pepper flakes, basil and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese; set aside.
• When vegetables are done, reduce oven temperature to 350°F.
• To assemble lasagna, coat bottom and sides of a 14×8 inch baking dish with olive oil spray.  Spread a thin layer of sauce on bottom of pan.  Layer eggplant over sauce . Cover eggplant with half of marinara sauce and then spread half of ricotta mixture on top; sprinkle with half of mozzarella cheese. Top mozzarella cheese with zucchini and mushrooms and cover zucchini with remaining marinara sauce; spread with remaining ricotta mixture, top with remaining mozzarella, then sprinkle with remaining parmesan cheese and green pepper.
• Bake about 35 to 40 minutes. Remove lasagna from oven and allow it to rest for about 15 to 20 minutes.

Mini asian chicken breast patties and pieces, fish and vegetables with eggplant and onion fried rice

Ingredients

Half pound of chicken breast
Garlic shoots
Shrimp
Broccoli
Day old japanese short grain rice
Eggplant
Onion
Soy Sauce
Garlic
Chilli bean paste
Cornstarch
Egg
Mustard

Directions

Chicken breast pieces with shrimp and garlic shoots

1. Dice the chicken breast into 2″ pieces
2. Marinate chicken in some of the garlic and soy sauce and 2 teaspoons of cornstarch and set aside
3. Marinate the shrimp in 1 teaspoon of cornstarch and salt and set aside
4.  Chop the garlic shoots into 3″ pieces and quickly stir fry with some salt and 1 tablespoon of water and reserve
5. Stir fry half the chicken breast until 3/4 cooked and reserve
6. Stir fry the shrimp until just cooked through
7. Add partially cooked chicken and garlic shoots to stir fry with 2 tablespoons of chilli bean paste
8. Season with salt and pepper to taste

Chicken breast patties

1. In a good processor blend the remaining chicken breast until a ground consistency
2. Chop some garlic shoots into very small 1/4″ pieces
3. Mix in 1 egg white, salt, pepper, and garlic shoot pieces with chicken and form into mini patties about 3″-4″ in diameter and about 1.5″ thick
4. Pan fry patties at medium to low heat until brown

Eggplant and onion fried rice

1. Chop eggplant and onion into bite size pieces
2. Stir fry vegetables with little bit of salt until soft
3. Mix one egg with rice until coated (the egg helps the rice grains to seperate)
4. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in wok until smoking hot and add rice
5. Stir in rice mixture with vegetables and add one tablespoon of soy sauce
6. Season rice and serve hot

Pan Fried Fish

1. Coat fish with a little bit of corn starch and salt, cut until small pieces and set aside
2. Mix some mustard with some soy sauce
3. Pan fry fish at low heat until cooked through
4. Drizzle with mustard and soy sauce mixture and serve

Super Ripped Yoga

I know is an old video I know, but just had to post it here again because this guy is awesome. Its a good reminder that it is possible.

Greg Plitt has got some new exercises

Going to the gym 5-6 days a week doing the same exercises over and over can get so monotonous. So I have been searching for a new program that will shock the muscles, break through the plateaus, and add some more fun into the workouts.  I’m still going through all the programs on Bodybuilding.com searching for something new. But I’ve stopped now on Greg Plitt’s MFT28 Program.

Now been theres a lot of talk through the different programs on the site about reps and sets, and also muscle groupings, cardio, HIT, and recovery. Many of the principles are again just the same boring exercises we do everyday. Greg Plitt however has really added a much needed twist to the base exercises, varied them, and grouped them into supersets and giant sets which really make it a lot of fun and crazy challenging to do. Much better then doing 3 sets of 10-8-6 reps bench press, then incline bench press 3 x 10-8-6, then decline bench press 3 x 10-8-6…zzzzz..too boring

I’m going to warn you though, he prides himself as motivator and he truly is good at it. However I think he over does it in this video series, and says “man” way too much which is super annoying. But either way his workouts are intense and fun as hell. I did the back demolition workout today, it was amazing, however i think its a bit short. His ropes were a great idea, the wide grips rows off the bench was smart, barbell rollers were fun, and pretty much his entire approach is creative and new. It was a great super hard workout. Here it is below:

Greg recommends doing 1 muscle group a day but doing 2 a day workouts. I’m not sure I can squeeze that into my schedule. I think i’m going to just fuse 2 workouts by doing 2 muscle groups a day, and then also add Jim Stoppani’s “cardio acceleration” concepts (see below) in between exercises as well for added fat burn.

I also think his ab workout is weak sauce. I’ll post a better one when I find it. Come on Greg! REALLY?! Standard Sit ups!? Bicycles?! I got to say I’m disappointed in this ab workout. Boo.