The Fitness Guru

It’s pretty gray and cold in Brooklyn today. Still, no reason why you can’t throw on a few layers and get in a quick run (very quick!).

Or

Settle in with your cup of coffee or seasonal hot chocolate with tofu marshmellows and enjoy this week’s top stories…..

The Unseen Perils of Double Dipping: office-party-goers, beware!

Coffee INCREASES drunkenness: NO WAY!?!?

Men’s Health gets busted for running the exact same cover twice. Apparently, they meant to: it’s strategic!

Parents’ Sex Talk With Kids: Too little, too late.

Cardio-Vascular Exercise Linked to Overall Intelligence In Young Adults. So it’s not just about losing weight……

Here are some great stories out there for this week:

• From the good folks at Men’s Health, some quick ideas in the kitchen to help get you ripped up and in shape.
• The Ten Ingredient Shopping Trip
• And from Women’s Health: 11 Most Common Running Mistakes
• Exercise your way to a Better Sex Life
• Stretching in Bed
• President Obama’s Personal Battle Against Cigarettes
• Debunking Myths About Warm Ups and Eggs

Great podcast, I’m intrigued to learn more. Unfortunately, the article isn’t that clear. Can you break down an example of a Hurricane workout we could do at The Fitness Guru studio?- Animal

Ah, Animal. It is the pain of trying to capture the visuals of a magazine with the nuances of audio recording. The Hurricane is meant to shake up, stress, and push the system. It is a series of five exercises. Each exercise is performed for one minute with no rest in between. The idea is to get the entire body to work in the course of five minutes. Consequently, five variations of push ups probably wouldn’t be a good call. But you would want to mix up the exercise. Here is an example:

1. Push Ups
      a. Classic exercise for the upper body. Form is key. Try to keep an even pace as you both lower and lift. And don’t underestimate a full minute of push ups
2. Plyometric Squats
     a. With your feet parallel and should width apart, bend your knees until your thighs are parallel to the floor. In one powerful motion, spring up and jump as high as you can. Repeat for aminute
3. Treadmill Sprints
     a. On the treadmill. As fast as you can. For a minute
4. Alternating leg scissors
     a. Lying on your back with your hands behind your head and your head and shoulders lifted, lift both legs straight up to the ceiling. One at a time, lower and raise each leg, maintaining abdominal activation
5. Bench Jumping
     a. Standing on one side of the weight bench, take hold of the sides. Using your arms for support, jump over and back across the bench

I’ll have a video up tomorrow for more specific details on how to best utilize the Hurricane in your workout.

Michael talks with Adam Bornstein, Fitness Editor from Men’s Health Magazine, about The Hurricane, a high intensity workout featured in the latest issue.

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