Continued from fitness essentials for 2015: #8 The Foam Roller If you’ve never used the foam roller, chances are that the first time you perform your first ITB band roll, you’ll be on the verge of tears. Perhaps the best value for money piece of injury prevention equipment available, the foam roller is useful both …
#7 The Medicine Ball. The first time I ever trained with a medicine ball was during my personal training course. Mistakenly, a friend of mine tried to kick it and bruised his toe. Usually bright in color, rubberized and ranging from 2kg-8kg (or so) the simple medicine ball takes us back to an age where …
See our previous recommendations for fitness equipment essentials for 2015: #6 The ViPR I must admit it, when the VIPR rolled out in my local gym in 2013-I thought we were being duped. A rubberized, hollowed out cylinder with a handle attachment in the middle, the VIPR looked like something out of an “As Seen …
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 …
