5 Top Exercises To Activate Your Glutes!

Great video from Eric Beard. 5 Top Exercises to Activate Your Glutes. Awesome exercises to use in your kettlebell training because as we know, glutes are very important in kettlebell training.

So check out the video!

Train Hard, Train Efficiently, Have Fun

JB

4th of July Workout!

Happy 4th of July. Finally, we have some great weather in the Northeast.
Enjoying a cup of coffee and feeding my friend's cat (she is away on vacation) then heading out the door for a 4th of July workout!

Dynamic Warm-Up, 3 Mile Run and Core Activation Circuit this morning is my plan!

1.Dynamic Warm Up and Corrective Exercises will include:
1. Shoulder Rolls
2. Arm, Hips, Knee and Ankle Circles
3. Walk-outs with T- rotation
4. Butt Kicks
5. High Knees
6. Walking Toe Touches
7. Side Lunge to Dragon Lunge
8. SL Deadlift Stretch

2. Interval 3 Mile Run around back roads in Chestnut Hill, MA. It is the perfect morning for this run


Going to finish up with a killer core circuit and static stretching.
3. Killer Core Circuit
1.Plank Taps
2. Side Plank with Twist, R&L
3. Plank with hip extension
4. Birg Dog, R&L
5. SL Bridge series, marching and hold


A nice recovery day for my workout. Had a tough one yesterday : ) I might take a little longer to warm-up today, to make sure my body is ready to rock.
I needed to add this core circuit in because of all the burgers I will eat this weekend : )

Start off your holiday weekend with this great workout. Awesome warm-up, interval run and killer core workout. What more do you want! : )

Train Hard, Train Efficiently, Have Fun

JB

Killer Core Workout!

Crunches are not going to strengthen your core or help with your back pain. It will actually make your back pain worst. The motion of a crunch is the same movement of a disc herniating. So why do we keep doing this repetitive movement?

Core work is meant to stabilize the spine. Here is a quick 5 minute killer core workout.

High Plank with Tap Reach, 30 seconds
Side Plank Right, 30 Seconds
Side Plank Left, 30 seconds
Bird Dog, Right elbow to left knee (hold top position for 5 seconds), repeat 5X
Bird Dog, Left elbow to right knee (hold top position for 5 seconds), repeat 5X

Rest 1 minute and Repeat

Guaranteed to strengthen the core and help with your back pain.

Train Hard, Train Efficiently, Have Fun

JB

New Logo for Workouts That Work Bootcamps!

New Logo! What do you think. Email me at Jen@workoutsthatworkbootcamps.com
Feedback is always welcome.

Train Hard, Train Efficiently, Have Fun

JB

Great Kettlebell Workshop for Healthworks!

Video of the end of the Kettlebell Training at Healthworks. I put together a circuit with all of the kettlebell exercises we went over in the 4 hour workshop.
7 stations, 2 people in each station. Exercises included:
1. Plank variations
2. Deadlift or Swings
3. Presses
4. Burpees
5. Side Planks
6. Front Squats
7. Cleans

In the workshop, I broke down the Turkish Get-Up (TGU) and the corrective exercises surrounding each step, the progressions to the swing (I use 11 steps to make sure people can activate their glutes, and learn to deadlift properly) and the progressions to the clean, the press and the front squat.

Great job everyone! See you next time for the next level of training.

Train Hard, Train Efficiently, Have Fun

JB

The Secrets of the Get-Up and Swing!

Great step by step instruction of the Turkish Get-Up. Excellent workshop last weekend with Eric Beard, The Secrets of The Get-Up and Swing. If you want to learn how to do and teach the get-up and swing properly, this is one workshop you need to attend.
More videos to come of the workshop last weekend.

Train Hard, Train Efficiently, Have Fun

JB

Killer Content- The Secrets Of The Get-Up and Swing!

Awesome workshop yesterday, The Secrets Of The Get-Up and Swing in Natick, MA at The Fitness Prescription. Eric Beard and I broke down the 7 steps of the get-up and corrective exercises for each step of the get-up. We also broke down the proper progression on how to teach the swing, and corrective exercises to help with tight hip flexors, weak glutes and a couple other compensations.

The workshop went better than I ever expected and everyone that attended, I thank you! This workshop is a must, if you want to start teaching kettlebells. The two most important exercises in kettlebell training are the get-up and swing. Proper instruction and progression of these two exercises are vital.

I have always said, if we could get people to perform the get-up and swing correctly and with perform form, we would solve a lot of issues with backs, necks, and shoulders.

So, if you do know use the get-up and swing into your routine or even your clients, get the proper instruction and start to safely incorporate these two exercises.

I look forward to seeing everyone in the fall when we do another workshop on the get-up and swing and the corrective exercises surrounding both.

Train Hard, Train Efficiently, Have Fun

JB