Today is a glorious day here in the land’o'green that is EmpoweredNutrition.com YEZZIR… today is a fantastic day. All week, actually for 3 weeks now I have been toiling in the lab working on several projects at once and finally today I have been able to get the first one out of the incubator and ...…
I have to admit, this is going to be tough to admit... but the truth is out. I don`t know if I will ever be able to do this. Can you do or even imagine doing what this guy is doing... its crazy and you need killer skill, strength, and balance and muscle control to pull this one off. Enough hype and awestruck babbling, just watch the video and you will know what I mean. Then read the rest of the post and find out how you can issue your own challenge and get 1 Night Hotel Stay for your challenge efforts. ================================================ Watch the Planche Push Up and Inspiration Video on the Blog >> www.EmpoweredNutrition.com ================================================ WOW! Enough said. I am literally awestruck and amazed! So if that doesn’t inspire you to think of something crazy, or get you to try it yourself, then I don’t know what will. No like I said, I am not really sure if I can even do some of the training push ups let alone the full Planche Push Up, but you have to know that I have tried (and failed) and will continue to challenge myself and try it again every few months. When I finally do a full planche push up I will be sure to post the video. I…
Part 4 of 4 in our 3 Minute Challenge... 3 Minute Dip Challenge This is not an easy task by any means since you will be using a very small muscle group to move your body through space. Another factor that is going to limit the consistency of the results is how you perform the exercise. To make this equally fair for all we will be using a chair dip or bench dip. To execute this one, you need to have your arms behind you on one chair and your feet either on another chair or on the ground simply as pivot points not to be used for pushing and cheating. This falls into both the muscle ENDURANCE and POWER challenges, since you will be using a small muscle to move your weight you need power to even get started and since it is such a small group exhaustion will come quickly and you will need muscle endurance for your triceps to keep going rep after rep for 3 minutes. You will also be working your core stabilization, some front delts and even traps during this exercise. Here are the requirements for this dip challenge: 1 or 2 chairs Timer – here’s one for you http://e.ggtimer.com/3-minutes State Your Name, Weight and Total Reps Will power and muscle endurance INCENTIVE: To challenge yourself Set a new standard for you to beat each…
