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

The Secrets of the Get-Up and Swing - Workshop Tomorrow!

Workshop is tomorrow. 5 spots left, any takers???
It is going to be a blast. Cannot wait to tell you all about in on Sunday

Train Hard, Train Efficiently, Have Fun

JB

Fast Track to Fitness Millions - Invest!

I am back with lesson #3 from Fast Track to Fitness Millions with Pat, Nick and Jim.
INVEST! You need to take the time and surround yourself with smarter, more successful people. Spend the money and go to a mastermind group, workshops, and most importantly business workshops. Part of the personal training, bootcamp world is selling your business.

In the last month, I have been to two workshops. The Perform Better Summit in Providence. Which was more of a hands-on fitness, training workshop. Great presenters and great information. The second one was the Fast Track to Fitness Millions. More of a business minded workshop. I took away some great content that I can apply to my business right away.

After both workshops, I was pumped and ready to work on and improve my business and my training.

So take the time and spend the money and go to a workshop. You will get your money back just on one of the great tips you'll pick up from your fellow fitness professionals.

The next time Perform Better or the Fast Track to Fitness Millions workshops comes near you, invest in yourself and go!

Train Hard, Train Efficiently, Have Fun

JB

Fast Track to Fitness Millions - Action!

Back with another lesson, tip learned from Fast Track to Fitness Millions.
Stop being content and take ACTION. If you want to get something done, you need to take immediate action.

I find myself content from time to time, and then something or better yet, someone gives me a kick in the pants to get moving again. Action and Focus go hand in hand. Once you have 1 idea in mind, focus on it and take action to get it done.

Get your "motor" running, start thinking of new ways to improve your business, your training and even yourself, focus on it and take immediate action. Sounds simple right? But most people cannot seem to put these two components together.

As I said before, Fast Track to Fitness Millions was life changing, mind blowing and a great kick in the pants to get my motor running and start taking immediate action on getting things done.

Tomorrow is Friday, the end of the week, and I feel like I have gotten more done stuff this week than prior weeks because of two things: FOCUS and ACTION.

Train Hard, Train Efficiently, Have Fun

JB

Fast Track to Fitness Millions - Focus!

Just got back from the Fast Track to Fitness Millions with Pat, Nick and Jim.
Great workshop with top notch presenters. Cannot thank everyone enough for all their knowledge, tips and everything else.

If you did not attend the workshop, here is one of the take aways from this workshop. FOCUS or in my case RE-FOCUS. You need to focus on one thing and not ten. Get one thing done and then move on to the next one. I have started to use a notebook I carry with me at all times. So I can write down all my thoughts. Most of my great ideas come to me when I am driving or when I am training, definitely not when I am sitting at my computer.

So if you have 10 times things going on at once, focus on one, get it done and move on. I believe Dax Moy said "you get paid for done". So true.

Back with more take aways this week from this past weekend. I look forward to sharing them with you.

Train Hard, Train Efficiently, Have Fun

JB