I just spent 40 minutes on a stationary bike. I cycled about 12.2 km in that time - so I wasn’t really pushing myself. Actually, I alternated between talking to a friend and reading a magazine. So it was rather laidback. However, it still burns calories! And I was aching when I got off! I […]
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I like kettlebells. Ever since I bought my lovely 26 pounders I’ve really enjoyed working out. It took me a while to work up to the amount of reps I wanted to do - but now I’m getting there and wondering if I need the next size up…
Anyways… I like most of Mike Mahler’s exercises […]
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Skipping is a very effective form of cardiovascular activity and is most popular with young children (usually girls). Because of this it is largely ignored by a lot of fitness advocates simply because a jump rope (or skipping rope) is considered to be a children’s toy.
Challenge: Jump for for 5 minutes non-stop with a skipping […]
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Any home gym is incomplete without an exercise ball (or swiss ball as they’re commonly known where I’m from).
Swiss balls have become so commonplace now, that you will find them in a lot of people’s living rooms. They are a great talking point for any visitors who come, they can be a source of entertainment […]
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The fitness industry has been bombarded by myriads of ideas in the last 50 years. Thousands of different products have been invented which claim to be the most advanced innovation on the market. The result is that many hopeful fitness enthusiasts will end up cramming their house full of useless fitness equipment and find themselves […]
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You have probably heard of ab wheels and if not you surely would have seen them at one point.
Is it just another useless gimmick?
The ab wheel is actually a very useful device and as far as working out your core, you would have a hard time finding a more effective device for such a […]
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Have you ever found an item for sale on eBay and quickly realized it was the best deal of the century? You find yourself wanting to buy it even though your gut feeling is that it is probably a fake/broken/scam or simply doesn’t do what it makes out it can do. The Internet […]
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Buying a set of dumbbells was one of my first monetary fitness investments and it has turned out to be one of my better. I still use those same dumbbells today and will continue to for the foreseeable future.
Dumbbells are very easy to use and there are numerous profitable exercises that you can use […]
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This is going to be an article written purely from my imagination – written without consulting any experts or recognized sources. So that is why I have called it ‘Part 1’. Because undoubtedly someone is going to pick holes in it and I’ll have to write a new one. Saving myself embarrassment – ha!
Anyway – […]
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I have been working out for some time now and I have never seen the point of joining a gym. In fact I have never put my foot inside an actual gym but I can testify that I have done more for my physical health (not to mention my wallet) than thousands of punters who […]
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