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When I respond to emails, phone calls or do in-person consultations with ladies for boot camp, one of the most prevalent requests is to lose weight from the stomach.

“Can you help me lose this flabby tummy?” they ask –and I love helping ladies get their goals met.

I created this video to give you an example of a sweet little boot camp abs workout program.  It’s actually a sample from a larger program I created for boot camp clients near and far called “The Puzzle.”  In that weight loss workout program, you can pick and choose different areas of your body to work, and because you want a flat tummy, we’re going to focus on that area for this article!

I love doing this type of workout in boot camp.  It helps ladies focus in on certain parts of their body and they can really “feel” the workout, without completing sapping their strength and energy, when we’re done.

Alright enough of the jibber-jabber, here’s the boot camp abs workout video!

Lincoln, Nebraska Boot Camp Abs Workout

 

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A couple different ideas you could use for this abs workout is to add it to another workout or 2, as I mentioned earlier, or you can do it on its own and “Book End” your day with it.

By that I mean, you could do this quick abs workout first thing in the morning – before you do anything else – and then do it again later in the day, say right before dinner.

If you were to take that logic, and add another Puzzle Piece to the workout program, like another abs workout, or maybe one for your arms or legs, it will do that much more for your metabolism and help you lose even more weight!

Doing this stomach workout like that will increase your metabolism in the morning, keep it elevated for a while, and then when you do it again, it’ll give another sweet little boost to your metabolism and doing it right before dinner might even keep your appetite in check, or at least help you make better decisions with your food.

Alrighty, there ya have it!

I hope you enjoyed this sweet little abs workout and are able to put it into practice in your overall workout program.

Make sure you peruse around this site for more workout videos and food ideas for.  There are loads of ‘em.

Have an awesome day!

Ed

P.S. – If you’re finally ready to lose weight, tone up and get Superhero Strong, you need to try out ELS Boot Camps for Ladies Only – Lincoln, Nebraska’s hottest boot camp designed just for busy ladies.  Click here to learn more, or give me a call at 304-7858

Awesome Boot Camp Bodyweight Workout!!

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

There are certain aspects of boot camp workouts that I love…

…and others that I absolutely hate.

For instance, I hate running. I hate it with a passion. Okay, that’s overstating. I don’t hate it with a passion, I greatly dislike running. If it were on Facebook, I would ‘unlike’ it.

I also don’t like silly workouts. Dancing, doing 50,000 reps of one exercise, doing an exercise that lasts an entire song, saying that an ancient cannon ball with a handle is the best dad-gum thing since sliced bread…none of those sit well with me.

You know what I love?

Short and sweet workouts.

Workouts that respect yours and my time.

Workouts that seem to say “Hey there kind and jovial person, I like you and want you to get some fine and dandy results, but that still let you get on with your day, spend more time with the kiddos and kick it (that’s relax for the un-hip).”

Those workouts are my homeboy (or home-girl depending upon your point of view).

Want to know one of my all-time favorite boot camp bodyweight workouts?

It only involves 2 exercises and it’s pretty dang sweet.

I call it the Push-up and Squat Ladder.

I don’t know if I invented it, but I’m laying claim because I’ve been doing (and making unsuspecting clients do it) for years.

Like I said, it only involves 2 exercises and those are push-ups and bodyweight squats.

You can choose whichever type of push-up you like and I suppose you could use resistance for the squats, but you have to use PERFECT form and the weights used must not interfere with tempo because you need to be able to move quickly between the push-ups and squats.

First do a quick full-body warm-up and then proceed into…

NOT a smart workout!

1 push-up, followed immediately by 1 Squat.

Then do 2 push-ups and 2 squats.

Then 3 and 3, then 4 and 4, etc. until you get all the way up to 10 push-ups and 10 squats.

But you’re not done yet!

Now you have to go all the way back down to 1 in the same manner – going from 10/10 to 9/9 to 8/8…until you get to 1/1

It feels fantastic when you’re done, especially knowing that you just completed 110 squats and 110 push-ups.

It can also be a type of “Challenge” workout because you can time yourself and try to beat your time from week-to-week and increase the intensity in push-ups by doing more advanced versions.

Actually one of the things I like to do is pick a very advanced type of push-up like Close Grip Push-ups, to do for the lower rep ranges and do normal push-ups for the higher rep ranges.

Have fun with it!

Having fun and changing things up is what makes a good workout tick.

If you hate it, you won’t do it.

Make sense?

Gotta run!

Talk to you soon and have an awesome day!

ed, aka “The Fit Dad”

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Can I ask you a personal question?

Why are you doing what you’re doing?

And by that, I’m of course referring to whatever boot camp fitness/weight loss/lifestyle goals you have and not why you’re watching another episode of “Millionaire Matchmaker” or “Real Housewives of …”.

Okay so maybe that’s not incredibly personal, in the common sense of the term, yet it is quite personal…at least it SHOULD be.

