Effective and Convenient Home Workout with Get Fit Prescott
The Holidays are fast approaching and Teresa is helping us get ahead of the game by joining Eric Weaver at his gym, Get Fit Prescott, to take on some of the most effective, yet convenient core workouts you can do right in the comfort of your own home.
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00:00 This is nobody's favorite time of year to think about health and fitness,
00:04 but we're all gonna feel better if we do.
00:06 So, here we are. Let's get our fitness on.
00:09 I'm here at Get Fit for one reason.
00:13 Obviously, to get fit. And of course, that's extra important during the holidays.
00:18 These are the owners, Eric and his son Austin.
00:21 Thank you so much. And you have one really important hint.
00:24 Whether it's Thanksgiving, Christmas, Festivus, what should you do when you get up?
00:29 When you get up, you should go to the gym.
00:32 Go to the gym!
00:33 Go to the gym!
00:34 And do a big, big workout on the day you're gonna feast.
00:37 You know, don't kill yourself, but yes, go work out before you go eat.
00:41 About an hour, hour and a half, get in there, go work out, burn some calories before you eat the calories.
00:47 And then, of course, know when to stop eating.
00:49 Yes, that's huge. And I think this is a great idea because it kind of just puts you in a mindset,
00:54 "I've already done the work. I don't want to have too big a binge."
00:58 Yeah, a lot of people don't really follow that, but they should.
01:01 Well, you're gonna help me and everyone who's watching because a core workout is something any of us can do at the gym,
01:09 any of us can do at home, maybe before company comes.
01:12 You have three exercises for me?
01:14 Just three. Three basic exercises.
01:16 But remember, it doesn't matter how many crunches, sit-ups, twists you do,
01:20 you're not gonna get abs unless you watch that diet.
01:23 That's really what it comes down to.
01:25 That's number one.
01:26 But number two, you might as well do a basic.
01:29 And your exercises, these are tried and true.
01:32 Yeah.
01:33 This is not anything newfangled.
01:35 I didn't make these up.
01:36 No.
01:37 But you perfected them.
01:38 Maybe.
01:39 So should I try? What's first?
01:41 Go down. Let's check it out.
01:42 Okay. What's first?
01:44 So first, we're gonna do some crunches, just basic crunches.
01:47 So lie flat, knees are bent just like that.
01:49 Your feet can be apart a little bit if you want.
01:51 Hands are not behind your head. Do not do that.
01:53 Because when it gets tough, people pull up on their head.
01:56 So put your hands either at your ears, because you can't pull your ears,
01:59 or across your chest like you had them, or up like you're gonna dive.
02:03 Okay?
02:04 So you can do that.
02:05 So just come up a little bit.
02:06 Just enough to--right there, just to contract your abs.
02:08 Start chin. Get your chin up.
02:10 There you go. Look at the ceiling like I'm pulling your chin with a string towards the ceiling.
02:14 Go down. Come up. Go down, come up.
02:16 How many?
02:17 Just do ten.
02:18 Okay. In your perfect world, how many sets of ten do I do?
02:21 Oh, my goodness. Watch your food.
02:23 Oh, my God. Three? Three sets of ten?
02:26 People, trainers, go with three sets of fifteen.
02:29 Okay.
02:30 But I don't do the fifteen rule. You might get fifty out of me.
02:32 Really?
02:33 Yeah. I don't do the fifteen.
02:35 Okay. So three sets of fifty?
02:37 Three sets of fifteen is a good start for most people.
02:40 Let's not make it too hard, because then people won't want to do it, right?
02:42 Right. Just start with fifteen, work your way up.
02:44 What's your second exercise?
02:46 Now, you're stalling, because I can't even feel that.
02:48 I know.
02:49 Is that tough?
02:50 I was stalling on the first one, but that's because my form was so good.
02:53 Right?
02:54 Yeah, that's it.
02:55 Because you corrected me.
02:57 Go ahead and stop.
02:58 Now, let's put your hands under your butt.
03:00 Like, just like that.
03:01 Not too far under.
03:02 Just enough to stabilize your lower back.
03:04 Now, cross your ankles to keep your feet together.
03:06 Now, bring your feet up here.
03:08 And go back down.
03:09 Do not touch the floor.
03:10 And stop.
03:11 Come up.
03:12 Good.
03:13 And do it again.
03:14 Now, do I uncross and do the other leg?
03:17 You can, if you want.
03:18 I like to keep things even.
03:20 So, this is working the abdominal wall.
03:22 The other ones that you started with were the upper part of the abdominal wall.
03:27 Oh, this is so hard.
03:29 Now, the entire abdominal wall contracts.
03:31 So, people think, "Oh, this is a lower ab exercise."
03:33 Well, the entire abdominal wall contracts.
03:36 That's interesting, because I thought this was a lower ab exercise, too.
03:39 It is.
03:40 But I can feel the whole thing.
03:41 Yeah, but the whole thing.
03:42 So, that's why people do different variations of things.
03:44 So, bring your feet down now.
03:46 And now, let's sit up.
03:48 Sit up.
03:49 Now, you're going to cross your ankles.
03:51 And let's make this a little more difficult.
03:53 Okay.
03:54 Let's grab a ball.
03:55 Let's grab a light ball.
03:56 Let's see if I can find a light one.
03:57 Get a light one.
03:59 It doesn't even look like this gym has light ones.
04:01 I should have this ready for you.
04:03 This is going to be rough.
04:04 Okay, this is a medicine ball.
04:05 This is four pounds.
04:07 So, cross your ankles.
04:09 Now, lean back a little bit and try to touch the floor with the ball.
04:12 With the ball or my elbow?
04:13 With the ball.
04:14 Oh, is that --
04:15 Touch the floor.
04:16 Oh, I can feel that.
04:17 Go back and forth.
04:18 Don't stop in the middle.
04:19 Go back and forth.
04:20 I like this one.
04:21 There you go.
04:22 This feels really comfortable on my head and neck and shoulders.
04:24 Yeah.
04:25 How many of these?
04:26 10 to 15.
04:27 10 to 15.
04:28 It's all about the same.
04:29 Okay, so that's three exercises that you want to do.
04:32 Hey, wait.
04:33 Get your feet off the floor.
04:34 Oh, I'm --
04:35 Such a cheater.
04:36 Yeah, now it doesn't feel as comfortable, does it?
04:37 Eric, Austin, thank you.
04:39 You will learn to hate me.
04:41 [laughter]
04:42 Thank you.
04:43 I'll learn to love you.
04:45 Okay.
04:46 There you go.
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