Comments on: 7 Father’s Day Fitness Tips

By: matt

matt — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:10:25 +0000

what are good exercises to work the legs? Also you mention pushing and pulling should be balanced? What are the best exercises to do without equipment? I always do a few pressups in the morning before work, if I combine those with pullups would that suffice?

By: BJ Gaddour

BJ Gaddour — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:40:54 +0000

Hey LeAnn,

glad to hear your Dad is getting after it!

any activity is great! but be sure he does some weekly total body resistance training under supervision and also does some interval work on that bike for best results

crank it!
BJ

By: BJ Gaddour

BJ Gaddour — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:39:58 +0000

glad to help Mike!

keep up the great work with your students

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:53:24 +0000

Hey BJ -
Greetings from Altoona, Iowa! You’ve mentioned working lower body before and backed it with some really good studies. I push lower exercises, and inform my students exactly what you stated above, and have stated before. More calories are burned through working your lowers than any other muscle group. We don’t use weights only resistance bands, and my students get a really good work out with the lowers because you can’t cheat your own body weight. With uppers you can slack off everything but those exercises that require you lifting your body weight. Ninety percent of the lower work-outs require lifting your own body weight, so there is less cop-outs in those work-outs.

Thanks for the blog, and I’ll get my students in here to read this.
Keep cranking out the good pointers BJ!

Talk to ya soon,

Michael
Farrell’s Extreme BodyShaping
Coach/Instructor

By: bjgaddour

bjgaddour — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:12:14 +0000

thanks Mike!

great tip on the golfing… 4 hours of walking on a hilly terrain vs. 4 hours of sitting in a cart… should be a no brainer

crank it!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:10:30 +0000

BJ,

Great post, I loved the pictures!

I completely agree with your point on working on your legs. Some of the biggest muscles in the body are down there so if you develop them than the fat will really start to come off. Plus its not the 1980’s anymore, there’s no need to train like a meat head.

Everyone should be training like an athlete and aiming to get lean and toned. How practical is 20 inch biceps with 16 inch calves?

One other suggestion for the fathers who love to golf (mine does). Take your father out golfing for fathers day, BUT leave the cart behind and walk! Not only is it great exercise, but you’ll probably have some great conversations walking next to him!

By: LeAnn

LeAnn — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:35:50 +0000

I’m not a father, but I love this post! Thanks BJ!

My father, at 71, has taken up long(er) distance cycling this summer. He’s riding 30-50 miles a few times/week. Go Dad!

He also lifts at the local Y and walks on their track. I’m very proud of the shape he’s in! Happy Father’s Day Dad!