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V represents – Aeroga® Opening Act at Rockers Movement – One Love Nutrifest!

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Nov. 23rd…Steven Marley and many more Rockers! AEROGA starts the event off at the park!! Come experience a way to ROCK OUT…experience AEROGA!

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The Art of Wellness – Bespoke Magazine Summer 2013

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“Husband and wife team Christopher and Tracie Vlaun, the founders of V Art of Wellness (V stands for vibrations) who helped create the Wellness Program, came from two very different backgrounds. Tracie Vlaun, an international model and actress for 15 years, began training in various forms of yoga while traveling around globe, from South Africa to Germany, where she developed new ideas incorporating her knowledge of music and spirituality.”

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Agonist-Antagonist Circuit

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One of the most balanced and effective workout circuit I have have ever experienced is the agonist-antagonist circuit. It creates an amazing pump because they not only drive blood into one muscle group but also into the opposing muscle group increasing blood flow into both opposing muscle groups. With AA circuits it is like you are performing a movement pattern then immediately following the set/exercise you are backing it up with the opposing movement pattern. For instance, you perform an upper-body pulling progression like a pull-up or bent row followed by a upper body pushing-progression.

It’s always effective to break out of same old training rituals since shocking the body will always stimulate change. To avoid plateauing I would often recommend a great agonist – antagonist circuit. Personally, I enjoy bodyweight AA circuits. Bodyweight circuits incorporate multiple muscle groups that will allow you to really challenge your cardiovascular threshold to keep the fire burning.

Here is a great body-weight AA circuit you can perform outdoors in a park.

210 Total Reps: (7 Rounds)
5 Pull-ups
15 Push-ups
5 L Chin-ups (basically combines the chin up and hanging leg raise all-into-one)
5 Horizontal Bar Dips

If you really want to challenge yourself try to increase to Total Reps to: 300 (10 Rounds) Trust me, this one will get you gassed…

©2013 | Christopher Vlaun

Dramatic Benefits of Tabada Training

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If you have experience one of our beach fitness methods i.e. Aeroga® Beach Bootcamp, you probably have experienced some sort of Tabada circuit within the total experience. I love the benefits and it can be applied to many exercises.

“The rate of increase in V02max is one of the highest ever reported.” – Izumi Tabata, Japan

Dr. Izumi Tabata and a team of researchers from the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Tokyo, Japan. Their groundbreaking 1996 study, published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise, provided documented evidence concerning the dramatic physiological benefits of high-intensity intermittent training. After just 6 weeks of testing, Dr. Tabata noted a 28% increase in anaerobic capacity in his subjects, along with a 14% increase in their ability to consume oxygen (V02Max). These results were witnessed in already physically fit athletes. The conclusion was that just four minutes of Tabata interval training could do more to boost aerobic and anaerobic capacity than an hour of endurance exercise.

Here is an example, a basic Tabata workout can be performed with superset of push-up and air-squat. I suggest exercises like this since they target multiple muscle groups. You alternate the two exercises non-stop for 20-second intervals, followed by 10 seconds of rest after each. Repeat for a total of 8 cycles.

In the beginning, You will need to build up your endurance gradually. I strongly suggest you to ease into this workout method slowly, start with bodyweight exercises and basic calisthenics, not with weights.