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Do You Know What The Best Core Exercise Is?

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

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Yo Yo Yo!  What’s happenin’ in your world?

I’ve got a quickie for you today because I have 2 videos to share with you.

They both involve push-ups, but are slightly different.

First, a little back-story.ELS Boot Camps for Ladies Only in Lincoln, Nebraska

I love push-ups and I think that’s pretty widely known given how much I talk about them and include them in so many different styles of boot camp workouts.  They work so much of your figure that they are necessary.  They tone and strengthen your chest, shoulders, back of your arms, abs, low back and even your butt.

Not only that, but they make you incredibly strong which is something that all ladies need to concentrate on. You need to be able to work with your own body and push-ups go a long way in helping you do that.  Actually, if you stick with my boot camp workouts you’ll be able to out push-up your husband, boyfriend…or nearly any man in your life – that’s no joke :)

However, there will come a time (maybe you’re already there) where regular push-ups just don’t do it anymore.  Sure you can do them and you feel them, but doing 12 push-ups just doesn’t work you the way it once did.

So what are you supposed to do then?  Just keep doing ‘em?

Nah.

You need to keep progressing and keep working.  You need to keep striving to get better every day and every workout.

Because of that, I made you a video demonstrating some “Moderate” level push-ups and another video demonstrating some “Advanced” level push-ups.

To give ‘em a watch (and then try them), click below…

First up is the “Moderate” boot camp push-ups:

Next up is the “Advanced” boot camp push-ups:

So what do you think?  Are you ready to give any of those a try?  What do you have to lose?  Just do ‘em!  I believe in you and know you can do them!

Talk to you soon!

Ed, aka “The Fit Dad”

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Lincoln Boot Camp Metabolic Blast Workout

Monday, December 6th, 2010

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Hey!

Ya know…sometimes you just need to sweat.

It has other benefits than meaning that you’re burning loads of calories – it detoxifies and cleanses the skin and pores, which is always a good thing.

It gives you a healthy glow, which is another good thing.

Plus after you’re done you feel alive!  You feel vibrant!  You feel like you can take on the world…

…Or you just feel like flopping onto the floor never to rise again (which does happen from time-to-time in boot camp!) :)

Anyway, in my effort to give you all these wonderful benefits, I give you the following Boot Camp Metabolic Blast Workout.

It’s a doozy and not only will it make you sweat, but it’ll burn calories, work your legs and butt like crazy as well as the abs/core.

To give it a watch (and then a try), check it out below:

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Hey, hey, hey!

What’s the dilly yo?!

Okay, I have a few things for you to start off this fantastically fantastic week…

First off, I’m very excited to announce that I’m going to start a type of philanthropic thingy.

More specifically, each month I’ll choose a different outreach/donation for boot camp where we’ll either donate goods – new or used (although the first one can’t be used).

This is something I’ve wanted to do for about a year now after last year’s successful winter coat drive which yielded a huge donation to the People’s City Mission here in Lincoln at a time of great need – last year’s winter was HORRIBLE!

My goal is that each month, with your input, a different organization is chosen for all of us to donate to and my studio will serve as the “gift point.”

The first one we’re going to do is a chap stick drive for Lincoln Public Schools. We’re entering the season when chapped lips become the norm and there are kids that wander around school with horribly chapped lips and when they come to the health office, the nurses give them chap stick, if they have it.

You know how bad it is to have chapped lips so you can imagine how bad it is to see a little kid with cracked lips.

We’ll be doing it for the entire month of October and I encourage you to bring as many as you can all month.

Any time you go to the gas station, buy one and bring it in.

Any time you go to the grocery store, buy one and bring it in.

Sound good?

Okay, now on to today’s goodies.

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Do You Know Big Mo?

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

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Sometimes I’m an annoying hard ass.

I text ladies when they skip boot camp – sometimes early in the morning.

I email ladies when they don’t show up for sessions – repeatedly.

I call if they do it more than once.

To some it may seem annoying, but I don’t care.

Why don’t I care if I’m annoying?

Is This Big Mo?

Why don’t I care if I can be perceived as a hard-ass?

Because I’m trying to instill the “Big Mo” in everyone.

Before you ask, the “Big Mo” is momentum.

More specifically, it could be said that I’m trying to instill a positive habit in everyone – the habit of working out (whether it is with me in boot camp, or on their own).

Getting into the habit of working out is tough.

That’s not totally true because in the beginning it’s not that tough.

You’re full of enthusiasm about a new program and the devilishly handsome and wicked smart boot camp trainer (it’s okay if you gag…I know Andrea will give me crap for saying that).

Sure you’re sore and sure you don’t like it when you’re told to do Burpees and that you need to cut down on some of your favorite foods in order to lose weight and tone up, but it’s okay because you’re excited.

Everybody gets excited about the new stuff.

