Series: At Home Workouts - Core

Nice form!

02/09/2009

~ nachan

This video is great to really learn the basic crunch and reverse crunch. I do crunches a lot but I never know if I'm doing the right form or posture. This video really teaches you the right way to do a crunch.

Where is that touch training method from?

01/19/2009

~ brittanie

I've never heard of touch training before but it seems like it really works. I bought this video as well the other abs videos by Derek and I'm doing it 3-4 times a week. It's great to have on my computer and I also downloaded it to my iPhone. I'm probably going to buy some more videos on leg squats and put that on my phone as well so I can take it to the gym. Very easy exercises to get a workout at home.

Below are the descriptions for each of the lessons included in the series:

• At-Home Workout Routines: How to Get Six Pack Abs

  Learn the secrets of the Britney Spears ab workout! Imagine yourself with Usher's abs! Watch this video and learn how to get ripped abs. The time is now to have hot, sexy, tight abs!

  In this video, Derek Duke Noble, host of Urban Fitness TV, teaches the Urban Fitness crowd the best ab exercises to get six pack abs! Forget the ab rocket and the ab roller. Forget the slendertone ab belt and ab machines. This ab workout is equipment-free and a must do for men or women, at home or at the gym. This routine is for everyone and can be done anywhere at anytime. Turn this video on before bed or when you wake up. If you want to build up or tone up, these exercises are great for both bodybuilding and toning.

  This video tutorial is split up into four routines with both beginner and advanced instructions. Derek begins the lesson with a starting exercise, the standard crunch. The next routine in the abdominal series is a reverse of the standard crunch. The final two crunch routines are left and right side oblique exercises. During each exercise Derek breaks down the movements and notes when to breathe and when to exhale, emphasizing that proper technique and correct breathing help you get better results.

  Towards the end of the video Derek mentions his own training method called touch training, placing your hand on the muscle group you are using to notice when it contracts and squeezes. When you feel your muscle squeeze you know that you are working them out and maintaining proper technique. By practicing proper technique, focusing on your breathing, and making slow movements you will get the results you want.

  Whether you are looking for ab workouts as a female or male, these exercises are meant to enhance both female abs and male abs. You can do this routine at home or in the gym. All you need is a place to stretch out and start crunching. No need for ab machines! To get the most out of this video do 2 to 3 sets of each routines with 15 repetitions in each set.

  Derek Duke Noble (www.bodynoble.com), the host and creator of Urban Fitness TV (www.urbanfitnesstv.com), is a world-renowned celebrity lifestyle and fitness guru. "

• At-Home Lower Abs Workout: The Pelvic Tilt

  Tone-up your lower abs! Watch this workout video and learn the easy and effective ways to get the lower ab results you want. In this video, Derek shows his fitness models how to correctly do the pelvic tilt. This exercise is a lower body workout that can build up your lower ab muscles below your belly button. First, Derek demonstrates how to do the exercise with slow, simple movements that follow along his step-by-step instructions. Then, he adjusts and corrects his fitness models on their posture and technique as they practice the routine.

  Add variety to the exercise by putting on a different type of resistance or changing the position of your legs and hands to really feel the squeeze. Slow small movements, steady breathing and focusing on the isometric squeeze (the double pause) are key elements to getting the bodybuilding or toning results you want. Derek recommends doing 2 sets of 15 repetitions if you are a beginner, or 3 to 4 sets of 20 repetitions if you are more advanced.

  Within the second half of the video lesson, Derek introduces a unique method of training called touch training, during the exercise touch the specific muscle group that you are working out. By touching that muscle group your mind focuses on squeezing it tighter, engaging more muscle fibers, and your body gets a better workout.

  After watching this video you will know how to correctly do pelvic tilts to hone and tone your lower abs, maintain good form between each movement, keep a nice neutral spine, understand the number of reps and sets to do as as beginner or advanced trainee, and gain the benefits of touch training. You do not need any equipment to do this exercise. You can do this routine in the comfort of your own home or at the gym. Any fitness experienced accepted!

  Derek Duke Noble (www.bodynoble.com), the host and creator of Urban Fitness TV (www.urbanfitnesstv.com), is a world-renowned celebrity lifestyle and fitness guru. "

• At-Home Workout Routines: Tone & Flatten Abs

  Get that six pack today! Watch this workout video and learn the easy and effective ways to get the ab results you want. In this video, Derek shows his fitness models how to correctly do the basic crunch using a medicine ball. This exercise is a complete core body workout that can transform your obliques and other abdominal muscles. First, Derek demonstrates how to do the exercise himself with simple movements and step-by-step instructions. Then, he adjusts and corrects his fitness models on their posture and technique.

  Add variety to the exercise by putting on a different type of resistance or changing the position of your legs and hands to really feel the squeeze. Slow, full-range movements, steady breathing and focusing on the isometric squeeze (the double pause) are key elements to getting the bodybuilding or toning results you want. Derek recommends doing 2 sets of 5 to 10 repetitions if you are a beginner or 3 to 5 sets of 15 to 25 repetitions if you are more advanced.

  Within the second half of the video lesson, Derek introduces a unique method of training called touch training, during the exercise touch the specific muscle group that you are working out. By touching that muscle group your mind focuses on squeezing it tighter and your body gets a better workout.

  After watching this video you will know how to correctly do the exercise, maintain good form between each movement, keep a nice neutral spine, understand the number of reps and sets to do as as beginner or advanced trainee, and gain the benefits of touch training. You do not need any equipment to do this exercise. Any fitness level accepted. Do this exercise in the comfort of your own home or at the gym.

  Derek Duke Noble (www.bodynoble.com), the host and creator of Urban Fitness TV (www.urbanfitnesstv.com), is a world-renowned celebrity lifestyle and fitness guru. "

• Condition and Strengthen with a Core Workout

  Learn the hottest new exercise trend – core conditioning. Core conditioning works all the muscles in the core of the body-in the stomach, the back, the shoulders, and the upper legs. Derek shows you two push-up like exercises you can do anywhere to help build your core stability. He gives you tips to protect yourself from injury. Derek recommends you start by holding these positions for 5 seconds, and build your way up to one minute.

  In these one-on-one lessons, Derek Noble gets one on one with the viewer with his active and intimate personal training session. He shows you specific exercises to tone and shape your body. Derek Duke Noble (www.bodynoble.com), the host and creator of Urban Fitness TV (www.urbanfitnesstv.com), is a world-renowned celebrity lifestyle and fitness guru.