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Insanity Workout. Drop serious pounds and sculpt sexy curves with Insanity, the DVD craze that lives up to the hype. The magic behind the routine comes from plyometrics: explosive, full-body exercises that rev your heart rate and ratchet up metabolism to torch megacalories and build lean muscle. We asked Insanity creator Shaun Thompson for his top multitasking moves to help you get an insane body in only 20 minutes.

You'll need: Zilch. Unless you count a wardrobe of size-smaller clothes. The plan: Do each sizzler for 1 minute without stopping between exercises. After you've completed one round, rest for 60 seconds, then go again. Perform the circuit three times (20 minutes and done!) The HEISMAN Works: shoulders, arms, abs, butt, thighsStand with feet hip-width apart, elbows bent, arms close to body. Stance Jacks Works: shoulders, abs, obliques, butt, thighsStand with feet together, arms raised to chest level, elbows out, fingertips touching. Hit the Floor Double Diamond. Top 5 Home Workouts From The Forum! Not everyone can afford to join a gym or have a home gym where they can purchase multiple pieces of equipment or tons of dumbbells. If this is you, then you fit in with a large number of people and aren't alone. However, I bet you are feeling like it is impossible to get in a good workout without all that fancy equipment and machinery. Click To Enlarge.Not Everyone Can Afford A Gym Membership, But It's Possible To Build Muscle At Home.

Not true! You can get in a great workout right in the comfort of your own home by using your bodyweight or even some light dumbbells. 1. First off would like to say I do this every other day. 2. Always do Dynamic Stretches before a workout. Workout 1 should be executed in under 60 minutes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Of course you must eat a healthy diet and get plenty of sleep! 3. 4. One of my favorites is '50 of everything' ... works up a sweat nicely. 5. All I have in terms of equipment is some dumbbells ranging from 10 to 50 pounds. Conclusion. Superset Your Home Workouts! Stay tight and keep your hard earned physique pulled together using my at home Super Set workout. Stay tight and keep your hard earned physique pulled together using my at home Super Set workout.

When pressed for time, I power through these Super Sets 2-3 X a week. The secret is adding some key body weight resistance to target my large muscle groups with a pump. I have had to develop an at home workout to fit into my super busy lifestyle that delivers. All the traveling I do for modeling, acting, representing Bodybuilding.com and fitness products across the nation creates a tight schedule for me. I have to portray a fit lifestyle on demand. I highly recommend using these types of Super Sets to stay in shape in between your regular program. At first glance, this may seem too easy. The best part of this workout is it is on your own personal timetable. Put on some supportive footwear to avoid sloppy execution. . * Go at your own speed. What Is A Super Set? Super Set A * Add rhythm changes. Workout WITHOUT Weights: Dynamic Tension Revised!

Why would anyone want to work out without weights? Everyone knows that using weights and machines is the fastest, most efficient way to gain size and strength. While this is true, there are many reasons why someone would want to, or even be forced to train for a while without the benefit of using weights. Someone working long hours trying to support his family may not have the time to get to a commercial gym, and may not have the extra space or money to set up a good home gym. Also, someone who has to travel quite often for business might prefer getting a good workout in his or her hotel room rather then wandering the streets of South America asking "Donde esta el gymo?

" Let's face it there are times (vacations, etc.) when all of us can't easily get to a gym. What Is The Best Way To Workout Without Weights? The idea behind this course is - if for some reason you do workout without weights, what is the most efficient and result producing way to do it? The Techniques 100 Rep Sets Final Words. Gain 25 Pounds In 21 Days! Note: This article is about Richard Simon's training routine, not Richard Simmon's! There are, of course, numerous approaches for forcing muscle growth but one of the most unusual ones I have ever heard of was the Condensed High-Volume Training Program used by a bodybuilder (and former prolific writer for Iron Man magazine in the '60's) named Richard Simons back in 1966.

Richard told me about it during a long bus ride in Miami, Florida one evening. He began to speak and said that he went on a 21 day program consisting of 9 brutally intense workouts and an aggressive stepped up mega-calorie diet. He declared that at the conclusion of the program he had gained 25 Pounds in 21 Days. He then described in detail the program he used.

I took notes while he was talking and I'm glad I did not leave it to memory alone (it's been 36+ years since that conversation). He said he performed an average of only four exercises each workout on a rotational schedule, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Wednesday.