Please be descriptive on how to do the exercise since exercise names change. Include how many sets and reps. Also, does anyone know what the v muscle is actually called?
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Since the guy above didn't elaborate, what he's describing is basically any exercise where your upper body is flat and doesn't move, and your legs come up.  Typically you are suspended off of the ground, and lift your legs from extended downward to extended outward.\n\nJust like normal weightlifting, more reps=definition and higher weight=size.  In terms of abs, its better to do low weight and at least 15 reps X 3-4 sets of each exercise.  Maybe 3-5 exercises per workout.  You can workout your abs daily because they recover so quickly, but if you can get in an ab workout 3+ times a week that's pretty good and you'll notice it.  I don't know what V-muscle you're referring to.
556326
Hi! I'm a certified personal trainer with 10 years experience. I am wondering if you'd been running prior to this? Did you just decide to take up running then do 2 days in a row? Running is a high impact sport. It is best alternated with lower-impact activiities. Whether you were running before or not, it is better to run every OTHER day and let your muscles get some recovery time. Muscles don't get stronger with exercise, they get stronger AFTER exercise, during the recovery period. Rest is essential to muscle growth and fitness advancement. Doing light workouts on the days between allows more blood flow to the overworked muscles and speeds up recovery time. Taking 1000 IU's of vitamin E has also been shown to reduce muscle soreness by repairing muscle oxidation on a cellular level. Running 3 days per week is excellent for cardio fitness, but every day of the week ABOVE 3, increased your chance of injury by 100%.  I would recommend talking with a trainer who has a certification from ACE, NASM, ACSM or NSCA. Those are the 4 best certifications out there. There are more than 200 others that are just paper. Let them design you a program. Some trainers will even do some muscle tests on you to find out if you have muscle imbalances or problems. The orthodics might be hurting you, not helping. Please seek professional advice. It could save you some serious injury for a very small price.
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How fun of a workout do you want?\n\nOne game i play with my clients sometimes is with a deck of playing cards.\neach suite represents an exercise (hearts=jumping jacks, spades=squats, diamonds= pushups, clubs= crunches)\nJust flip through the deck and do the number of reps that are on the card.\n\nHave Fun
310517
Ok, I have a really good exercise. It is sort of confusing, but hopefully you will understand! By a wall, lean against it and pretend like you are sitting in a chair. Stay in this position for about two minutes, and do it every day. It builds up leg muscle.
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when i was in highschool, and i just started this exercise routine, i was getting hella stronger every week.  and i would have a bm sometimes once a week, sometimes not for two weeks (no discomfort, though.).  as time went on, it went back to every 4 or so days, now i'm back to every day.  really though, if you ask a doctor, they're bound to have heard about stuff a LOT more embarrassing than this.
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dude...go get it.  its one of the best products i have ever used.  Started working out 6 months ago without it, i gained 20 pounds in strength.  Used NO EXPLODE for 1 month and gained 60 pounds in strength (BENCHING)  \n\nYou can go for hours.  if your opponent is not on it you will kick his ass everytime.
340213
Yes i have the complete series of the Windsor Pilates. I really do like it and its a great challenge. It harder than it looks and its a great work out. Its a great change from doing the typical fitness stuff. Give it a shot you may fall in love with it!
459995
I have a bowflex ultimate so I'm not sure how they are different.\nFirst choose a weight that you can easily leg-press.  Basically you are just doing a leg press over and over except the weights aren't attached to the belt, they're in your hands.\nPersonally I felt like I was damaging the rods by doing that. They got permanently bent.  I know they are supposed to be indestructible and all that, but I didn't feel comfortable doing it.
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Although adding some resistance training would probably be ideal, exercising every other is fine regardless. Generally there's a huge difference between exercising 3 times a week vs. none, with rapidly diminishing returns being added as you add more days. For instance a 3rd workout in a week might give you considerably better results than only two, but you wouldn't find much difference between adding a 6th compared to only 5. \n\nI think this holds true regardless of which form of exercise you choose so long as there is a sufficient degree of intensity.
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Yeah, I was in a horrible accident, and I got into martial arts incidentally as part of my rehab(funny story for another day). Anywho, at that time, i had been in a hospital bed for months and months and unable to eat regular food, so I was a total lard ass. I went into that bad at 215(i'm a 6ft ex-football player) so i was in decent shape, and i came out of that bed weighing around 285. Needless to say I was bigtime out of shape, and i could barely move. Anywho, as part of my rehab i was doing lots and lots of stretching. 1-2 hrs a day. Following Tom Kurz's instruction (recomend the book or the DVD .. i stole em of DC++ but you can buy if you want). To Sum up here.. was a total fatty for a bit there and i could do the side splits as a fatty after just a bit over 2 months weighing 265 and being by no means thin. Just gotta work at it every day, remember to warm up before you stretch to get your blood flowing, stretch all antagonistic muscles before you do your splits, and breath slowly and deeply during stretching.
