Maximize the 14 Different Body Positions on Your Total Gym – Part 6

Maximize the 14 Different Body Positions on Your Total Gym!

Part #6 in the Series – Lying Upright, Supine

Hello Total Gym Team! It’s Master Trainer JayDee here to show you how to make your workouts more Time-Efficient. The benefit for you is spending less time working out and more time enjoying all that added energy exercise gives you, doing what you love.

This is Part 6 (although it is Body Position #5 of 14) of a 7-part Series, covering the position with your body face up and your head towards the tower.  (Scroll to the bottom to see all 14 body positions)

Yes, Team, I’m a broken record when it comes to touting the versatility of your Total Gym, but only because it is so true – and Awesome! Time is money, and hoarding this precious resource was the impetus for this Body Position Series. I’ve also shown you plenty of Compound Exercises (training 2, 3, even more muscle groups simultaneously) to save you even more time and money, and today’s blog will be no different. Just think how rich we are all going to be as we get strong and healthy!

Check it out! Anytime you are Face Up on your Total Gym, you can create a compound exercise by adding your abs! How cool is that? If having a flat and toned tummy happens to be on your To-Do list, check out the video as I demonstrate some simple ideas to get you started.

Here is a tease:

• Pull-Over – I love this fluid exercise as it gives you a nice chest stretch when your arms go up towards the tower. You’ll learn how you can add your upper abs, lower abs, as well as your obliques, by throwing some rotation into the mix.
• Triceps Extensions – Always take advantage of the various planes of motion in which you can work a muscle. Most machines at the gym restrict you to just one plane of motion. With every exercise on the Total Gym, you are free to move in the three different planes of motion in which your body was designed to move. When you train a muscle in various planes of motion, you are recruiting different muscle fibers to keep your muscles guessing and thus progressing!
• Crunches – With the cable system hooked up, you can instantly add some resistance to your traditional crunch. Why would you want to do that, you ask? So, you can do fewer repetitions to get to the point of fatigue. Bam! More time saving for you and thus more money in your piggy bank!

I also demonstrate some of my favorite Pilates exercises. I had been doing resistance training and banging weights for over 20 years before I discovered this wonderful discipline. I have to confess, Pilates took my strength levels, body awareness, and body balance to a whole new level! Per your feedback Total Gym Team, I will be producing some blogs and videos that exclusively feature the numerous Pilates exercises you can do on your Total Gym as soon as this series is complete (One more installment!)

OK, Team, go check out the video. Stay healthy and keep the questions and comments coming. You have no idea how much I love this stuff, and I’m here to help!

Here are the 14 Body Positions on Your Total Gym:

1. Seated Forward
2. Seated Backward
3. Kneeling Backward
4. High-Kneeling Backward
5. Lying Upright Supine – Today’s Highlight
6. Lying Upright Prone
7. Lying Inverted Supine
8. Lying Inverted Prone
9. Seated Sideways Right
10. Kneeling Sideways Right
11. High Kneeling Sideways Right
12. Seated Sideways Left
13. Kneeling Sideways Left
14. High Kneeling Sideways Left