Archive for January, 2009

Combining Exercises for a Full Body Workout

As I was doing my workout earlier today I was curious as to how many people have combined exercises to save time and work their whole body harder.  I’m sure that you’ve already heard a number of times that you should be doing compound movements and exercises, like squats.  A compound exercise will work more [...]


There Are NO Magic Pills

There are so many products out there that claim to be a “magic pill”  or special fruit drink that will solve a fitness problem you have or some new fitness equipment that will be all you need to get the body you want.  Advertisers know that this is what the majority of people out there want.  People [...]


Interval Training

I just got back from the gym; had a nice Sunday run.  I would have done my running yesterday but the heavy snowfall must have scared the people working at my gym, so they closed early.  I wish I had known that before I drove the whole way there!
 
I ran some intervals on the treadmill [...]


Functional Training

I just finished customizing my blog last night so I figured I should put up my first post after I went to the gym today.  I’m currently using a Dynamic Plateau Training workout that I set up and things are going well so far.  One of the exercises that I did in my workout today [...]