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How To: Schedule Your Workouts

September 21, 2012/7 Comments/in Health & Fitness, How To /by TheJerd

As the Nerd-Core Fitness train keeps rolling along a lot of you loyal readers have been asking how to schedule your workouts. Now that you have three solid beginner workouts to do as well as tips on running, it can be a little overwhelming if you are new to fitness. So let’s recap for a moment; you have at your disposal:

So the question of how to fit these newfound activities into your schedule makes complete sense! The question can be looked at several different ways, so what I want to do is offer you some Jerdtastic advice today on how to:

Schedule your workouts throughout the week
Figure out your optimal workout time
Schedule your meals to best suit your workouts

Nerd-Core Fitness 101 – Beginner Workout (Total Body)

September 14, 2012/8 Comments/in Nerd-Core Fitness /by TheJerd

We are now two full weeks into your “Heroes Transformation” my loyal followers! Hopefully you have been experiencing success with the previous Upper-Body and Lower-Body workouts and are now into a routine of setting aside 15-20 minutes three times a week to get superhero fit (Having a hard time finding the time? Look closer!) Now it is time put in place the last 101 level workout; the total body circuit!

I know I keep harping on this but remember, these workouts are the foundation from which all other workouts evolve. In order to jump into more difficult (and rewarding) workouts you have to get the right muscles groups acclimated to the rigors of exercise and working in the proper range of motion. This isn’t to say that if you only did these three core circuits that you wouldn’t get significantly more fit over time (because you most definitely would) but it will become imperative over time that you keep our workouts fresh and new!

Just having strong legs or bulging biceps isn’t enough, it’s how you connect them all which allows for explosive and heroic feats of strength! Being able to functionally utilize all your muscle groups as an efficient machine is what we are looking for. Do you think Captain America hurls that shield of his with just his arm? Of course not; he draws the power from the floor up! All the way from his legs, through his torso and down his arm to the release of that swirling disc of patriotism… and that is what we are going to work on today with this beginner workout. How to link it all together.

The Keys to Running: Buying Shoes

September 12, 2012/0 Comments/in Keys to Running /by TheJerd

So last time we talked (The Keys to Running: Getting Started) we discussed how running/jogging can be a very easy activity to engage in, and how to get started with it. Now that you (hopefully) have gone out a few times you might have realized your feet are disagreeing with this newfound attempt at fitness. So that means it is time to buy some running shoes! Buying a decent pair of running shoes should be a pretty straightforward and simple affair, right? Oh contraire! It’s not. So let’s break it down by type of runner and shoes.