Day 5 of the New Year and for those of you like the millions of others who made losing weight and fat loss their ultimate New Year’s Resolution it is now crunch time.
Now for those of you without a plan, look no further. Here is your plan for the ultimate workout at home.
But first, here is what this plan will cost you in terms of time. Less than 1 hour workout time for 4 sessions each week. No drive time since you are committed to a home workout rather than having to drive to some gym. Time to shower and dress – 30 minutes max. That’s just 6 hours per week.
So we’re talking about 6 hours total weekly time commitment for a workout at home program compared to about 16 hours per week for an expensive gym membership. That’s 6 hours vs. 16. You pick.
Quick sidenote: If you are a triathlete or runner and you want to add a world class core and strength home workout component to your training find out Why Swim, Bike, Run Is Not Enough For Triathletes.
Ok, I’ve got a beginner’s workout at home plan and one for intermediate and advanced workouts.
The Beginner Plan
For the beginner’s plan I recommend Craig Ballantyne’s Turbulence Training Program. Craig Ballantyne is a workout routine and fat loss expert, and writes workout routines for Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Muscle and Fitness, Hers and Oxygen magazines. Craig has an entire exercise at home program that you can do using your own bodyweight and nothing else and he tells you why long, slow, boring cardio is not the best fat loss program for increasing your metabolism and burning fat.
The Turbulence Training Program is a great way for beginners to start a workout at home program with no equipment. Of course when you are ready to advance, Ballantyne has world class home workouts that you can do with simple pieces of equipment like kettlebells, dumbells and stability balls.
The Intermediate to Advanced Plan
When you are ready for the challenge of an intermediate to advanced workout at home program, I recommend just two pieces of equipment – The TRX Suspension Trainer and a Kettlebell. You do NOT need to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars to set up a home gym. Just two pieces of equipment. That’s all.
The TRX Suspension Trainer
TRX Suspension Training is a total body exercise system that you can use anywhere. With the TRX Suspension Trainer you can get a complete bodyweight workout. There are literally hundreds of exercises that athletes of all levels can use to get a maximum workout at home. The TRX is excellent at improving core and functional strength as well as flexibility for all users. Users of all fitness levels can perform functional exercises for the entire body with bodyweight resistance. All athletes from triathletes to runners to professional football players, tennis players and mixed martial artists have discovered that they can get a world class workout with the TRX Suspension Trainer and nothing else.
Kettlebell Training
If you are an intermediate to advanced athlete and have not tried Kettlebell Training then this is the time to start. And the optimum way to start a kettlebell workout at home is with Pavel Tsatsouline, the man who has helped spread the word about kettlebell training all over the world. With Pavel’s kettlebell training secrets you build a super strong and fully functional body in the shortest period of time. No kettlebell training isn’t just for men. Women who want an athletic yet feminine body are using Kettlebell Training at home to achieve their desired results in just a short period of time.
A Word About Nutrition
Look, when it comes to getting in optimum shape you must take your nutrition seriously. For this reason I have only one recommendation and that’s Isabel De Los Rios and her Diet Solutions Program. Isabel is a dynamo of knowledge and vitality. She is a certified nutritionist and exercise specialist, a graduate of Rutgers University with a degree in exercise physiology and she holds advanced certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and the Corrective Holistic Exercise Kinesiology (C.H.E.K.) Institute.
Those are impressive credentials indeed, but what Isabel does best is get you to lose fat fast by giving you a nutrition program that you can stick to. Isabel does all the hard work for you with her Diet Solutions Program. Isabel tells you the truth about calories and exactly how to lose weight without ever having to count calories again! For those of you who are in good shape, Isabel tells you how to get the most out of your workout at home exercise program by following her nutritional advice.
So there it is. Very simple really. Now its up to you to get started.
