Conditioning with a Treadmill
Jim Smith and the folks over at Diesel Strength & Conditioning have come up with some great ways to extend the use of a treadmill for pre-training or post-workout conditioning with Lunges, Pikes and Bear Crawls. Change elevation or speed, add a weight vest or some workout bands and you have some truly impressive conditioning exercises. These are fantastic ways to get more out of your treadmill than just running or jogging. Today,...
Choose Your Workout Buddy Wisely
by HuffingtonPost.com How To Burn More Calories? Choose Your Workout Buddy Wisely, Study Says Who you choose as a workout buddy could determine how effective your exercise will be. Researchers determined that young women who trained with a teammate they perceived to be a better performer were able to quadruple their workout time and intensity. “People like to exercise with others and make it a social activity,” lead...
7 Reasons You’re Not Getting Stronger
Whether you’re chasing a 600-pound deadlift, trying to lift 3 plates-per-side on the bench or just want to pick up your 4 year-old nephew without blowing out your back, there are a lot of reasons to work on getting stronger. However, so many trainees stall in their attempts to add major pounds to their lifts and have no idea how to bust those plateaus. Here are 7 reasons why your not getting stronger and just what you can...
New Pro-Select Products
Commercial fitness dealers face a wide array of challenges in today’s fitness market. When catering to the light commercial market (generally including but not limited to the hospitality, military, parks and recreation, medical, multi-housing, corporate fitness and scholastic markets) budgetary constraints have become a common theme in the procurement process. Body Solid has made this challenge much easier by expanding its...