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This is a picture of Amanda working it in Tabatacise! What if I told you that you could get into fantastic cardio shape by doing as little as 4 minutes of exercise? Sound like a pipe dream? Not with Tabata training. Tabata training is a short but very intense type of workout routine that…
As we mentioned before we took the last week off from filming. During this time we’ve been very busy rehearsing and preparing for filming the last round of videos in the XTrain series. We’ve also been working on the editing of the videos we have already shot and as of today we have already edited…
This is a picture of Cathe, Brenda and Al doing a side leaning tricep extension in XTrain Bi’s and Tri’s. Our goal in XTrain is to keep the workout times as short as possible while still delivering the intensity that you expect from a Cathe workout. This workout has already gone through the initial editing process and…
This is a picture of Cedie working hard in XTrain Burn Sets. We have already finished the initial edit session for Burn Sets and wanted to share with you the workout times: Warm Up, Chest/Back/Shoulders/Stretch – 50:23 Warm Up, Bi’s and Tri’s/Stretch 37:11 Body Part Workouts Chest 14:08 Back 12:55 Shoulders 14:17 Bi’s 14:13…
Those of you seeking low impact alternatives will be happy to know that the majority of the videos in XTrain are high intensity low impact routines. This picture is of Brenda, Jai and Amanda doing one arm rows with a medium strength resistance tube in SuperCuts. Though this workout is totally low impact, it has…
This is a picture of Cathe and Brenda doing low pulse lunges in XTrain Legs. This is an exercise that we have used in the past and many of you requested that we bring it back in XTrain. They we can’t honor every request we always do listen to your feedback and suggestions. This helps…
A HiiT shorter workout holds the potential to improve your cardiovascular fitness, lower insulin resistance, and even help you build muscle mass.
Not everyone responds the same to exercise. Some people see visible results faster than others. People who have more of an ectomorphic body type have to work harder and take in more calories to build muscle. On the other hand, mesomorphs gain muscle definition quickly. What about endurance exercise? Just as there are differences in how quickly people can build lean body mass, there are variations in individual responses to cardiovascular exercise.
