Archive for the ‘Home Workouts’ Category

Weight Training Daily?

Posted on February 19th, 2010 by by

Joe Asked:

I am currently doing weight training daily, is this okay to do or do I
need to give the muscles a break?

Ask The Fitness Dudes Answer:
Well Joe, it is okay to do weight training everyday as long as you are working out different muscle groups.   It is bad when you are doing upper body workouts [...]

ChaLean Extreme and Insanity Workout

Posted on February 9th, 2010 by by

B. Hampton asked:

Should I do weekly rotations between ChaLean and Insanity? I can’t seem to maintain a straight program of Insanity and thought a rotation would be more helpful rather than no workouts because I’m tired or worn out.

Ask The Fitness Dude’s Answer:
First off, if any of you are not familiar with the ChaLean Extreme [...]

Turbo Fire Workout

Posted on January 30th, 2010 by by

I wanted to take a moment to talk about a new In-home workout routine that is going to come out in the spring; it is Chalean Johnson’s Turbo Fire Workout. I will be doing a review of the Turbo Fire workout, so you definitely want to read it. Chalene Johnson is a pretty popular personal [...]

The Benefits of Burpees

Posted on January 14th, 2010 by by

I wrote an article about burpees not to long ago, and it pretty much explains to you… how to perform a burpee.  Now I want to tell you about the benefits of burpees for your body.  This is a workout that is starting to become more and more popular in people’s workout routines and there [...]

Don’t Resist the Resistance Bands

Posted on January 13th, 2010 by by

Okay, it is time to pick up those rubber looking things called Resistance bands.  Stop criticizing them and stop making fun of the people using them.  Because the fact is…they work!  Yes, those resistance bands actually work.  “For what?” you may ask. Well resistance bands are great for building muscle or shedding pounds.  Resistance bands [...]

Time Saving Workouts

Posted on January 11th, 2010 by by

I hear this excuse all the time…”I do not have enough time to workout.”  I know there is some cases where that is a valid statement, but very few.  For the most apart (99.9% of the time) there is time to exercise, but people either are too lazy or they really do not have a [...]

Funny Workout Picture

Posted on January 11th, 2010 by by

I thought It might be fun to post some humorous fitness related pictures up once in awhile.  So here is there first one!  I thought it was funny, it definitely has some truth to it too.  Many people believe they do not have enough time in their schedules to workout, but the fact is…they don’t [...]

Billy Blanks Tae-bo Workout

Posted on January 5th, 2010 by by

Billy Blanks Tae-Bo has been around for a long time, and he is still putting out Tae-Bo workout DVD’s.  Billy developed this high paced kickboxing cardiovascular workout in 1976, but it was not until 1998 when Billy’s first workout video (VHS) was released.  This Tae-Bo workout literally swept the world by storm, by 1999 the [...]

I am back!

Posted on January 4th, 2010 by by

So if you have not noticed, I have not really posted anything for awhile.  I have been on vacation, it was super great.  On Christmas I left to California and went to Disneyland, California Adventure and Magic Mountain.  It was absolutely incredible!  I am ready to get back into the swing of things, and start [...]

Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 25th, 2009 by by

Merry Christmas from Ask The Fitness Dude