Hot Body Sculpting How-Tos
How To: Get a ripped chest at home
In order to get a ripped lower and upper chest, without going to a gym, you will need something to prop your knees up. You can use your bed or a chair. To recreate your incline and decline chest press exercises, a modified pushup substitutes for it. Watch your posture and your spine alignment, when you are doing them.
How To: Do 21 exercises using the TRX Suspension Training for big arms
Suspension training offers an unparalleled way to train your entire upper body, from your pecs to your core to your triceps and biceps. So if you're lucky enough to have the TRX Suspension Training machine at home, or have one at the gym, then try commiting yourself to actually using it once in a while.
How To: Do alternate heel touches to lose love handles
This video demonstrates an easy exercise, that anyone can do at home to get rid of love handles and improve overall physique. Lying down on the floor, you must bend your knees and keep your feet 18 to 24 inches apart. With your arms straight down on the side of your body, crunch forward and to the side a few inches, reaching for your left heel with your left hand. Return to the starting position and repeat the exercise to the other side. This is one repetition. This video is a good visual dem...
How To: Do a workout using a balance disc cushion
Learn how you can do a workout using the balance disc cushion. A disc cushion is a great way to improve your balance and core strength. Watch this how to video and you can get in shape with this balance disc cushion.
How To: Do flat bench freestyle kicks
Learn how to do flat bench freestyle kicks and sculpt your body without weights. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life.
How To: Sculpt your abs with knee tuck floor crunches
Learn how to do knee tuck floor crunches. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits
How To: Get in shape by climbing a rope like a Navy SEAL
If you've ever tried to climb a rope before, you know it's not easy. Learn how the Navy SEALs do it. This video shows you how to climb a rope for fitness and strength, along with a couple other exercises that develop extreme stamina and power.
How To: Do a cable rope pull down/tear apart to tone triceps
We know those big exercise machines at the gym can be intimidating, but the next time you hit the gym you should consider making friends with one of them because they offer a resistance (often adjustable) that you can't get with workout tapes at home.
How To: Do three exercise moves to firm your butt
Every gal has her trouble areas, but it seems that most girls cite their belly and butt as the hardest areas to tone. After all, scientific studies have shown that these areas are the first place to gain weight and the last place that gets smaller when you're exercising to lose weight. Sad but true facts.
How To: Do a supine bridge to work your gluteus maximus
The supine bridge is a great exercise for the glutes/butt. It is relatively easy to perform and requires no fancy equipment. While the butt is the primary focus, the supine bridge also works all thigh and hip muscles (e.g. hamstrings, quadriceps, etc), and even the abs. These muscles allow the "bridging" of the hips to take place. Here is how this exercise is done:
How To: Do a dumbbell squat to tone the leg, hamstring, glute, and inner thigh
We know, we know: squats hurt. Like, really bad. But when it comes to exercise, the more a workout hurts the more effective it is at toning up those trouble areas.
How To: Do a perfect Bulgaria split squat
Splits and squats are not two words you want to hear together when describing an exercise, but luckily the love child of the two is a lot kinder and gentler than either.
How To: Do hanging leg raises properly
Learn how to do hanging leg raises. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits
How To: Build chest muscles through chair push-ups
In this tutorial, we learn how to build chest muscles through chair push-ups. To begin, you will need to set up three chairs in a pyramid shape that will fit your body laying down. To begin, place both of your feet on one chair and then push each of your hands laying on a chair. After this, do as many push ups as you can. If you want a more challenging work out, you can wear a backpack that is filled with weights. You can also stay at the bottom for a couple seconds while you are doing the pu...
How To: Tone abs with a wood-chopper exercise
The "wood-chopper" isn't just for lumberjacks. You can get the full woodsman workout yourself, without the axe! Men's Health shows you how to do the wood-chopper exercise, and when you power through this move, your upper and lower body, along with your core muscles, are working to the max.
How To: Do the woodchopper exercise to erase your love handles
Are you looking to slim down and get fit? Want to get rid of your annoying love handles? Add the woodchopper to your routine and improve your core strength and overall fitness. This video provides a clear demonstration of the proper technique for this rotational exercise using a free weight for resistance.
How To: Improve your planking with the plank exercise
If you want to plank, you need core strength. Take your planking to the next level by practicing the exercise shown in this video. How do you know this exercise will help your planking? Well, it's called the plank so that's a good start.
How To: Tighten your lower abs with floor leg raises
Learn how to do floor leg raises. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits
How To: Get six pack abs through bench crunches
Six pack abs are possible, if you put in the time and work. This instructional video demonstrates simple exercises you can do to sculpt your abs. Rememeber, abs don't just happen over night, but stick to it. Llittle can compare with the satisfaction of looking down at your own washboard stomach.
How To: Do army style squats
The Standard Squat focuses on the quadriceps and the glutes, but it also involves the hamstrings, the calves, and the lower back. In this fitness tutorial, SSG Ken Weichert, Army Master fitness trainer, teaches you the proper form for the squat exercise. Watch this how to video and do the squat exercise, sans drill sergeant, at home.
How To: Do a bench curl exercise to firm the hamstrings, glutes, and butt
One of the easiest ways to increase the intensity of your strength training workout is to add weights to your normal exercise. So if you're acclimated to doing the pilates 100, then add a set of three pound weights, holding them in your hands as you shift them up and down. The addition of weights makes the motion much harder, which means greater muscle intensity for a better workout.
