Think You’re A Ninja, Do Ya?

And now for something completely different. If you’re bored of doing the same old workout, you’ve come to the right place. Remember the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Well this has nothing to do with them. Ok, it does – this genius of a man has created a workout so you can increase testosterone with various fun exercises – and feel like a ninja in the process. It incorporates mobility, balance, power and strength.  Bet those guys aren’t lacking any mojo! 

Strength and size are important, but they mean nothing if they hinder movement.  It’s tough to be a ninja turtle if your movements and attacks are slow (and thus easy to block or dodge), so strength and power must be accompanied by an equal amount of agility.

This means we’ll be working on our mobility too. Our limbs will be our weapons…until Splinter decides which weapons fit our fighting style.

Got it. We need mobility, balance, power, and strength.

Let’s look at how we’re going to earn each of those things:

• MOBILITY: We need to be able to move freely in every direction.  Kicks behind us, punches above us, cartwheels and somersaults to dodge danger, and dance skills that impress even Vanilla Ice.

• BALANCE: If we’re going to be climbing on roofs and doing backflips through mobs of bad guys, we’ll need to make sure our balance is at ninja level.

• POWER: Our focus will be on explosive movements that recruit multiple muscles and have them working in unison to accomplish a single goal: maximum force.

• STRENGTH: If we are training for strength, we will keep the reps low and difficulty high, building tight, dense muscle.  We’ll be doing exercises that don’t require a gym, as you never know where you’ll be training as a Ninja. Read more on Nerd Fitness.com

Always be yourself, unless you can be a ninja, in which case, be a ninja.