Get Fast Results with Ring Training
December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Most people like to maximize fitness results by doing efficient exercises. Either you don’t have much time to train, or you’re not patient enough to doing long, drawn out workout routines. If this sounds like you, try ring training.
There are few other workouts that can give you efficiency that ring training can. Each exercise performed with rings requires muscles that wouldn’t be hit otherwise. Even common exercises like dips, pull ups, and push ups become much more difficult, and therefore, more efficient.
Rings are produced by a variety of companies, I prefer to use Elite Rings created by RingTraining.com. They’re simple to setup; just hang them from a pull up bar or any piece of stationary equipment, then get to work! No matter where you are in terms of fitness, you can use rings to increase your workout efficiency.
When you start ring training, you’ll realize that in order to do any exercise, you have to keep your entire body tight. This ends up working your major muscles, stabilizer muscles, and your core. Definitely an effective workout. What’s also great is how portable and versatile rings are.
What’s that? You’re a bodybuilder who is focused on gaining mass? No problem. Throw ring pushups or flys at the end of your chest workout to achieve an awesome pump. If you’re simply looking for some strength and conditioning, tie it into a full-body workout with rows, push ups, dips, flys, squats, and pull ups.
You can hit nearly every angle of you body with rings. Portability is huge. Take them to your gym, the park, anywhere where you can hang them and you have yourself a workout. And they weigh nothing so if you’re traveling, you don’t have to worry about lugging your kettlebell around for a workout on the road!
One of the best ring systems on the market are from RingTraining.com, who offers their Elite Rings product. RingTraining.com offers a fantastic system that is lightweight, portable, adjustable, and more. Ring training proved effective for the guys from the movie 300 and the results speak for themselves. You will get stronger in your major working muscle and throughout your entire body, and depending on how you train with them you will add muscle or achieve a nice lean body. Either way, you’d be missing out on something good by not adding them into your training regimen. Not convinced? Find anyone who has a pair and see if they’ve enjoyed using them or not. Below is a sample full-body workout using rings:
Full-body Ring Training Workout
Notes: Perform 8-12 reps in a circuit. Rest 30 seconds to one minute between exercises and 1-3 minutes between circuits
A: Ring Push Ups
B: Ring Pull Up
C: Rings Dips
D: Ring Standing Curl
E: Ring Tricep Extension
F: Single Leg Squat (holding rings)
G: Rings Flys