Network Magazine summer 2014 | Page 55

Tabata Pilates with Wendi Carroll By combining Pilates-style exercises with the basic Tabata format of go hard, rest, go hard, you can create an intense Pilates workout. Each of the 4 rounds of the workout features 8 exercises, each performed for 20 seconds with a 10-second break between them and 60 seconds recovery at the end, meaning one round takes 5 minutes and the total workout 20 minutes. The exercises are: squat; plank prep with single leg reach; plank; swimming; criss cross; thigh stretch with arm raises; alternating forward stepping lunges; and burpee variation. MMA Fitness: Techniques with Dee and James McNeill As the popularity of MMA-style training continues to explode, Dee and James teach you how to instruct authentic, modified MMA moves that provide additional challenge for participants and clients in your pad training sessions. You don’t need any specialist equipment to add these MMA fitness moves to your pad sessions. Combining kettlebells and bodyweight moves, this routine features the basic two-handed swing, the goblet squat rocking back with momentum, the sit-through drill and push ups, woven together in a seamless circuit. Team let’s get it ON! Give Me A Leg Up! with Stephen Parker The step is a very versatile piece of gy