But pretty soon, it becomes easy to hit the snooze button on the alarm and/or skip your workout.   You tell yourself, “It’s just this one time…I’ll workout on my own later.”

But do you?

The problem is, you’ve slowed the “Big Mo” down and the Big Mo doesn’t like to be slowed down.  The Big Mo gets cranky when he gets slowed down and pretty soon, he completely stops moving.

The Big Mo thrives on you moving forward because the Big Mo knows that if you keep moving forward, you’ll get to your destination…it’s the Law of Big Mo.

That’s the real reason I call, text, email and sometimes can feel like a giant thorn in your tush.

I’m the Big Mo’s assistant and let me tell ya, Big Mo can be fun to work with when you understand his laws…but if you try to fight the Big Mo or think you can alter the Big Mo’s laws, he’ll put you in your place.

Okay, I think I’ve crushed the term “Big Mo” to death and I hope you understand what I’m trying to say.

Big Mo = momentum.

Big Mo = good habits.

You need to continuously workout to make positive changes – whether that’s to lose weight, tone up, or just be more fit and healthy.

Momentum is a really cool thing if you let it work for you.

If you keep putting one foot in front of the other (meaning continue working out while adding good foods and subtract bad foods), you will reach your destination.  Some people have a longer path, but the analogy still holds true.

So let Big Mo work for you rather than trying to work against Big Mo.

Okay, that is the end of my version of Aesop’s fables

Have an awesome day!

Ed

P.S. – Did that make sense?  Leave a comment below if you have any questions or would like to share any of your own stories…or if you’d just like to give me crap.

Awesome Boot Camp Slider Workout

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

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If you haven’t been to boot camp in a while, you have been missing out on one of my favorite toys – The Slider!

These puppies are so versatile and turn any lower body exercise into a killer abs exercise and they turn any abs exercise into an even more intense version…and the best part is everybody groans whenever I get them out!

That’s how I know when something really works…when everyone simultaneously groans and cusses under their breath (or out loud!).

I made a quick video for you showing you an awesome mini-circuit taken straight from a recent boot camp workout using The Sliders.

It’s short and sweet, but don’t let the small amount of time it takes to do the workout fool you because it’s an awesome little circuit that hits virtually every muscle in your body and cranks your metabolism up which means you burn more calories and get rid of even more tummy fat!

All good things, right?!

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What’s happenin’!

Just a quickie for you today because I’ve got a killer little boot camp workout video to share with you.

There are days I like to throw in a little 4-Minute “Tabata” style workout into boot camp.  Where I put it depends on the Theme of the day’s workout.

If it’s a highly “Metabolic” workout, I’ll throw it in the beginning because these puppies do a pretty good job at shooting your heart rate and metabolism through the roof and keep it there the remainder of the workout.

Other days I’ll throw it at the end of the workout as a “Finisher.”  For instance if the boot camp was pretty leg heavy, I’ll do something with 2 killer legs exercises that finishes the workout nicely.

I suppose you could say it puts a pain-inducing bow on a soreness-bringing present!

I made a video showing you one of my favorite 4-Minute Tabata workouts for you to try at home.

If you are extremely short on time, you could even go through this workout once of twice as its own workout.  Or you could do it a couple of times in one day – once in the morning, once mid-afternoon and again in the evening.

Use your imagination!

Anyway, here’s the 4-Minute Boot Camp Workout Video…

Let me know what you think by leaving a comment below!

Have an awesome day!

The Fit Dad

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If I were to ask you to think really hard about what my favorite boot camp exercise is, what do you think it would be?

Some may say push-ups and you’d be close.

Some may say anything inducing pain…and you’d be close!

But when I say “favorite”, I don’t mean the one that makes me smile the most because it makes you work the hardest…

…When I say “favorite”, I’m meaning more along the lines of which exercise (or variation) I like to use most often.

Does that help?

If you guessed the Plank, you’d be right.

I have a number of variations I use in boot camp including Planks, Side Planks, Push-up Planks, Plank Extensions, etc., etc., etc.

I LOVE Planks!

I love them because they flat out work.

They are one of the best stomach exercises and are necessary in building a strong, stable core – which goes far beyond losing stomach fat and getting a nicer figure.

However, there is a big problem with Planks and that is most people do them incorrectly.

Even if you think you’re doing them perfectly, your form will suffer the more fatigued you are…or the less you pay attention to form.

I’m not even immune to letting my form get a bit out of whack!

There are a number of common problems I see every day in boot camp and I made a quick video demonstrating what those problems are and how to fix them.

That’s all I have for today!

Exercise safe and I’ll talk to you soon.

And remember…

Be a superhero today!

The Fit Dad

P.S. – A couple of weeks ago I threw an exercise into a boot camp workout called “The Dive Bomber.”  It’s a heck of a little exercise, but the more people I told about it, the more questions I received on how to do it…so I made a video!

To check that video out, click here.

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