I’m going to make today’s post quick and let the videos do the talking.

Lately, I’ve had a lot of people ask me what they can do for cardio workouts at home when they don’t have any equipment – treadmill, bike, elliptical, stair climber, etc. By the way, as I’m writing this, it’s February in Minnesota – not exactly ideal conditions for running or biking outside.

The fact is, you don’t need ANY equipment to get a great cardio workout.  Body weight workouts rock!!  You can do them anywhere and you have no excuses. :-b

With your body weight, some creativity and some killer Workout Muse tracks you can rev your metabolism to new heights and burn fat faster than ever.

Here’s one of my favorites. I call it the Body Weight Cardio/Core Blitz.

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This week’s workout video of the week is a little extra special thanks to Sunshine & O’Neil Hampton from The Biggest Loser.  At Look Great at the Lake Boot Camp in Chanhassen, MN we’re cheering for the Yellow Team because one of our campers is friends with O’Neill and Sunshine.

So, what lesson did we take from Sunshine and O’Neil?

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For most people Valentine’s Day is an excuse to hook-up and eat chocolate.  Hey, sounds good to me too, but surely we can be more creative than that!  Why not mix things up this V-Day with a fun workout you can do in the comfort of your home with your significant other?
Today I am going to demo the concept of partner training.  Partner training workouts are essentially a workout that involves performing joint exercises with at least one other person or more.  There are a ton of benefits to partner training, including:

• Social Support and Accountability
• Provides a Ton of Variety
• Breeds Competition and Drives Better Results
• It’s FUN!

Partner training can definitely spice a workout up.  So before you head out for dinner, grab your valentine and give this workout a go:

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One of my loyal Look Great at the Lake Boot Camp members, as well as South West Metro Minneaopolis’ number one HVAC guy Gary Kearin from Lake Air Heating & Cooling (little plug for ya buddy), asked me to put together a video with ski conditioning exercises that he could share with his ski patrol buddies.

Gary has seen phenomenal results with our boot camp workouts – he’s lost a bunch of weight, improved both his muscular & cardiovascular strength and endurance, and best of all has seen these results translate into his skiing.  When it comes to fitness for skiing, along with the obvious strength and endurance components, we need to focus on balance, edge control and rotary capability.  Integrating the whole body (lower, core, upper) is critical for skiing workouts.

Whether your a recreational skier wanting to improve your fitness for skiing, work as ski patrol or ski instructor, or are looking for downhill ski race training this circuit training skiing workout is for you.

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It’s Super Bowl Weekend.  That means we’ve got to really hammer out a good workout today to fire up that metabolism to help fight off the fat.  As we do every Friday at Look Great at the Lake Boot Camp we blasted out an awesome High-intensity interval training (HIIT) 50:10 5-exercise circuit powered by Workout Muse today, followed by a killer finisher.  The energy was high and everyone rocked!

Check it out:

Here’s your Look Great at the Lake Boot Camp Workout Video of the Week

Exercise 1: Straight-legged Hip Extensions
Exercise 2: Chest Press
Exercise 3: Alternating Lateral Lunges
Exercise 4: Prone Pillar Rows
Exercise 5: Seated Upper Body Twists

By the way, if you didn’t get a chance to read Wednesday’s blog.  Click the link below:

Super Bowl Recipes That Won’t Tackle Your Fat Loss Goal

Have Faith & Take Action!

Justin Yule, B.S., CPT

Your friendly neighborhood Chaska / Chanhassen boot camp instructor and online personal trainer.

Burn 9x more fat at a fraction of the cost of other personal training programs.

P.S. – For a FREE 2-week Trial to the area’s number one weight loss & fitness boot camp visit www.LookGreatAtTheLakeBootCamp.com

P.P.S. – For a $9 30-day Trial to the first and number one Online weight loss & fitness boot camp visit www.OnlineVideoBootCamp.com

It’s been a crazy busy week, but there’s always time for a 20-minute high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workout

This weekend is the Women’s Expo at the Minneapolis Convention Center. I’ll be speaking all three days and will have a booth with great some great prizes and specials. Kym Johnson from Dancing with the Stars will be there, too!

I hope to see lots of readers there, but before you come make sure you crank out this 50:10 5-exercise circuit first. The 6am crowd was a little small today (gonna have to crack the whip; I mean, it was only -8 degrees

Here’s your Look Great at the Lake Boot Camp Workout Video of the Week

Exercise 1: Wall Sit
Exercise 2: Vertical Push-ups
Exercise 3: Single-legged Hip Extensions
Exercise 4: Hammer Curls
Exercise 5: Dynamic Side Pillar

Have Faith & Take Action!

Justin Yule, B.S., CPT

Your friendly neighborhood Chaska / Chanhassen boot camp instructor and online personal trainer.

Burn 9x more fat at a fraction of the cost of other personal training programs.

P.S. – For a FREE 2-week Trial to the area’s number one weight loss & fitness boot camp visit www.LookGreatAtTheLakeBootCamp.com

P.P.S. – For a $9 30-day Trial to the first and number one Online weight loss & fitness boot camp visit www.OnlineVideoBootCamp.com

Happy Friday!!!

Let’s go into the weekend strong with your Workout Video of the Week!

50-10 Five-Exercise Circuit powered by Workout Muse: Boot Camp Dynamite

You will alternate between 50 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest/transition for each exercise within the circuit. Perform this 5-minute circuit up to 4x for a 20-minute total body workout.

Your ultimate goal is to be able to perform at least 20-25 reps per set for each exercise or perform an isometric hold for the full duration for each exercise within the circuit. Once you accomplish this, seek to increase loading or progress to a more advanced exercise variation.

