Paintball… a game of war. A lot of people fear the welts, or love the win, But how often are people thinking of the fitness benefits of Paintball? So why not for your next workout try going out with your friends or co-workers and playing a game of paintball? Your adrenaline gets super charged as well [...]
Archive | May, 2008
Here are some other tips for maintaining standard equipment:
Here are some other tips for maintaining standard equipment: Treadmills—Clean the motor cover and exposed areas of deck and check the operation of the stop button every week or two. Once a month, vacuum inside the motor electronic compartment and underneath any treadmill that’s on carpet. (Keeping treadmills on rubber mats can help keep carpet [...]
P90X – Preparation for Day 1
It was five or six months ago that I first heard about the “P90X” fitness program. I was working in the Langley, Fitness Town store during boxing week and I must have spoken to a dozen people who told me that they received the P90X program for Christmas. All of them were visiting our store to acquire some basic equipment needed to complete the 90-day program.
Strength and stretching for dummies
Strength and stretching! Much of the focus of strength training and body building ins on lifting technique, type of exercise, rep ranges and over loading the muscle. The idea is that if you over load the muscle, or give it a work load that represents a significant challenge, it will respond by building up its faculties to make the “job” easier the next time.
Body for Life week 6
What a lazy week this has been. Workouts have been soft, I took a day off training and my nutrition hasn’t been the best either. I think I was a little side tracked due to other things going on in my life but I know come Monday I will be motivated to get back to it hard. [...]
Chin ups.
I am not sure what it is, but lately it seems men and women have taken a liking to chins ups. Maybe its the popularity of programs like the 300 workout, maybe just the fact people realize its a fantastic exercise. I remember developing an obsession with trying to do 50 chin ups in a [...]
Wednesday May 21 – Sprint 8/Shoulders/Abs
Cardio: 20 minutes – Sprint 8 at level 13 while wearing a 20lb weighted vest. Top speed during sprints at 8.5 mph. Warm up: 50 x 35lbs kettle bell swings 20 x side leg raises Set 1: (no rest between exercises) 20 (ea. arm) x 35lbs kettle bell clean and press 16 x burn-out w/65lbs [...]
Tuesday May 20 – Sprint for results
OK, I’ve blogged about Sprint 8 for a while now without really giving it much explanation. So for those who haven’t heard of it, here you go. Let me preface this by saying that the Sprint 8 workout has been proven appropriate for all ages and will meet you at your own intensity…not to mention, it’s also [...]
300 Update
Ok, so I’ve continued the now famous 300 workout, and have improved in a few categories. I can now complete the entire repetoire (save the final 7 chinups). My workout time is still around forty minutes, and I still feel nauseous and shaky at the end. But I am doing all of the exercises in [...]
Crossfit — the best workout ever!
Lots of postings on the Fitness Town blog talking about the esteemed “300″ workout. Well you may or may not know but the roots of the “300″ workout lie in Crossfit. I started crossfit training 2 weeks ago and I can honestly say that it has been some of the most intense workouts I have ever personally experienced.
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