advertisement
Loading

Workout Finder







Fitness
   

15-Min Workout: Lean, Mean Fighting Machine

advertisement
It requires efficient training for you to become as lean and muscular as a fighter, says mixed martial arts trainer Chad Waterbury, MS. This workout develops upper-body strength, size and endurance simultaneously, packing so much exercise into 15 minutes that you’ll shrink your waistline in the process.

Instructions:
1. Start with 6 reps of each exercise, with no rest between moves.
2. Then do 5 reps of each, and count down until you do 1 of each.
3. If you complete the workout in less than 15 minutes, add a rep to your first set the next time.

Judo Push-Up

Start in a modified push-up position. Lower your body until your chin nearly touches the floor. In a continuous motion, raise your head and shoulders while lowering your hips until they almost touch the floor. Reverse the move to return to the starting position.
Assisted Chin-Up

Stand on a bench beneath a chin-up bar. Grab the bar in an underhand grip. Cross your ankles behind you, with the toes of one foot resting on the bench. Hang from the bar, arms straight and knees bent. Pull your chest to the bar, pause, lower yourself and repeat.
Inverted Shoulder Press

Place your feet on a bench and your hands on the floor. Raise your hips so your torso is nearly perpendicular to the ground. Bend your elbows and lower your body until your head nearly touches the floor, and then push back to the starting position.
Upright Power Row

Hold a pair of dumbbells in front of your thighs, palms towards your body. Lean forward. This is the starting position. Pull the weights up to your sides as you straighten your torso, turning your palms towards each other. Reverse the movement to return to the starting position.

 



READER COMMENTS
(Comments may take up to 15minutes to appear)

No comment has been posted yet!

Leave a Comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
7 + 0 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.

advertisement
RELATED CONTENT
One-kit Wonder: Medicine Ball Workout
Target more muscles across your entire frame and supercharge your strength with the very versatile medicine ball.
5 Workout Upgrades For The Busy Man
Work more muscles in less time with these power-packed upgrades to your favourite gym moves. You’ll be hitting the showers earlier.
Your No-frills Home Gym
Make your money and muscles work harder with these five home gym essentials: They are all you need for the best full-body circuit you can do in your living room.


Copyright © 2013 SPH Magazines Pte Ltd. Co. Regn. No. 196900476M. All rights reserved.
About Us | Career | Privacy Statement | Conditions of Access | SPH Magazines Network | Advertise with Men's Health