Weighted Vest Workouts: Supercharge Your Workout for Weight Loss, Muscle Building, Cardio Endurance and Core Strength

Weighted Vest Workouts: Supercharge Your Workout for Weight Loss, Muscle Building, Cardio Endurance and Core Strength

by Jonathan Thompson
Weighted Vest Workouts: Supercharge Your Workout for Weight Loss, Muscle Building, Cardio Endurance and Core Strength

Weighted Vest Workouts: Supercharge Your Workout for Weight Loss, Muscle Building, Cardio Endurance and Core Strength

by Jonathan Thompson

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Overview

A REVOLUTIONARY PROGRAM FOR UTILIZING "WEARABLE" WEIGHTS TO TAKE YOUR GYM-FREE WORKOUT TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Are you ready to take your body-weight workouts to the next level? This book shows how wearable weights can supercharge every exercise for the ultimate in fat burning and muscle building. The program in Weighted Vest Workouts offers a far more effective approach to total-body fitness, yet maintains the convenience of do-anywhere body-weight workouts, including:
•Functional, gym-free exercises
•Tips for weighted vests, ankle and wrist weights
•Incremental routines from gentle to hardcore
•Clear instructions with 100s of step-by-step photos


Showing how to safely and effectively work out at home, Weighted Vest Workouts takes standard moves like push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups and burpees to a whole new level, guaranteeing a more remarkable transformation in strength, stamina and cardio health.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781612434285
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Publication date: 02/17/2015
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 144
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Jonathan Thompson is a professional personal trainer and fitness writer. He has written for Livestrong, Patch, AFG and the Huffington Post. He lives in Basile, LA.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Getting Started 7

Introduction 8

Why Use Wearable Weights? 10

Equipment: Stuff You'll Need 12

How to Use Wearable Weights 15

Before You Begin 19

Nutrition 23

Fueling Your Workouts 29

Hydration 31

Part 2 The Programs 33

How to Use This Book 34

Cross-Training Workouts 38

Strength-Training Workouts 42

Endurance-Training Workouts 46

After the Programs 50

Part 3 The Exercises 51

Running 52

Jumping Jack 53

Burpee 54

Bodybuilder 56

Bear Crawl 58

Biceps Curl 59

Standard-Grip Pull-Up 60

Wide-Grip Pull-Up 61

Staggered-Grip Pull-Up 62

Chin-Up 63

Parallel-Grip Chin-Up 64

Inverted Row 66

Push-Up 68

Diamond Push-Up 69

One-Arm Biased Push-Up 70

One-Arm Push-Up 71

Staggered Push-Up 72

Alligator Walk 73

T Push-Up 74

Clap Push-Up 75

Dip (Triceps Version) 76

Dip (Chest Version) 77

Handstand Push-Up 78

Squat 81

Single-Leg Squat 83

Goblet Squat 84

Jump Squat 85

Squat Press 87

Forward Lunge 89

Reverse Lunge 90

Lunge Twist 91

Jump Lunge 92

Bulgarian Split Squat 94

Bulgarian Split Squat Press 95

One-Legged Romanian Deadlift 97

Good Morning 98

Plank 99

Side Plank 100

Bird Dog 101

Donkey Kick 102

Leg Lift 103

Side Leg Lift 104

Oblique Cross 105

Russian Twist 106

V-Up 107

Swimmer 108

Mountain Climber 109

Hip Extension 110

Bicycle 111

Knee-Up 112

Side Bend 113

Hanging Leg Raise 114

Suspended Push-Up 115

Suspended Lunge 116

Front Ab Rollout 117

Squat and Reach with Wrist Weights 118

Stability Ball Pike 119

Back Hyperextension 120

Reverse Extension with Ankle Weights 121

Plyo Box Skip 122

Push-Up Switch Jump 123

Index 124

About the Author 127

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