Believe it or not, one of my favorite boot camp exercises is the good old push-up.
Most of your clients have bad memories of endless push-ups in gym class or as punishment conditioning for sports.
These experiences have led them to cast push-ups off to the side as a useless exercise considered to be TOO HARD and TOO BORING!
I know, I know... Your clients HATE push-ups!
Well, I am about to show you a video that will change all of this and make you and your clients a true believer in the endless possibilities of a push-up!
A push-up is the best upper body exercise in existence because it essentially is a total body movement that works the whole front side of your body (and more with some of the more advanced push-up variations we'll demo in the video).
Plus, sometimes it's all about the way you say things to your clients, particularly your female clients who don't care as much about strong upper bodies and flat tummies.
Here is the first thing I say when I introduce push-ups to my groups:
"A push-up is one of the BEST EXERCISES FOR FLAT, SEXY ABS! Your ability to perform push-ups optimally is directly related to your CORE'S ability to stay tight and stabilize throughout the movement preventing any weak links between your upper and lower body. In other words, do push-ups for 6-pack abs!"
After saying this people seem to forget about their former issues with the push-up.
To see 29 different ways to do push-ups for your own body weight training boot camp workouts, please click the link below (you may have to copy and paste this link into your browser):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=x2poqZtCS9I
My personal favorite is the running push-up which really smokes your abs!
Furthermore, what a lot of trainers fail to realize is that true talent is the ability to intensity a movement without adding load AND providing the appropriate progressions and regressions for various fitness levels.
So impress the hell out of your clients during their workouts with the clockwork push-up or the bird dog push-up or the cross-leg push-up. They'll be taking up you and your program to all of their friends in no time!
And make prospects howl while trying the spiderman push-up at a public speaking engagement. 29 Different Push-ups makes for a great demo workout to show how you are different from the competition!
Plus demo Level I, II, and III variations where applicable before each workout so that ALL of your clients can workout at their current fitness level. This is how you bring 1-on-1 training to a group training environment!
Show people what's possible with their BODY WEIGHT... and you will not believe how much you will impress them and you'll literally have prospects knocking on your door!
Add these options into your own workout routine and boot camps to mix things up and keep your body and the bodies of your clients changing.
It's time to start having FUN with push-ups ;)
Make More, Train Less
BJ Gaddour, CSCS
http://www.makemoretrainless.com
http://www.workoutmuse.com
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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