Exercise of the Week #43 A Christmas Ab Workout
EXERCISE OF THE WEEK #43 A CHRISTMAS AB WORKOUT TO MAKE SANTA PROUD Here is a quick abdominal workout you can do after you open up those presents and have your hot chocolate or egg nog or whatever else you may drink to spice up the morning. Watch the video to see the examples or [...]
Introducing Runwithpower.com!
We are very excited to announce the arrival of our newest blog, Runwithpower.com. We have been working on it for the last month or so. During the summer we noticed that many of you really liked the many posts we were doing about running training and Josh’s Quest to qualify for the Boston Marathon. We [...]
Fitness Tip of the Week #21 How to best do a Pull-up
I read a statistic that said most Americans can’t do a complete, correct pull-up. Maybe you are one of those people, and if you are, it’s ok. A correct, fully unassisted pull-up takes a lot of strength. It is a great move that all strength training routines should take advantage of. But, if you can’t [...]
Exercise of the Week #42 How to use a Bench to Build Strength Workouts for Kids
EXERCISE OF THE WEEK #42 HOW TO USE A BENCH TO TEACH STRENGTH TO KIDS The final video for this short series on strength training for kids is how to incorporate a simple bench into the strength development of kids. We feel the best strength training we ever get in our lives is the strength [...]
The Ability to Run Without Ever Getting Tired?
We are going to close out the latest poll with what became the closest one we have to date. To review, the options were, which of the following would you choose if you could possess one of these attributes. First was the ability to run without ever getting tired. Second was Being able to eat [...]
Fitness Tip of the Week #20 How to Make your Running Workouts a Little More Efficient During the Holidays
Holiday Survival Tip – treadmill supplement exercises It’s getting to be the time for the Holidays again. And that means parties, presents, family, and food. Lots of food. And little time for exercise. That can only mean one thing: weight gain. Yes, there are worse things that can happen, but who wants to go into [...]
Weight Loss and a Recaptured Love of Cycling
Here is the second guest post from Paul at Pacificpedaling.com. In this one he details how he was able to take a former love of his (cycling) and use it again to help him lose over 50 pounds! If you have not had a chance to do so, check out his blog. It is loaded [...]
Exercise of the Week #41 Kids Lunges
EXERCISE OF THE WEEK #41 LUNGES FOR KIDS We now move to a lower body move for the kids. Lunges are in our opinion the best choice for lower body strength. For kids especially it has some many beneficial components such as balance, flexibility, power, and of course strength. Try different variations of the lunge [...]
If you are at all Interested in Cycling, Check this Out!
We have asked Paul, the Author of pacificpedaling.com to do a few guest posts for us. You will instantly see why. Paul is as passionate about his cycling as we are about our training. His blog is excellent and if you are at all interested in cycling, you need to take some time to go [...]
Does Exercise Really Help You Sleep?
One of our readers, Duane, sent in this great article from the New York Times regarding activity and our sleep patterns. This is a topic that everyone always assumed to be the case. I am one of those who realize that the harder my body works during the day, the quicker I will fall asleep [...]