All you need is your core and a wall what I consider the best ab exercises for women! I am calling them “better than crunches” because, quite frankly, they are. Check out these “anti-rotational” ab exercises. Why are they so important for women? Well, the main focus of these moves AND of your core in…
This BAD ASS Battery Park Boot Camp for women-warriors is about to finish our last session of 2015 outdoors in lower Manhattan! We celebrated Here is a little taste of the PURSUIT sprint session all over Fidi, Tribeca, and Battery Park! (We are not your mother’s “boot camp!”) We used just about every obstacle/tree/railing/wall in…
“WHAT HAPPENS WHEN GIRLS ARE FREE TO IMAGINE THEY CAN BE ANYTHING” This probably won’t shock you, but I NEEVVVVER played with Barbies. I was always in the dirt, playing sports, building things and climbing trees. Dolls never appealed to me (except maybe when I would crash my trucks into my sister Cara’s Barbie Dream…
HOTEL ROOM + MINI BOTTLE SWEAT // Here’s a quick hotel room training session with vodka “mini” bottles. The W Hotel in South Beach considers those “mini” bottles 🙂 Just a side note, water bottles work equally as well! A video posted by Dr. Laura Miranda DPT, CSCS (@lauramirandafit) on Nov 13, 2015 at…
BUNGEE CORD AGILITY & PUSHUPS I don’t use any equipment when I train myself or my clients outdoors; I just don’t think its necessary. But today I broke out the bungee cord for a little something extra. These are all classic agility and push-up exercises, just with added planes of motion and resistance from the…
How to stop being a “Fitness Douche Bag” We have to get smarter in the way we program exercises for clients and ourselves. I am sick of seeing people flailing around doing 100s of reps with really poor quality (think burpees), or just adding MORE and more weight to the bar….all in the name of…
Instagram annoys me. I have been a student of the human movement for the last 17 years with 3 different degrees in kinesiology, biomechanics and Physical Therapy. Yet these so called “social media fitness stars” have diluted, perverted and kind of ruined it for the regular person who is looking to get in shape. Having…
BATTLE ROPE SHOULDER & CARDIO WORKOUT Ohhhhh yea I want you to play with some heavy ropes today. (Try to ignore the helicopter sounds at the end! That was my ride coming to pick me up!) THE CHALLENGE: Give me 20 seconds of as many reps as you can do of DOUBLE ARM JUMPING JACKS,…
HAMPTONS LIVING ROOM CIRCUIT The idea that you can’t get a good workout while you are traveling is just not true! Just finished the following post-birthday-celebration circuit: 1) BULGARIAN JUMP LUNGES 2) SINGLE LEG PUSHUPS 3) HIGH KNEE TAPS 4) INVERTED REVERSE BOX JUMPS 5) EXPLOSIVE INCLINE PUSHUPS. 5 rounds through, 20 seconds of each…
Here is a quick how to video for HealthGuru.com Today’s move is the Lunge Twist. Find out how to execute this powerful exercise in your own workout routine: . Stay determined, focused and addicted to improving yourself, Dr. Laura Miranda DPT, MSPT, CSCS NYC Fitness Freak & Physical Therapist Technique-Geek StrongHealthyWoman.com NYC & LI…