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I've seen this workout before (see link below), and have thought about trying it out. I'm in the middle of a different routine I like, so maybe later. One area I find lacking with it is legs. I would add some strength training for the legs. You could add some bodyweight squats to the routine. Maybe start with 4x20 and increase it from there.\n\nAlso, to really maximize your results, make sure you are eating properly. Eat healthy and get a good balance of protein/carbs/fat (40/40/20). Avoid the junk food and fast food as much as possible.
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i don't think what you're doing is enough.  people who wanted to build muscle use like 50 lb weights.  increase your reps just a little bit more and you should see results.  not too much, though, or you'll break your arm
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In regards to the music personally I'm sick of only ever hearing edited rap songs before games so when I work out i prefer a nice heavy System Of A Down song or even a good intense techno beat like the classic Sandstorm.\n\nFor working out it all comes down to strength training.  You don't wan tto build huge muscle because it'll just make it that harder to get up in the air.  For strength training you should find a weight that you are comfortable with and do three sets of 8-10 reps.  Make sure you are still feeling the burn but not to the point where you fail to complete the set.  Your best bet is to go every other day and always make sure you have a rest day (usually sunday).  You should also work out only certain groups of muscles on certain days.  For example work out your triceps, back and thighs one day and your biceps, forearms, abs and calves the next and so one for the next day.  You can get more specific for the muscle groups as well.  Running is another important part even though you may think there isn't a whole lot of running in vball, trust me it really helps.  But probably the buggest thing of all is to get out on the days you're not hitting the gym and actually play.  It's be better to get a serious game but if thats not possible messing around with our friends will do.  Lastly make sure you cut out junk food from your diet.  Working out will do nothing for you unless you eat healthy too.
541719
Do calf raises til you hate them and then do some more. I will tell you what a friend of mine id years ago. We both played on the same team and we were both guards, both just a tad under 6 feet tall. At the end of the school year, we both could jump and grab the rim. When school started back the next year, I could still jump about the same, but he was throwing down dunks like crazy. I am talking two hand dunks, backwards, bouncing the ball of the floor and grabbing it in the air and then dunking. He eventully even was able to do 360's. Everyone was astounded. He said all that he did was a little weight lifting and practiced jumping. He said every day, he would just run and grab the rim, then again and again and again. Hundreds of times a day, til he couldn't do anymore. He sstarted jumping a little higher then a little more, etc. He said the jumping also helped him with his timing. As he was jumping higher and higher, his timing was already there for the various dunks, because, he was jumping to grab the rim over and over. In 3 months he went from grabbing the rim to getting his forearm on it. By christmas, he was putting his elbow above the rim. I started doing what he did, (but not nearly as much) and by Christmas of that year, I was dunking, just barely but I was dunking. I would think that his results were way above what the average person could expect, but it does help and I can testify to that. If being able to jump high is what you want, then commit yourself to it. Work harder than you dreamed you could. If you want it bad enough, you can make it happen. Good luck.
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I know exactly what you mean.  I am an exercise hater!  Walking up the stairs to my classroom every morning is a trip.  Why? Because I am lazy.  My bones are stiff and I just can't work up the energy to get going.  I know I should, but I just don't.  But you know what - I thank you for the wake up call.  In less than a month, I will be 54 and I know I need to get this body worked out. I have no excuse. I am steps away from a full, complete up-to-date exercise and weight room, sauna and steam room with indoor and outdoor pools.  Shame on me.
16465
I'd never do 20 sets of anything.  I've been working out all my life and I'm 48 toned and slender.  Upper weights tone the whole upper body even the belly.  Also you could incorporate palotes that's for what they call the core, I think that's abdomen, fanny, and thighs.  My sister swears to the ball excersises for the lower abs.  As far as sets go if your doing 20 reps, 1 or 2 sets is plenty.  Start small and work your way up so you can learn to love working out.  Have fu!
561998
I can tell you that my sister has been taking kickboxing classes.  She LOVES it and she has lost quite a bit of weight.  She's gone done 3 sizes, and she feels more confident and has gained muscle tone.  It's great exercise and fun - so she says. I myself have not done it.