gymamerica.com A Web site that will help you plan a workout, with instructions and animated images showing the proper way to do crunches, one-arm dumbbell kickbacks and other muscle-isolating movements.
And Nintendo's Brain Age, a video game intended for baby boomers and their elders, features simple math, syllable-counting, word memory activities and the quick reading aloud of passages from the likes of Poe and Dickens, which "gives your prefrontal cortex a workout," the instructions say.
Every day, its members consult CrossFit.com like a Book of Common Prayer, receiving instructions for their workout rites and periods of rest.
Rock Health grad Skimble has created a motivation and fitness instruction platform with "Workout Trainer" that offers hundreds of workouts, which are guided by a dynamic audio and visuals aimed at giving aspiring health nuts an easy way to exercise, regardless of how much time they have, or what equipment they have close at hand.
I did, however, follow the instructions of the included workout booklet, and within a few weeks of opening the package I was able to move down the reps-per-set column pretty easily.
Whether you're building robots or a new bench for your hallway, using your brain to figure out how to make something (especially from scratch with no instructions) is a great workout.
These workouts incude step-by-step multimedia instructions and unique timed audio coaching soundtracks and visual cues, which help walk users through their workouts while they're on the go.
Sufferfest videos take this a stage further – using footage of pro races including the Tour and Giro d'Italia, combined with high-intensity interval workouts designed by top coaches, clear instructions and storylines to motivate you to push harder.
Once you've hooked up the system based on these instructions, you simply set your workout routine, choose the movie or tv show you want to watch, and start pedaling.
