Exercise of the Day Wednesday 14/04/2010

Again I'm going to have to do 2 exercises, yesterday was manic for me and the other trainers here at PT Fitness, the sun comes out and everybody starts to think about what their going to ware, then realize the body could do with a little work too, this is all well and good but it got me thinking about exercises that are easy to perform all year round, I looked through what I've worked on here already and most of those, especially the body weight ones, will keep things where they ought to be, but there's nothing wrong with a few more!!

Exercise 1:

Pistol Squats.

These are nasty little fella's, they start off feeling really easy and then POW, they get you.

Stand in front of a bench, or if at home a solid surface that you can sit on at the hight of your knees, raise one leg just off the ground, outwards and straight, extend your arms out straight in front of your chest, to make it harder hold a dumbbell or other weighted object, then sit down on the bench, let your bum touch then straight back up to the start position, the whole time keeping that one leg off the deck and arms extended, repeat 10 or so times on that leg then change.

To perform the exercise to its proper limit do it like the dude in the picture!

Exercise 2:

Pike Shoulder Press.

Again I find myself putting up another hard-core exercise, but these guys really work you, I find them best off a stability ball but they can be done from a bench.

Their very simular to a push-up in many ways, but the set ups a bit harder. Start by kneeling on the bench, lean down and place your hands out like you would for a push-up a little ways from the bench, this is so you don't end up doing a rolly-poley when you go down, pike your body, like an upside down "L", then perform a push-up

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Chris Nash

Personal Trainer

PT Fitness