Exercise 1: Bodyweight Squat Variation
Exercise 2: Dips Variation
Exercise 3: Single-leg Bent-leg Hip Extensions
Exercise 4: Pulldown or High Row
Exercise 5: Side Pillar Variation

Have Faith & Take Action!

Justin Yule, B.S., CPT

Your friendly neighborhood Chaska / Chanhassen boot camp instructor and online personal trainer.

Burn 9x more fat at a fraction of the cost of other personal training programs.

P.S. – For a FREE 2-week Trial to the area’s number one weight loss & fitness boot camp visit www.LookGreatAtTheLakeBootCamp.com

P.P.S. – For a $9 30-day Trial to the first and number one Online weight loss & fitness boot camp visit www.OnlineVideoBootCamp.com

Happy Friday!!!

Let’s go into the weekend strong with your Workout Video of the Week!

50-10 Five-Exercise Circuit powered by Workout Muse:  Boot Camp Dynamite

You will alternate between 50 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest/transition for each exercise within the circuit.  Perform this 5-minute circuit up to 4x for a 20-minute total body workout.

Your ultimate goal is to be able to perform at least 20-25 reps per set for each exercise or perform an isometric hold for the full duration for each exercise within the circuit.  Once you accomplish this, seek to increase loading or progress to a more advanced exercise variation.

Exercise 1: Back Pillar
Exercise 2: Push-up
Exercise 3: Split Squat
Exercise 4: Standing or Squat Row*
Exercise 5: Front Pillar

*If you don’t have bands, get some , but in the meantime do a bent-over-row with weights (dummbells, weight plates, milk jugs, etc.) or a bent-over arms exended (Y, T or I position) hold.

Have Faith & Take Action!

Justin Yule, B.S., CPT

Your friendly neighborhood Chaska / Chanhassen boot camp instructor and online personal trainer.

Burn 9x more fat at a fraction of the cost of other personal training programs.

P.S. – For a FREE 2-week Trial to the area’s number one weight loss & fitness boot camp visit www.LookGreatAtTheLakeBootCamp.com

P.P.S. – For a $9 30-day Trial to the first and number one Online weight loss & fitness boot camp visit www.OnlineVideoBootCamp.com

Due to delays that are out of my control, Online Video Boot Camp is not yet available. However, I’m not letting that affect my patiently waiting customers. To solve the issue, I’m running this Alpha version.

Until my web folks can get things running properly, I’m offering Online Video Boot Camp for FREE. That’s right! It’s yours FREE!

The Alpha version will run here on my main blog. Workouts will be added every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for you to follow. I’ll add the Tuesday & Thursday Core Workouts in the full membership program
when that’s up and running.

Now, because the videos will be on my main blog they’ll be mixed in with my other daily posts. No problem. If you scroll down the left side you’ll see Categories. Just click on Video Boot Camp to access all the workouts. I’ve also numbered them so they would be easier to find as well.

Here’s your workout for the day:

This workout uses a 20:10 Tabatas format.

Perform each exercise for 20 seconds, followed by a 10 second rest/transition.  One circuit equals 8 rounds for a total of 4 minutes.  Rest for 1 minute then move to the next circuit.  Complete 4 circuits for a total workout time of 20 minutes.

Be sure to perform a 5 -10 minute warm-up before you begin.

Circuit #1:

1. Squat Chest Press

2. Squat Row

Circuit #2:

1. Push Press

2. High Pull

Circuit #3:

Back Pedals

Circuit #4:

Reach Squats

Now get after it!

Have Faith & Take Action!

Justin Yule, B.S., CPT

Your friendly neighborhood Chaska / Chanhassen boot camp instructor and online personal trainer.

Burn 9x more fat at a fraction of the cost of other personal training programs.

P.S. – Please share these workouts. I appreciate your support. I promise to have the full version of Online Video Boot Camp with all the extras and maybe some new ones up and running soon.

P.P.S. – My buddy Dave Schmitz has the best resistance bands on the market.  You’ll find them in the Look Great Store.

Due to delays that are out of my control, Online Video Boot Camp is not yet available. However, I’m not letting that affect my patiently waiting customers. To solve the issue, I’m running this Alpha version.

Until my web folks can get things running properly, I’m offering Online Video Boot Camp for FREE. That’s right! It’s yours FREE!

The Alpha version will run here on my main blog. Workouts will be added every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for you to follow. I’ll add the Tuesday & Thursday Core Workouts in the full membership program when that’s up and running.

Now, because the videos will be on my main blog they’ll be mixed in with my other daily posts. No problem. If you scroll down the left side you’ll see Categories. Just click on Video Boot Camp to access all the workouts. I’ve also numbered them so they would be easier to find as well.

Here’s your workout for the day:

This is a body weight workout program using a 20:10 Tabatas format.

Perform each exercise for 20 seconds, followed by a 10 second rest/transition for a total of 4 minutes.  Take a one minute break between each circuit for a total of 20 minutes.

Be sure to perform a 5 – 10 minute warm-up before you start.

Workout Overview

Circuit 1

Body Weight Squats

Circuit 2

a. Push-ups

b. Back Extensions

Circuit 3

a. Lateral Lunge – Right

b. Lateral Lunge – Left

Circuit 4

a. Front Pillar

b. High Knee Run in Place

Now get after it!

Have Faith & Take Action!

Justin Yule, B.S., CPT

Your friendly neighborhood Chaska / Chanhassen boot camp instructor and online personal trainer.

Burn 9x more fat at a fraction of the cost of other personal training programs.

P.S. – Please share these workouts. I appreciate your support. I promise to have the full version of Online Video Boot Camp with all the extras and maybe some new ones up and running soon.