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Whey HD Supplement Review

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Fire Hydrant An Exercise? Yep!

 

Fire Hydrant Exercise

I wish I was clever enough to come up with the name of this exercise, but after watching the video, I will assume you will understand why it is called this. It is a very underrated exercise – because I see little to NO people doing this when I am at the gym, but if you are someone who doesn’t visit a gym regularly, this could be a perfect home workout. I have done this exercise and to be quite honest, it does make for a good warm up exercise & I am sure you could go to failure and at some point feel the BURRRRN! lol. 

 

Watching the above video will give you the how to version of his visually, but if you someone who wants a step by step, I have your back! 

 

How do I perform this “weird” name exercise?

 
  1. Begin this exercise on your hands and knees on the ground. Starting position
  2. While keeping your knee in the bent position, you will abduct the femur (moving the knee away from the midline of the body)
  3. pause at the top of the motion, the return to the starting position. 
  4. Continue for the recommended amount of reps alternating knees. 

Easy enough!

 

What muscles are being worked?

  • Abductor muscle

This is a great exercise for beginners because it is simple! I think we tend to hit a lot of muscles when working out, but some go unseen or unnoticed and so for those of us who don’t hit our abductors very often, this will be a reason to do so!  I say go for it! 

 

Fitness WonderWoman

Shay-lon 

 

Tip #4: choose your running style

Choosing your run style is what will create a better space for you when you get into the zone. I don’t particularly like running long distance and so I don’t force myself to in order to get results, I have found that as I have gotten older, I prefer short burst of speed vs long distance & it works for me because I am able to do it, see results and it challenges me. I will be the first person to raise my hand and admit that I am not a huge cardio fan , BUT it doesn’t mean I don’t implement in my workouts, I have to, so I do but I find ways to do it that keep me on my toes, make it more fun and challenging and gives me a reason to continue to utilize it in my workouts. 

 

The point I am trying to get across is, running can be done in different ways, different variations and on different terrains. For those of you who LOVE running for longer periods of time, do it, and for those of you who hate running and would much rather run shorter periods of time, DO IT! because regardless of what style who you choose, it will show results. If you want to challenge yourself, add in hills, or intervals or resisted running. Not saying that it will change your mind about cardio or running but it can make it a lot easier on you when you find a running style that serves you best. 

 

I mentioned my kind of running is sprints .. and I also enjoy interval running and resisted running when I am feeling up to the challenge. What is your favorite type of running style? and if I didn’t list it, feel free to add it in the comments! 

 

Fitness WonderWoman,

Shay-lon 

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Chest Day Can Be Reckless

Chest Day YouTube video

In this particular video, I did 3 sets of 10 reps with 60 pound total, but if you are interested in watching my video doing this same exercise but with a 70 lb total, I posted it on IG!

https://www.instagram.com/shaylon_fitnesswonderwoman/?hl=en

 

Nov.14th Workout: 8 Week Program|Week Two|Day Two

Another day, another workout. I upped each one by 2 reps compared to last weeks. You will notice 2-3 new exercises I added because I wanted to add some supersets, and you will notice that I did not do any cardio today due to time but tomorrow, cardio will be implemented. 

 

Legs, biceps, abs, triceps 

Workout:

Superset:

 
  • Barbell back squat: 3 x 10, 135 lb 
  • EZ-bar goodmornings: 3 x 10, 20 lb 

Superset:

  • Barbell Romanian deadlift: 3 x 10, 185 lb
  • DB lunge: 3 x 10, 40 lb

Superset:

  • Barbell standing calf raise: 3 x 10, 115 lb
  • Smith machine vertical leg press: 3 x 10, 255 lb

Superset:

  • Barbell curl: 3 x 10, 50 lb
  • Lying triceps extension: 3 x 10, 30 lb

Superset:

  • Barbell shrugs: 3 x 6, 185 lb
  • hanging leg raises: 3 x 20

Overall today’s back squat felt heavier having to do 10 reps instead of 8 and even my deadlifts were feeling quite heavier compared to last week, hopefully that changes but thankfully I still proved to do 10 reps so that is always a positive. The hanging leg raises are coming easier and less painful, lol. The smith machine vertical leg press I love doing just because it really works those quads and I can do heavier than 255 but I don’t need to go real heavy in order to get what I need from it – highly recommend this exercise if you someone who wants to target the quads.

 

Fitness WonderWoman

Shay-lon

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