Working out or Wearing out I think I might be in the wrong business of trying to help people become healthier and physically fit. I have a few that continually write or comment that the things I say aren’t for the everyday citizen, I thought by the things I say people would catch on to that. I don’t want to deal with the general public meaning the regular unmotivated men and women, … [Read more...]
A 1,000 Pushups or a Marathon, What’s Tougher?
A 1,000 Pushups or a Marathon, What’s Tougher? It seems everyone wants to run a marathon like it’s some kind of great achievement. Walking or running 26 miles would be tough, but how do you explain how every celebrity and ex overweight person can do it? I personally have never wanted to run a marathon because of the sear boredom, if I was to run a marathon I would throw in … [Read more...]
How the Power of Pain can Change your Life.
The Power of Pain We do whatever we can do to eliminate pain from our lives, but do we really? People that smoke know that it’s bad but still do it anyway, why? Because, it would be painful to give up smoking, people that are overweight are overweight because the thought of giving up food is painful. People don’t exercise because in the beginning there will be pain. We do whatever … [Read more...]
Bodyweight Speed Training for Elite Physical Fitness
Bodyweight Speed Training for Elite Physical Fitness The key to building explosive power, unmatched stamina and furnace like fat burning is what I call bodyweight speed training. I hear a lot of people questioning the rational of training fast and explosive, if you listen to most fitness professionals they will show you the slow controlled way of training. Just because the … [Read more...]
Bodyweight Training – Back Pack Training for Elite Physical Fitness
Bodyweight Training – Back Pack Training for Elite Physical Fitness A great way to add to you training is to get a good back pack and load it up for a different type of workout. A weight vest is good but distributes weight pretty evenly, a back pack wants to move around and is always trying to pull you back and forces your body to make adjustments building more muscles as … [Read more...]
Functional Fitness Expert and the Brain Surgeon
Functional Fitness Expert and the Brain Surgeon What does today’s functional fitness expert and a brain surgeon have in common? Nothing. So, what’s the point? The point is would you let a brain surgeon work on a family member if he just got out of medical school? You would think a brain surgeon would put in thousands of hours of preparation and study before opening up someone’s … [Read more...]
Bodyweight Training – The 30 day 60 second Pushup Challenge
Bodyweight Training – The 30 day 60 second pushup challenge What is the 30 day 60 second pushup challenge? For most men it will mean pain and sweat, it will mean a shot to the ego; it will be a wakeup call. This is for men or women that think there is no time to exercise. If you are serious I have a challenge, and all it will take is 1 minute every single day, you heard it right, you … [Read more...]
Did Cavemen have Six Pack Abs?
Did cavemen have six pack abs? If you listen to all the experts, all the research and the years and years of study, we found that most still has different thoughts on the right diet for humans. Which brings me to the title of this article; did cavemen have six pack abs? If you listen to the experts who push the Palo diet and tell of the natural diet of the caveman, they would lead you to … [Read more...]
Bodyweight Training -Step ups are the Working Mans Exercise.
Make no mistake about it, step ups will creep up on you and kick your ass. Simple, yet highly effective. This is an exercise that seems to be forgotten when it comes to other bodyweight exercises. It's simple, all you do is find a sturdy bench and step up then step down and do this for a few minutes. Here's the thing, because very few people use the stairs this will be brutally hard for … [Read more...]
Bodyweight Training is NOT Gymnast Training.
Why don't I push gymnastic type exercises? Gymnasts take years and years of training to be able to do what they do, and usually start as a young child. I am not a young child and I don't have the time to spend hours a day to try and act like a gymnast. At one time I could walk pretty well on my hands and that takes great body control. Again, the time factor for me is to get in and get out … [Read more...]