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Kettlebell Swing Hip Snap|Fitness Challenge

Apr

8

2011

Four Thousands Swings with a hip snap. 4,000 done towards my Got Milk and 10,000 Swings? challenge. The challenge is to perform 10,000+ Kettlebell Swings during the month and consume 32 oz of milk each day. The challenge gets the “fat burning” and refuels the body. Today I wanted to focus on how the hip ...

5 Reasons I Hate Cardio Machines

Mar

30

2011

Step off the cardio machine and get your body moving using intervals. The idea of steady state exercise (treadmill, eliptical, stationary bike, etc) to burn fat and improve your circulatory system is coming into question by current research. I also speak from experience. I used to be one of those people. You know them, they ...

Kettlebell Circuit|Burn Fat

Mar

29

2011

Here is a simple but effective kettlebell workout to burn fat. The circuit uses a single kettlebell and works through six exercises. I normally do three rounds, but I stepped up to the 24kg kettlebell and only did two rounds. this morning. The Workout Go through these exercises with little to no rest between each ...

Alltop.Com – We ARE Listed!

Mar

28

2011

We are listed on the Fitness Category on AllTop.Com! I’m an apple-fanboi so it should be no surprise that I started following @GuyKawasaki a long time ago on Twitter. It is there that I first discovered using AllTop.com to keep track of topics I like. The user interface is amazing – it is clean, elegant, ...

Fitness Poll|What kills your fitness?

Mar

19

2011

Reasons, excuses, justification – whatever we call them there are things we blame when we don’t stay physically fit. What are they? Working in a cube, or office job, means sitting all day. Cube Dwellers have unique health challenges. Employers offering free donuts for every occasion and unlimited coffee do not help. Now add in ...

What’s in your … Home Gym?

Mar

11

2011

if you workout at home, what’s in your home gym? I’ve tried many types of equipment through the years. I’ve been worked out in different settings: belonged to different gyms, done martial arts, and had several different setups in my home gym. So .. What’s in your home gym? My Home Gym In time I’ll ...

Why workout?

Mar

10

2011

Life is busy, very busy. We spend hours sitting, living in a cube. So why bother working out. It is hard work and requires some of our limited and precious time. You’ve no doubt encountered a disinterest; or even strong opposition to working out while at work. I had a coworker who expressed it like ...

GVT Day 8 – Press, Pull, Get Up, but It’s all about the Get Up

Feb

28

2011

This was my fourth time through 10 sets of 10 double kettlebell military press, pullups, and 3 sets of 10 turkish get ups. This time I focused on the TGUs. This is day 8, so I am now three quarters through this portion of Mike Mahler’s program. The German Volume Training (GVT) portion is surprisingly ...

Heart Rate during 7 mile Run

Feb

15

2011

Running – some people love it; others hate it; others just lay down until the urge passes. Regardless of your own feeling about running it is practical fitness. So many activities I like to do require moving my body under my own power from point a to point b. Running builds that ability and trains ...