How to become a Superstar

Those of you of a certain age will remember Superstars' iconic champion Brian Jacks and his astonishing gym test results in the 1970's cult TV show. Brian was recognised more for his gym feats than his Olympic medals that he won in Judo. Click on the video link below from the Superstars 'fitness emporium', featuring Brian Jacks' amazing 100 parallel bar dips in 60 seconds:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE4ZYo7tvCI

Thrash your mates at press ups
You don't need to join the army to enjoy the many benefits of doing a proper press up. A press up, also called a push up, does not require any equipment other than you own body weight and it works all of the body at the same time. So how do you train to perform multiple press ups and be the envy of your mates? Enter the PRISON WORKOUT You don't have to get yourself locked up to take part in the prison workout, but there are plenty of real world applications. Do it in your house, garage, garden or when you are away on business when you only have a few minutes in your hotel room. It's intense and you could almost whip your body into shape by mastering this exercise routine alone. You'll be working out while Mr Average is still deciding what to do. Here's how.

• From a standing position, drop down into a press up position and perform ten complete press ups.


• Jump up, walk or jog to the other side of the room/garden, drop down again and perform 9 press ups.


• Repeat until you have completed all descending sets


• Time your routine and post your results

Descending from 10 down to 1 will give you a total 55 press ups, however if you descend from the holy grail of 20 you will be performing 210 press ups.

For an alternative try ascending from 1 upwards and see how far you get before you can't perform the next number. For instance you may get from 1 to 12 and then perform a further 7 press ups before you hit failure. This would give you 85 press ups.

Remember to post you results and comments.