Partner Workouts: Team up and train with exercises you can do anywhere

The first full-color fitness book that teaches you how to actively engage a partner in your workout routine, Partner Workouts features 70 step-by-step exercises that utilize another person, either directly for resistance or indirectly for stability and balance. Forty workouts put these 70 bodyweight exercises, yoga positions, cardio, and more into routines, and three long-term, comprehensive exercise programs provide regimens so you and your partner can motivate each other to achieve your fitness goals over a period of time.

From choosing your partner and setting your goals to tracking your progress and nutrition, this step-by-step guide doesn't require a gym membership or expensive fitness equipment. So grab a friend and start your Partner Workouts.

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Partner Workouts: Team up and train with exercises you can do anywhere

The first full-color fitness book that teaches you how to actively engage a partner in your workout routine, Partner Workouts features 70 step-by-step exercises that utilize another person, either directly for resistance or indirectly for stability and balance. Forty workouts put these 70 bodyweight exercises, yoga positions, cardio, and more into routines, and three long-term, comprehensive exercise programs provide regimens so you and your partner can motivate each other to achieve your fitness goals over a period of time.

From choosing your partner and setting your goals to tracking your progress and nutrition, this step-by-step guide doesn't require a gym membership or expensive fitness equipment. So grab a friend and start your Partner Workouts.

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Partner Workouts: Team up and train with exercises you can do anywhere

Partner Workouts: Team up and train with exercises you can do anywhere

by Laura Williams, Noel Ferrin
Partner Workouts: Team up and train with exercises you can do anywhere

Partner Workouts: Team up and train with exercises you can do anywhere

by Laura Williams, Noel Ferrin

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Overview

The first full-color fitness book that teaches you how to actively engage a partner in your workout routine, Partner Workouts features 70 step-by-step exercises that utilize another person, either directly for resistance or indirectly for stability and balance. Forty workouts put these 70 bodyweight exercises, yoga positions, cardio, and more into routines, and three long-term, comprehensive exercise programs provide regimens so you and your partner can motivate each other to achieve your fitness goals over a period of time.

From choosing your partner and setting your goals to tracking your progress and nutrition, this step-by-step guide doesn't require a gym membership or expensive fitness equipment. So grab a friend and start your Partner Workouts.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781465454140
Publisher: DK
Publication date: 12/13/2016
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 49 MB
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About the Author

Laura Williams is a certified exercise physiologist with a master's degree in exercise science. After managing gyms for six years, she became a fitness writer and expert for About.com, SheKnows and Thrillist, where she regularly publishes workouts, healthy lifestyle resources and fitness tips. When she's not busy writing content for other sites, she creates programs and workouts for fans of her own website, Girls Gone Sporty. She resides in Georgetown, TX, with her husband and two dogs, and has a blast doing partner workouts with her sister whenever she gets the chance.

Table of Contents

1 Getting Started

Introduction 6

Assess Your Level 8

How to Use This Book 11

Choosing a Partner 12

What You'll Need 14

Anatomy 16

Basic Positions 18

Warming Up 22

Cooling Down 28

Recovery 32

2 Resistance Exercises

Level 1

Squat & Resistance Band Sprint 36

Side Lunge & Twist 38

Superman Lats & Biceps Curls 40

Reverse Lunge & Triceps Extension 42

Weighted Plank & Dumbbell Row 44

Weighted Plank & Triceps Extension 46

Resistance Band Chest Press & Row 48

Squat, Reach & Pass 50

Stability Ball Situp & Pass 52

Sliding Chest Pass 54

Level 2

Floating Plank & Shoulder Press 56

Bear Crawl & Static Row 58

Lateral Medicine Ball Toss 60

Unstable Pushup & Medicine Ball Roll 62

Wall Squat & Medicine Ball Situp 64

BOSU Squat & Resistance Band Row 66

Wall Squat & Overhead Dumbbell Shoulder Press 68

Leg Throws 70

Level 3

Power Plank & Chest Press 72

BOSU Pushup & Shoulder Squat 74

Stability Ball Reverse Curl & Triceps Rollout 76

Coordinated Stability Ball Hamstring Curls 78

Coordinated Stability Ball Lunges 80

Weighted Plank & Dumbbell Chest Press 82

Stability Ball Situp & Medicine Ball Pass 84

3 Assisted Pairings Exercises

Level 1

Back-to-Back Squats 88

Resisted Shoulder Press 90

Coordinated Lunges 92

Level 2

Wall Squat & Dip 94

Wheelbarrow Walk 96

Wheelbarrow Squat & Pushup 98

Leg Press 100

Alternating Getup 102

Modified Pullup 106

Plank & Bent-Over Row 108

Plank & Bridge 110

Bridge Hold & Dip 112

V-Sit Adductor & Abductor 114

Level 3

Assisted Pistol Squat 116

Wall Squat & Bulgarian Split Squat 118

Kneeling Hamstring Curls 120

Twisting Squat & BOSU Pushup 122

Situp to Square Pike 124

Handstand Shoulder Press 126

Elevated Pushup & Chest Press 128

Assisted Plyometric Bulgarian Split Squat 130

Double Bridge 132

Weighted Plank & Lateral Hops 134

Linked-Leg Pushups 136

Fireman's Carry 138

4 Stability Exercises

Level 1

BOSU Reaction Taps 142

Double Dancer Pose 144

Standing Backbend 146

Hand-Supported Double Boat Pose 148

Chair Pose on Toes 150

Double Tree Pose 152

Level 2

King of the BOSU 154

Pedaling BOSU V-Sit 156

Stability Ball Plank 158

Warrior III Leg Lifts 160

BOSU Arm Wrestling 162

Pushing Side Planks 164

Downward Dog Handstand Pike 166

Single-Leg Stability Ball Battle 168

Level 3

Side Plank & Hip Adduction 170

Stacked Plank 172

Kneeling Balance & Pass 174

Stability Ball Balance & Jab 176

Flying Bird Pose 178

BOSU Ball Battle 180

5 Programs & Workouts

Level 1 Program 184

Short Circuits and Circ-HIIT 186

Strike a Balance and 4x4 Challenge 188

Twisted Tabata and Lower-Body Burner 190

Upper-Body Burner and Core Blitz 192

Cellular Excitation and Come on Strong 194

Level 2 Program 196

The Countdown and Steady Cycle 198

Hang in the Balance and Power of 10 200

Perfect 10 and The Heart Racer 202

Hard Core and Butt Blaster 204

The Push & Pull and The Spider 206

Level 3 Program 208

Next-Level HIIT, Sweat Social, and Balancing Act 210

Quick & Dirty and Guns & Buns Countdown 212

Chest & Abs, Toasted, and 45-Minute Pyramid 214

Tabata Master Class 216

The Crucible 218

Index 220

About the Author and Acknowledgments 224

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