How To: Do a crab walk with resistance
The crab walk is a great exercise for the hips and butt. This exercise is fun, yet challenging. It is relatively easy to perform, although it can be demanding for some. You will want to ensure that the legs are thoroughly warmed up before doing this exercise.
How To: Do Push-Ups and Crunches to Get Ripped at Home
This how-to video is for anybody looking to gain lean muscle right in the convenience of your own home with little to no equipment. The intensity and variety of these exercises makes for an effective muscle-building workout. Standard Pushup
How To: Work out your lower abs and eliminate that FUPA
Eliminate the FUPA from your body! This fitness video will show you the cure to that nasty "Fat Upper Pubic Area" that most woman have trouble with. That belly flab is a no-go, so start using this abs workout to begin exercising your abdominal area and feeling great again. You don't need to go the gym for this exercise routine… you just need some motivation and a workout ball.
How To: Get skinny legs through thigh and hip extensions
In this tutorial, learn some easy leg exercises that you can do at home or the gym. These exercises don't require much space or any equipment and you can learn them pretty quickly.
How To: Hold a single arm plank
Learn how to hold a single arm plank. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits
How To: Increase the Number of Push Ups You Can Do
Consistently used in many forms of physical training, the push up has been considered one of the best physical tests of muscular fitness and endurance. Namely known for its use in the military as well as other physically demanding activities such as boxing and the martial arts, the push up is necessary for any physical examination in which many struggle with.
How To: Do a supine leg raise
The supine leg raise is often used to target the lower abs. However, when the legs are elevated from a supine position, the hip flexors become the prime movers, not the abs. Leg raises can put stress on the lumbar spine. Thus, alternative exercises are recommended. It is also important to note that the midsection is not divided into lower and upper halves. The rectus abdominis is one muscle.
How To: Do a fat burning cable workout
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to burn fat with a cable workout. These exercises will require a cable machine. There are four exercises in this workout. These four exercises are: cable wood chop, reverse wood chop, one arm cable row and exercise ball cable crunches. When performing these exercises, do not use a heavy weight. These exercises mainly target the abdominal and core muscles. They also target biceps, obliques and back muscles. This video tutorial will benefit those viewer...
How To: Improve hip girdle strength and flexibility
In this video tutorial, viewers learn a workout routine that will strengthen and improve the flexibility of the hip girdle. This routine contains 12 exercises. The exercises and the amounts of reps for each exercise are: clams (8 reps per leg), lateral leg raises (15 reps per leg), donkey kicks (8 reps per leg), donkey whips (5 reps per leg), fire hydrant (8 reps per leg), knee circle forward (5 reps per leg), backward knee circle (5 reps per leg), forward leg hurdle (5 reps per leg), backwar...
How To: Lose your love handles with resistance training
Love handles suck. It doesn't matter if you're slightly chubbier than you'd like to be or skinny with a case of the muffin top: Love handles plague us all. But there is a way to get rid of them for good.
How To: Develop core strength with quick build back arches
Learn how to develop core strength by doing quick build back arches. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life.
How To: Do side-to-side steps over flat bench
Learn how to do side-to-side steps over flat bench and sculpt your body without weights. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life.
How To: Tone arms with a side-to-side pull-up exercise
If you thought pull-ups and chin-ups were hard, guess again… this "side-to-side pull-up" takes the lead. Although tough, this exercise is great in keeping your arms toned. This pull-up exercise from Men's Health is ideal for the more advanced trainer, who has outgrown the standard chin-up.
How To: Streamline your body with simple weight lifting exercises
Are you a woman who's afraid to lift weights because you think you're going to end up looking like the Incredible Hulk? Contrary to what many women believe, lifting weights will not make you look super bulky and manly. In fact, adding muscle to your body will burn more fat and also make your arms and legs look more toned.
How To: Tone abs with the Turkish get-up exercise
This exercise from Men's Health will tax your whole body. The abs workout exercise called the "Turkish get-up" will especially tax the core muscles and shoulder muscles as you progress your way to heavier dumbbells.
How To: Tone your legs with leg slimming exercises
No pain, no gain honeys! Though there exist a few genetically gifted women in this world (we're looking at you, Megan Fox), the rest of us have to commit to eating right and exercising in order to maintain fabulous bodies. It isn't fun, but sticking to a strict diet and workout routine does produce a pretty sexy body.
How To: Do a seated row back exercise with resistance tubing
The seated row with resistance tubing is a great back exercise. The largest muscle in the back is scientifically known as the latissimus dorsi. You might see it referred to as the "lats" or "wings." The lats are used any time you pull something. For example, when you open a fridge or a car door, you are primarily using your lat muscles.
How To: Do trunk rotation on stability ball with medicine ball
Learn how to exercise by doing the trunk rotation on the stability ball with a medicine ball. EXERCISE DETAILS:
How To: Do rear deltoid rows
Rear deltoid rows are a great way to work parts of your upper body, letting you go from "bony" to "broad shouldered" in no time. Warning: always consult a physician before starting any exercise program. You will need a barbell and optional: a cambered curl bar. Watch this video to learn how to do rear deltoid rows.
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