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Stability Ball Exercises
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With any order of Secrets of the Ripped Man eBook you will also get our brand new Get Ripped Stability Ball Video Package including a never-before released series of 16 exercises you can do with just a stability ball at your home, office or in the gym. We did spend quite a bit of time thinking about the most effective exercises you can do with the stability ball to really activate your total body and especially your core muscles.

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Over the last several weeks have brought you over 20 video clips on training and even about how to increase your motivation and when to eat to increase your energy levels. Today we have one more video for you which is a total body workout using resistance tubing/stretch bands. It’s a variation of lunge and squat presses. The great thing about these simple exercises is that they work your shoulders, triceps, abs and quads and hamstrings. Do 3 sets of 10 reps of each of these exercises and you are going to get a pretty damn good pump!

With the release of our Secrets of the Ripped Man eBook on March 10th, we thought you’d also like to have these videos in near Hi-Definition quality that you can download and take with you. Let us know if you like that idea and if you think it would be great to have it in a downloadable version for your ipod/iphone.

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…

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…

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?

The Lunge Exercise – Video 8

Continuing with another power inducing muscle defining leg exercise, it is important do to the lunge right so you don’t put out your back or strain your knee. An added bonus is that you get great gluteus maximum (butt) muscles which will make your jeans look that much better!

What did you think of this video?