Air Bar eXercises (also known as ABX) is the newest fitness rage. It is a metabolic conditioning workout that utilizes elements of HIIT, yoga, dance, martial arts, pilates & cardiovascular training. It also includes a free kick-starter nutritional guide that features a diet plan, detox, and juice fasting information with recipes, a fitness journal & much more!
Erin Buchanan suggests using 3-ft standard dowel rod from the hardware store (I snagged mine from my son's closest!) She is upbeat and quirky, which I love! Working out with her makes me feel like I'm having fun doing the moves with a close friend, alternating between concentrating on her words and movement to giggling at some of her comments. She not only leads you through the moves but also tells you how to focus your mind to fully benefit from each move. This is a workout that I even got my husband to do alongside me, which never happens! Although, it could just because Erin has a rockin' body and he walked in the room during Erin's "shake it out" warm up. You'll know exactly what I mean if you buy the workout! This workout is great for any level of exerciser because the difficulty level is determined by how intensely you engage your core zones and the speed/range you perform the motions during the workout. I was specifically interested in trying ABX because it is easy on the knees and back. It's also an ideal workout for those suffering from arthritis (like me) because it is a safe exercise for joints and with continued use helps to improves function and increase flexibility. The production quality of the video is excellent. The exercises offer clear, helpful views of each move, the instructions are very easy to follow, and the audio is crisp--even when there is music in the background. Benefits of ABX: Physically: lose weight, tighten body, tone muscles, increase strength, stamina, flexibility, and energy control Mentally: be in the present moment, be OK with sensations, not judging pain or pleasure, releasing blocks in energy, and learning to practice positive affirmations for oneself and others Emotionally: You gain greater awareness of feelings, allowing more freedom and happiness, and in the process commanding others to honor your emotions Energetically: allows you to feel well, radiate abundance, attract good health, wealth, and positive people in your circle Financially: allows you to feel more in control of expenses, knowing you need nothing more than your health and what serves your true needs, while opening channels of creativity and abundance Spiritually: become more of who you deeply and authentically are, serving the universe and allowing your personality to shine Injury-Proofing: Developing the range and depth of functional skills encountered during crisis response, and slightly beyond the scope of those skills in order to create a ‘safety valve’ for when movements deviate from the expected. Prehabilitation: Priming connective tissue, joints and joint fluid for performance to prevent injuries and to refine the ability to absorb and retranslate force encountered during athletics or daily life. Active Recovery: Specific low-intensity mobility exercise to recuperate from intense effort to prevent overtraining, increase healthy circulation and diminish delayed muscle soreness typical of extreme exertion. General Physical Preparedness: Increasing the capacity to perform physically at high intensity for repeated burst of short duration, and increasing the speed of recovery between bouts of activity. Specific Physical Preparedness: Sophisticated work capacity in multiple planes, three-dimensionally through the six degrees of freedom – heaving, swaying, surging, pitching, yawing, rolling.
Example Moves (from airbarexercises.com)
Air Bar Chest Press In this position you are finding yourself in a perfect pausing place to engage your core muscles deeply & enjoy the sensations you feel. Heels rooted into the earth, knees soft and forgiving, tailbone lengthening towards the ground, lower abdominals pulled in and up, lungs full of oxygen, back and lateral muscles hugging the ribs that are knitted over the top of the abdominals, elbows as high as you can get them while keeping the shoulders pressing down towards the ground. Squeeze tight inside while looking cool outside. Head is typically facing forward unless you are freestylin’ in which case feel free to look into the camera and give it a sexy smile. ; )
Capoeira Diagonal Reverse Lunge
This move is performed by standing with both feet slightly more than hip distance apart. You step back and to the side only at a distance and depth that is comfortable for you, your knees and your current range of motion. Dip the back knee a couple inches off the floor and look back at it. Do you see a 90 degree angle or close to it? Do you feel your cheeky burning from the bone as you push energy through the heel? Are your abs tight? Lats engaged? As you come back up through center, take a deep breath and work the other side.
One Arm Chest Press
Here is a great example of being tight on the inside, light on the outside. The back muscles are touching, as she contracts them together as if to crack a big nut perfectly using just her shoulder blades. The core is fired up and all muscles are working synergistically together creating muscle mass, new brain connections and increased coordination. Notice the “glutes” are neither tucked in and under nor sticking way out.
Who is Erin Buchanan?
Erin has been hooked and continued a regular yoga practice throughout her primary education & into college. Sincerely wanting to share this art & love of yoga she was accepted into a yoga teacher training program in 2005 led by world-renowned yoga teachers In the ashtanga lines of Pattabi Jois & Krishnamacharya. Erin is forever grateful to these many teacher and mentors. Having an opportunity to practice and teach at SWIHA, Bodyworks, Inner Vision, At One yoga, Bikram of Tempe and Paradise Valley, Goodyear Yoga, Yoga of Gilbert, South Mountain Community Colleges, along with countless private yoga sessions through out Phoenix and Las Vegas. Erin became a Certified Yoga teacher in 2005 and has taught a wide range of classes and students of various levels since then. She personally maintains a daily yoga practice. Over the last ten years Erin has studied and trained utilizing Pilates, kettle bells, running, resistance/weight training, barre, bootcamp style classes, cycling and spinning, and more. In 2005 Erin began to develop a unique fitness program which has evolved into what exists today as “ABX”. Erin incorporates essential oils, herbs and supplements into her healthy lifestyle. Erin’s other interests include preparing healthy food, music, singing, dancing, reading, and laughing. She enjoys traveling with her best friend, meeting new people and experiencing new adventures. She currently makes her home in Phoenix, AZ.
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