The Weight Vest™ Vegas Pro® combo workouts are only limited by your imagination ImageJeff Egbert is vice president of design for Weight Vest™ Inc. For a complete list of products and services, visit www.WeightVest.com or call (888) 909-5473.

"The Weight Vest™ Vegas Pro® combo workouts are only limited by your imagination."

"All you’ll need is a strong desire to change your body, become stronger and more functionally sound."

The following workout can be performed anywhere, anytime and by anybody. All you’ll need is a strong desire to change your body, become stronger, more functionally sound and more efficient in any activity.

So, if those all sound like great goals to work for here we go. Choose the Weight Vest™ of your liking. Personally, I would use around 25 pounds, but not more than 45 pounds, depending on how many reps I do per set. You’ll also want a pair of Vegas Pro® Straps to maximize your efforts.

For the purposes of this program let’s use time as our benchmark, not sets and reps. The reason I like time is it can easily be improved upon and it will also get us working aerobically along with our strength routine.

We’ll do a whole body workout and go for 30 seconds per exercise and eventually work up to three sets. You can rest for approx. 10-to-15 seconds between exercises and go all out using proper form. Always think safety while performing each of the following eight exercises.

This program can easily be altered by adding, changing or modifying the exercises mentioned in this article. That will be up to you as you progress through the process.

With your selected Weight Vest™ securely in place and having properly warmed up and stretched your body, we’ll begin with legs and work our way back to abs. Body Squats—Lower your body with a straight back and return. Keep your eyes to the horizon (you can add burpees, jump squats, alternating split squats, etc.).

Pull-Ups—These will be performed on your Vegas Pro® Straps. If you cannot do a pull-up with additional body weight, simply lower the straps and use your feet as a self-spotter.

Push-Ups—Using The Vegas Pro® Straps, lower them to about eight-to-12 inches from the floor. The "unstable" environment of the straps will fry your chest. After you can’t do anymore, do them from the floor. You can easily go to upper chest by extending your arms forward a few inches above your head. Shoulders—Get under your Vegas Pro® Straps and face the ceiling. Bring your elbows out parallel to the floor, pull yourself up and focus on squeezing the rear delts.

Triceps Extensions—Raise your Vegas Pro® Straps to just below shin height and grab the handles palms down. Do a triceps extension, keeping a perfectly straight body with your feet extended behind you. You can easily change your grip and go palms up and then neutral.

Biceps Curls—Lower your Vegas Pro® Straps a few inches, get under them facing the ceiling and curl yourself up. You can easily change the response on these as well by using a neutral grip.

Ab Crunches—Lower your Vegas Pro® Straps to about eight-to-12 inches from the floor and assume a push-up position with your hands on the floor and your feet in the straps. With feet firmly in the straps, pull your knees in toward your chest. Be sure to exhale while crunching. Also, when you are in the start (straight) position keep your lower back safe by drawing in your belly button toward your spine to activate the abdominal wall. Standing Calf Raise—Standing on a step or off the edge of a box, simply raise and lower your body.

Remember to keep the pace up, keep the form perfect, keep the resting to a minimum and this workout will kick some serious butt. The beauty of the Weight Vest™ Vegas Pro® combo is that these workouts are only limited by your imagination and desire to push yourself. When you begin to adapt to the demands you are asking of your body, simply add an exercise, change the time you perform the exercise, limit the rest period and let what happens happen!