Top Honolulu Fitness Trainer Shares 3 Killer Pumpkin Exercises to Burn Belly Fat this Halloween

Oct. 27, 2010 - PRLog -- Local Honolulu fitness expert and owner of Transformations Fitness, Tony Rodriguez Larkin, MS, CSCS, loves to piggyback on current events to invigorate his fitness class workouts. This Halloween, Larkin will be holding his first annual Halloween Charity Fitness event with all proceeds going to the Hawaii Affiliate for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Participants will don Halloween costumes while performing pumpkin exercises.

Larkin says: “You can approach Halloween one of two ways. The first option is to go nuts with all of the eats and treats. The second is to indulge in moderation and offset any extra caloric consumption with a seasonal pumpkin workout. I recommend the later… it’s a lot more figure-friendly!”

Pumpkins can be used just like medicine balls for an unlimited number of exercise options. Larkin likes to take it one step further and use total body exercises that combine upper body, lower body, and core movements into one big bang for your buck exercise.

He has provided his top three total body pumpkin exercises that guarantee to help you burn fat and build muscle in minimal time. He recommends performing at least one circuit of the following three pumpkin exercises, with little to no rest between movements, for every Halloween treat you eat:

1) Pumpkin Swings: Holding a pumpkin in your hands with your arms extended, stay on your heels and hinge back at your hips while bringing the pumpkin underneath your body with your eyes up and chest out. Then push your hips forward and swing the pumpkin up to chest level being sure to squeeze your glutes at the top of the movement. Increase the intensity by swinging the pumpkin overhead. Perform for 30 seconds.

2) Pumpkin Squat to Presses: Holding a pumpkin in your hands at chest level, push your hips back and squat down until your front thighs are parallel to the floor with your eyes up, your chest and knees out, and your weight on your heels. Then simultaneously stand up and press the pumpkin overhead. Increase the intensity by jumping up from the bottom of the squat position while simultaneously pressing the pumpkin overhead while airborne, then land softly and repeat for time. Perform for 30 seconds.

3) Pumpkin Mountain Climbers: Place a pumpkin on the floor. Place your hands on the pumpkin and assume a perfect push-up position with tight abs, tight glutes, and a straight line from the head through the heels. Now bring one knee to your chest while keeping your hips and shoulders square, then switch sides and repeat for time. Increase the intensity by adding speed of movement or by integrating a pumpkin push-up between each knee-in. Perform for 30 seconds.

Larkin will be holding his Freaky Fat Loss event on October 27th at 6:15 pm at the University of Hawaii Manoa Campus Center Ballroom on the third floor (2465 Campus Rd Honolulu, HI 96822-2216). The event is open to the public, families are welcome, and tickets to the event cost $5. Participants must bring their own pumpkin to the workout. Pre-purchase is required due to space limitations. Tickets can be purchased at transformationsfitness.net - just click on the donate button below the video. Tickets will also be available on-site at the time of the event. For more info, please email info@transformationsfitness.net.

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