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What Are your Biggest Workout Frustrations?

Over the past few weeks we’ve been bringing you workouts you can do when you’re not at the gym. What we want to bring you now is a series of videos where we touch upon the biggest frustrations you are having with your training and nutrition.

So what are you 2 biggest frustrations when it comes to your training and diet? We will be both going over these frustrations and help you find solutions to get you closer to your goals. Please leave your 2 biggest frustrations below:

Triceps Workout Advanced – Video 15

The other major muscle group which make the arms look big and fill out your shirt are the triceps. Since the triceps function is to extend the arm we are isolating here with tubing to create the resistance.

Again the key focus in this video is to keep your elbow stationary and close to your head during the entire movement.

What did you think of this video? We’d appreciate your comments…

So last week I gave you the one statement which changed my workout mentality forever (http://secretsoftherippedman.com/mensworkoutblog/workoutinspiration).

Not only has it given me motivation on days I don’t want to head to the gym, but it has allowed me to continue climbing levels.

So although I was getting into the gym and pushing through to new levels there were years in my university where I just wasn’t getting the results I thought I should be getting.

I would read workout books, human kinetics books, men’s health magazines, and even tried experimenting with quite a few supplements like Creatine, L-glutamine, caffeine, etc. I still couldn’t find the answer, and I would blame it on genetics or just not finding the secrets to getting ripped.

It wasn’t until several years later that everything started coming into focus and I found out what it was that I was missing. (continue reading…)

Bicep Curls Advanced Workout – Video 14

One of the areas which defines the perceived strength of a man the most is his biceps. This workout uses resistance tubing which can be advanced into a challenging workout with two feet increasing resistance.

The key focus in this video is to keep your elbow stationary during the movement. Also remember to tighten the abs to keep your back stable.

What did you think of this video? We’d appreciate your comments…

Shoulder Exercises – Video 13

The build of your shoulders affects how your shirt hangs on your body so it’s quite important to build a little mass and definition to really get those shirts to fill out nicely. In this video we show you a variety of shoulder exercises using resistance bands that you can easily make more difficult by lessening the length of the bands.

What did you think of these exercises? We’d appreciate your comments…

Congratulations for staying motivated to follow this series of workout videos (12 so far!). We hope these clips have been a great resource for you to use to prepare you for the gym if you’re a little rusty, to tone you up before you go out at night or to use while you’re travelling.

Now we’ve gotten some emails that you guys want us to step it up a notch. So we’re going to do just that!

Over the next few weeks we’re going to tell you the story on how Kalev and I got the idea of this project and how we want to help you get ripped. There’ll be several emails, so be prepared, but we hope each email will have at least one nugget of workout wisdom you could use now and forever!

So how did this all start? (continue reading…)

Rotator Cuff Exercises – Video 12

It’s quite likely that at some point in your training you have experienced shoulder pain especially if you have been doing heavy bench presses. The cause of almost all shoulder pain is weakness of the rotator cuff muscles. Try these exercises to strengthen your shoulder joint and prevent or reduce pain.

These exercises can become very important especially if you play any sports that involve use of your upper body (such as volleyball, baseball, tennis, etc.).

What did you think of these exercises? We’d appreciate your comments…

Core Workout Advanced Ab Twist – Video 11

You use your core muscles including your Obliques in almost every sport and in daily life so try this exercise out to tighten those abs and also prevent back pain problems.

What did you think of this exercise? We’d appreciate your comments…

Push Ups Workout Advanced Training- Video 10

An interesting technique to increase the difficulty of your push ups workout. This one is a great exercise to add definition to your chests and pump up your triceps.

Did you like this technique of making your push ups more advanced?

6 Pack Abs Workout – Video 9

The first video in our series for ab crunches made waves on Youtube with several thousand views in only a few weeks. Go back and watch it again and notice what Kalev says about the movement of your hips. Some recent feedback from viewers is that this piece of advice made these ab crunches much more effective.

Ok, so are you ready to take it to the next level and increase the intensity of your ab crunches? We have a great one for you and all you need is a resistance band which you can get from most department stores for less than $15. Remember your hip movement again too.

How do you like this exercise?