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Mogul twists
This is a great stationary, equipment-free cardio exercise I like to incorporate into my HIIT workout, and as far as I know it's original. I have not come across this specific drill on the net, so let me know if I'm accidentally reinventing the wheel here. Bear in mind it looks totally gay - but I'm willing to look like an idiot for something that's this effective. Here it is...
Start position
Stand feet together and focus on something infront of you - you'll keep facing this direction throughout the exercise. Now place your left arm out straight to the side at shoulder level, and hold your right arm across your chest so that your left hand touches your right shoulder. Now turn your feet so that your toes point 90 degrees to your right.
Motion
Bend your legs slightly, and keeping your feet together, jump into the opposite position - that is, you land with your toes pointing 90 degrees to your left, your left arm now folded across your chest and your right arm now extended outwards at shoulder level.
Get a rhythm going and repeat at maximum speed. Sixty seconds of this will murder you, I guarantee it. You'll also murder your dignity by looking like the Fonz having a spaz attack, so privacy is recommended.
You'll feel it most in your midsection, where you're generating the twisting motion with your abs, obliques, and back. Your claves and quads will get burned out from the jumping, and the arm motion employs the shoulders, chest and tris. You're basically using everything, making it great cardio, and you can throw in handweights or a loaded backpack for added challenge. I can reach my maximum bpm doing this, and without the joint stress and risks implicit in sprints or burpees.
Seeing as the exercise is very similar to the motion of a skier's body when tackling those little snow-humps, I called 'em mogul twists. Get your fat ass up right now and do em til you puke.
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