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How to Measure Body Fat

How to Measure Body Fat

Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by admin.

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Welcome back, you can also subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!As I got ready to enter the Turbulence Training transformation and took my starting measurements, I realized that I haven’t written a post about how to measure body fat. A lot of people tend to base their progress on the bathroom scale, the [...]

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Shape Ups or Easy Tone: An Alternative to Working Out?

Shape Ups or Easy Tone: An Alternative to Working Out?

Posted on 19. Jan, 2010 by admin.

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As I watched t.v. on a lazy Sunday afternoon, I saw a bunch of ridiculous weight loss commercials. But, the 2 ads that stood out the most for me were those for Skechers’ Shape Ups and Reebok’s Easy Tone. Both companies claim that wearing their shoes will help you burn calories and give you more [...]

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What We can Learn from Jessica Biel

What We can Learn from Jessica Biel

Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by admin.

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While I was browsing the internet the other day, I came across a quote from Jessica Biel. But, before I get to the quote let me just say that I know a lot of women who would do anything to look just like Jessical Biel and I am definitely one of them. Unfortunately, there [...]

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How to Immediately Get Stronger

How to Immediately Get Stronger

Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by admin.

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I didn’t intend to make the title sound too “infomercially” so that you’ll read the rest of the blog post. The truth is, I really have found a way to instantly make my lifts stronger at the gym and this is all thanks to (you can probably guess it by now) – the Russian [...]

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How to Achieve the Conditioning of an Athlete

How to Achieve the Conditioning of an Athlete

Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by admin.

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This post was inspired by a book that I’m currently reading (and doing) entitled, “Viking Warrior Conditioning,” by Kenneth Jay, Master RKC. I stumbled upon this book during the Russian Kettlebell Certification (RKC) when we did one of the workouts from the book during day 2.
First, here is a little background:
While training for the [...]

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Smoke’s KB 556 Challenge Results

Smoke’s KB 556 Challenge Results

Posted on 12. Jul, 2009 by admin.

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When I woke up this morning, I instantly knew that this is not going to be one of my usual lazy Sundays. After all, I have agreed to do Smoke’s KB 556 Challenge. At first glance, this challenge did not look bad at all. In fact, I thought I was going to smoke it (no [...]

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Why Do You Need to Be Flexible?

Why Do You Need to Be Flexible?

Posted on 10. Jun, 2009 by admin.

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Ever seen those weird looking white, round foam equipment lying around in your gym? Maybe, you’ve even seen people use it from time to time. They’re called foam rollers and it is an excellent tool for performing flexibility exercises.
I’ve always known that stretching is an important part of any fitness program. But, I [...]

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How to Workout at Home

How to Workout at Home

Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.

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Lately, I haven’t felt the need to go to the gym because I’ve been training with my beloved Kettlebells which I let gather dust for quite sometime. I also decided that I’m going to get my Russian Kettlebell (KB) Certification in August so the heat is on in terms of preparing for this gruelling [...]

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Get Inspired with these Turbulence Training Transformations!

Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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The Turbulence Training transformation results are here! The transformations seem to just get better and better every time. Craig must have had a hard time choosing his finalists because I saw a lot of other contestants who posted their pictures in the official contest thread at TTMembers.com. It really is amazing what people can [...]

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Common Health and Fitness Jargon

Posted on 09. Apr, 2009 by admin.

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Have you ever read somebody else’s workout journal or a health and fitness article and wonder what some of the words meant or what those obscure abbreaviations stand for? I was in the same boat when I was just first starting out. I encountered this a lot when I was first introduced to online workout [...]

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