Continued on from Back To Basics Fitness Essentials: #5: Perfect Push Up/Push Up Handles Second to the chin-up, the push up is one of the most effective upper body exercises, targeting the pectorals, triceps and core stabilisers. To get an even greater benefit from your push up routine, try ordering a Perfect Push Up to …
We continue with our countdown of the top ten fitness equipment essentials for going back to basics. The chin up is a highly effective exercise for building strength #4- The Chin-Up bar. Made famous by Rocky (and possibly every fighting montage that has ever been created), the chin-up bar is a mainstay of any strength-training …
We continue with our suggestions for the best pieces of equipment to take your training back to basics. #3 The Barbell (& Bumper Plates). Driven by the cult-like popularity of Crossfit, Olympic lifting is back and here to stay. With many variations to target large muscle groups and stabilizes in the lower, upper and whole …
Fitness is moving back to basics. We continue with our top ten fitness equipment suggestions for those looking to get into functional training.#2: Kettle bells– originally developed by Russian peasants who used to fill buckets with concrete/mud and then swing them around for sport, the kettle bell has become largely in fashion since the Russian Olympic …
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One only has to look at some of the most popular fitness equipment of recent years- the TRX, ViPR, the Kettle-bell, Chin-up bar and the Olympic Bar, to see that our exercise habits are going back to where they were centuries ago. Companies who are best able to capture this new movement into ‘natural’ training …
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So, after working through the pros and cons of bodyweight training in our previous posts (if you haven’t already, see Back To Basics- The Future Of Fitness In 2015), it’s time to lay down our prediction for 2015. The future of fitness in 2015 is without a doubt going to focus on heading back to …
Returning to basics with bodyweight training is our prediction for the hottest trend of 2015. We continue on from our previous posts in Back To Basics- The Fitness Trend of 2015… But, is bodyweight training for everyone and does it get results? I’d be lying if I said that everyone training alongside me at the Bondi …
Location, location! Here’s the next big plus for the back to basics movement- it’s better outdoors! An outdoor workout at Bondi Outdoor Gym The second biggest difference between outdoor workouts and my good ol’ local gym is the location. It’s outdoors, and airy and doesn’t smell like someone’s three week old sweaty gym bag. Don’t …
If you haven’t kept up to speed, see our previous posts for the first two differences between working out in a gym VS calisthenics and why this movement is predicted to be the biggest trend of 2015. If you’ve followed my last post, here’s our final differentiator between gyms and training outdoors: Back to Basics …
So, Where is fitness headed? We predict the hottest trends for 2015, straight out of this year’s Health and Fitness Expo. At the far end of Sydney’s Bondi Beach, near the rock pools, a friendly pair of tanned, chiseled and laid back Australians with bleached blonde hair and tattoos are having a very serious conversation …
