Creative exercises - Fitness Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
Sometimes if I'm not feeling up to getting up and going to the gym, what I've recently started doing since it's been snowing is there's an empty room in our basement and we converted it to like a little cheap home gym and so we went to Five Below and we got all these like dumbbells and kettlebells and things like that and I have a like a walking pad which is like a treadmill but it doesn't you can't like sprint on it you can kind of do a light jog. Anyways, so it's not really creative exercise but it's a creative way to exercise so definitely recommend getting a few dumbbells and things like that, resistance bands, all that and do your little at-home gym.
Video 2 Transcript
Alrighty, a creative exercise that I'd like to share maybe is one that's not very popular because people don't like it but let me tell you it works wonders and all I do is you just do a four minute plank every single night. It sounds like a lot and it is at first but once you reach once you build up to it four minutes it's nothing you just do it every night consistently and really like you never have to do abs over again you get a six pack it's great but the reason I started is just because six or seven years ago my mom was like I heard if you plank for 30 days in a row you start to see differences so we played for 30 days and it really worked and I was like I can't just stop now so I just kept going then soon I was doing it into my mission and I still do it so there you go just four minute plank every night barely even in an exercise but it helps a lot.
Video 3 Transcript
There's a lot of exercises about like recovery and things like that, but I think that including those things in your normal routine, so let's say for like back stretching or knee stretching or it's like, oh I tore my ACL therefore I should do this exercise, like do those exercises now, so you don't tear your ACL. So like preventative exercises instead of recovery exercises, I think is kind of a creative way to think about them.
Video 4 Transcript
I think the most important part about doing any workout program is using creative exercises. So usually if you work out with a buddy, this is when it's really fun, is you can be doing different exercises, like even just like box jumps, but have them kind of like offset you or give you a little push from the side, because then you're putting yourself in a more real world scenario, in a real practical application, because when you land in a jump, like if you're doing basketball or soccer or anything like that, you're not always going to land in the exact same position. So getting creative with your exercises and making sure that you have this foundation of like a proper landing before that you try any of these creative things, but just trying to put yourself in a more real world scenario, so that your workouts do translate into your everyday life.
Video 5 Transcript
I have a strange obsession with headstands. I do them like all the time and I even know like a couple different kinds you can do, but I really love like practicing them and seeing how long I can hold them and like adding variations. I think it's really fun. It's a good core workout. It's good for your arms. It's good for probably your brain. Get that blood flowing. It's good.
Video 6 Transcript
Sit-ups in bed are underrated.
Video 7 Transcript
I only have one fitness tip for creative exercise, which is ballroom dance. It's a surprisingly good type of exercise. If you can build in an activity to your schedule to where you're held accountable and it's just part of your routine to be able to go and do, it can be a really good way to get in some exercise.
Video 8 Transcript
What's up, lifers? Today we're going to be teaching you how to do a double push-up. It starts with the first person getting in a wide stance with their hands and legs spread, and then going down. And the second person is going to put their hands on your ankles, and their feet on your shoulders. At this point, you just push up, and you're done.
Video 9 Transcript
Whenever you talk to like physical therapists or things like that, they prescribe a lot of exercises for like injury after the fact. What I would recommend is like if you know that you might have some weak spots like neck or back or knees or ankles or things like that, go into Google, YouTube or anything and look up, hey, what is a post injury look like for these things and do it before the injury occurs. Um, so exercises that are meant to heal you from your injuries, just do them before it even happens. You'll build up the same strength and tolerance and you'll do it off of a clean slate rather than post injury. I bet you prevent more injuries and you probably just feel better in your movements too.
Video 10 Transcript
So I'd say another creative exercise that I like to do, especially when I'm doing kind of a chest day, push workout, rather than just doing like normal bench press where you're doing, you know, 135, 185, 225 on bench is lighter weight, but as many reps as you can. So what I'll usually do is do, I'll put three 10 pound plates on each side of the bar and rep them out as many as I can. It's important to have a spotter, but do as many reps as you can. Then when you can't do it anymore, you know, put it on the rack, take off a 10 from each side. So now it's 20 pounds total on each side. Again, do as many reps as you can until you can't do anymore. Rack it, take off, you know, 10s on each side. So now you're just stuck with the one 10 on one side, 10 on the other side. And again, as many reps as you can up until you're just doing the bar. And honestly, it's a burner. It's a killer workout. Really gets your chest, you know, fired up and pumped. And it's also, I'd say good for your cardio as well. Great workout.
Video 11 Transcript
So a workout that's pretty creative that I really like to do is called the Murph. It's a CrossFit workout where you run a mile and you do 300 squats just with no weight, just your body weight, 200 push-ups, 100 pull-ups, and another mile. You time yourself. So the goal is obviously to do it more than just one time over the course of, you know, a month or two or whatever, however long you do it. And try to beat your best time. And it's tough. It's really tough, really gets the heart rate going, which is good. The way I like to kind of do the sets is 20 sets of 15 squats, 10 push-ups, 5 pull-ups, which, you know, after 20 sets, evens out to the 300, 200, 100. But it's a really, really good workout. You know, the mile, the 300 squats, 200 push-ups, 100 total pull-ups, and another mile. It's a really good workout to test your cardio and your overall strength.
