Archive for the 'Exercise' Category

Turbulence Training Author Interview

Craig Ballantyne, the author of Turbulence Training, bodyweight fat loss training manual, and contributor to Mens Health magazine stopped in for a little chat a month ago and it’s now being partially released to readers. This Craig Ballantyne interview is ongoing, so be sure to register on the last page for updates.

Craig says
Everyone’s […]

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Poll: Is Cardio or Weight Training More Effective at Burning Fat?

Many experts agree that doing cardio first thing in the morning can burn fat 300% faster while others say that interval training with bodyweight exercises is as effective or more effective than cardio.
The never ending question of the best way to burn fat has proponents on both sides of the fence. Then there are […]

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Strong Women: Barbie Barbell World Record Deadlift

Rounding out our day of strong women, this Barbie Barbell video of her deadlifting 282 pounds. Earlier we featured Barbie’s world record bench press which she performed at age 17 16 and a body weight of 112 pounds.
This is one strong woman.

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Strong Women: Barbie Barbell World Record Bench Press

Amanda Harris, also known as Barbie Barbell is see here setting her world record bench press. She pressed 187.6 pounds at a body weight of 112 pounds and being 17 years of age. I’m pretty sure those are the numbers for her age and weight. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

Barbie Barbell […]

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Strong Women: Doing Pullups

We’ve seen strong women doing pushups, we’ve seen strong women climbing rope at Bondi beach and we’ve seen a strong mother and daughter workout routine. Earlier in the day we saw a strong young woman doing beach pullups and now it’s my pleasure to bring you two strong women doing pullups at their crossfit […]

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Strong Women: Nothing But Pushups

This has got to be the best video I’ve seen of pushups. These strong women (and a couple of guys) do some things with pushups that inspire me to train harder. I’m not sure if this was shot in one single day, but you can tell from her exhaustion at one point, that […]

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Strong Women: Mother and Daughter Crossfit Workout

Continuing our day long feature on strong women, this crossfit workout shows a mother and daughter competing against each other (or training with each other). These crossfit workouts are nothing to sneeze at. They’ll kick your ass.

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Strong Women: Bondi Beach Rope Climb

Bondi beach is a mile long beach on Australia’s east coast and a suburb of Sydney and this video shows a strong woman doing the bondi beach rope climb. I had posted a video earlier about another rope climb where the guy did it a number of times up and down without stopping. […]

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Strong Women: Doing Pullups

This is the first in a series of day long videos featuring strong women. This first one shows a young woman doing pull ups at an outdoor exercise location. I’m pretty sure it’s in Australia, but don’t quote me on that. Guys? how many pull ups can you do?

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X Games Workout

Jon Hinds of the Minneapolis based Monkey Bar Gym put together this bodyweight workout for X Games competitor Carl Schubitzke. The video is about 4 minutes long but the workout is in the 25 minute range.

via Scott at Straight To The Bar
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Running Stairs For Fat Loss

I recently got this stair running workout emailed to me from Paul Becker and wanted to make it available. I’ve been waiting for the snow to melt so I can get back into stair running this spring. On the north bank of the Saskatchewan River here in Edmonton, there are a good number […]

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Strength Training at 100 Years of Age

Ida Wasserman just celebrated her 100th birthday and she’s heading to the gym. From a walker to walking by herself, Ida shows that it’s never too late to start exercising.
Ida’s favorite cardio equipment is the rowing machine which reminds her of rowing in Central Park with her late husband.
Her advice to seniors […]

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Top 10 Leg Exercises

I must admit that women are a bit wiser than most men in the sense that they realize the importance of working out their legs regularly. But their choice of leg exercises they perform really suck for the most part. Come on ladies, tell me you don’t head straight for the inner and […]

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Outdoor Exercise: 500 Pound Tire Flips

You’d think that tire flipping would be a simple thing, but find a 500 pound tractor tire and try it yourself. A used tractor tire can be used for many outdoor exercise routines including sledge hammer swings, a platform for box jumps or just picking it up and flipping it.
Have a look.

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Outdoor Exercise: Rope Climbing

Excellent example of rope climbing. Such a simple activity to build grip, back and arm strength and he doesn’t even use his feet.

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