I think every one should own a heavy bag, a heavy bag is one of the greatest workouts you can get. Punching the heavy bag as a regular workout will bring great fat burning benefits not to mention the pounding of the bag will build a good amount of upper body strength as well as training your balance and foot work. I have used the bag for years for punching for lifting and tossing and it … [Read more...]
The Best Ab Exercise for a Rock Hard-Core
The best ab exercise for a rock hard core I never focus directly on ab training I find it just like weight training where you focus on one body part at a time. I like to combine body weight exercises that will include my abs. For years I had what you would call punch proof abs, I learned it in the martial arts and have let people punch me as hard as possible in the chest or stomach since … [Read more...]
The Best Piece of Training Equipment for Building Quickness and Explosiveness
There a lot of sites pushing bodyweight training equipment but the one piece of equipment that has stood the test of time and has built many world champions in almost all sports and it continues to build champions. It builds almost all the things a champion needs to win. It builds explosive power, it builds quickness and agility, and it builds reaction time. The best piece of training … [Read more...]
A Fat Rant!
We are fat because we would rather live the life of leisure than actually get off our asses and do something about it. Many will say that well you need to have a little fun, spending 4 to 6 hours a night watching television, spending our nights at happy hour, drinking a 12 pack every night is not leisure, what this is, is living a destructive life that is not helping you or doing anyone else … [Read more...]
What is Your Limit
I have said it before to be really fit it has to be a lifestyle a way of life, you never get good at anything doing it once in a while, like anything you need a plan a focused goal and you need to take action. Just because I can't do more one day than the next I would not call it failure, it would call it body adjusting, meaning the body will always adjust. I can't continue to try and explain … [Read more...]
Doing Pushups to failure will always increase strength
Doing Pushups to failure will always increase strength Who ever sold people on never pushing to failure? Years ago when I was lifting heavy weights and doing low reps we always pushed as hard as possible squeezing out every last rep, so what has changed? It’s almost like pushing to failure is too much work and we don’t want to push and work to hard we might make gains, is it that you … [Read more...]
60 seconds of training burns out man!
A while back I wrote a article called the " 60 second - 30 day pushup challenge" and know this works. Anyhow, I have actually heard and read where some guy actually said he was burned out with only 1 minute a day of pushups, are you F***'en kidding me? How can any healthy man, unless he is extremely unfit or unhealthy get burned out with 60 seconds of pushups one time a day? 1 minute of … [Read more...]
The Warriors Natural Bodyweight
The Warriors Natural Bodyweight We seem to have a problem determining what our natural bodyweight should be. If you look at all government charts look at your height and weight you will get a roundabout weight you should weigh. But if you look at old charts, let’s say 20 years ago you may see the weights today compared to 20 or 30 years ago lower than today. So, why the change? Because … [Read more...]
Bodyweight Training – Iron-Core Training
I'm a big fan of building a strong, functional core. I build my core through training my body as a whole and don't directly focus on my core, I focus on strengthening the body as one unit. I focus on all around functional core fitness and the strength that will enable me to function with full body strength and no injuries. Check out this short video and try this core … [Read more...]
The 8 Best Bodyweight Exercises Known to Man!
If you want to know the 8 best bodyweight exercises known to man keep reading I have come up with what I think are the best exercises for a total body make over after over 30 years of training and experiments I have rounded out the 8 most intense result producing exercises for building strength, conditioning, agility, quickness, body awareness, and over all athletic ability. They … [Read more...]