Front Squat with Newfoundland Dog
A front squat with a barbell is one thing but let me tell you a real live moving weight is quite the other and commands that you bring in all your muscles, stabilizers, balance and determination.
I thought you might get a kick out of these pictures of me doing just that-a front squat with Barnabas [...]
Bear Crawl Video and Facing The Giants!
Check out this Bear Crawl video video, facing the Giants…it’s really amazing what we can do when we dig deep.
Turn your speakers up and you’ll be rooting for him, your stomach will be churning and
goose bumps appearing…
Watch and enjoy…then you’ll probably go workout.
One other thing I got from the facing the Giants Bear Crawl video [...]
Letter From Your Belly Fat
How’s it goin’! This is a letter from your ol’ pal, Belly Fat. We had a great run this summer, didn’t we? Lots of good times, great food, and plain ol’ sitting around eating too much.
Well, I’m thinking about sticking around another year if you don’t mind. But you might need to get a bigger [...]
3 Reasons to Avoid Elliptical Machines
So you want to jump on an elliptical machine?
Well, before you do read this controversial article from Craig Balantyne…
The latest Men’s Health magazine comes down on elliptical machines
hard.
Now I know elliptical machines are often the only option for people
with bad knees, but if your knees are healthy, think twice before
using the elliptical machine for these [...]
Why Train For Strength and Not Muscular Size?
One of the big difficulties that we face
when trying to get the body we want, you know, functionaly strong,
muscular, fat free and fit is understanding
the best way to do it.
With all the conflicting ideas out there
it is hard to know which is the best way to exercise for the best
results .
I have an article today [...]
High Intensity Hill Sprinting for Fitness and Fat Loss
Just got back from our constitutional with my wife, Barnabas and Heathcliffe (Barn and Heath are our Newfoundland-Landseer puppy dogs, 18 months old and 14 weeks respectively) down by the Ottawa river…as always we added the odd high intensity hill sprint into the walk.
But, what was interesting this evening was two things that Barn did.
As [...]
10 Benefits of Skipping or Jumping Rope
10 reasons for you to jump rope or skip.
Skipping burns up to 1000 calories per hour…where else can you get that kind of result?
Yes, I know you’ll say, but who can skip for that long? Well, maybe you won’t skip for an hour but if you watch children skipping they skip for the whole [...]
