Man it has been a good lead-in to summer. I’ve been outside doing workouts for a couple of months. Hope you have too. My favorite spots are the track at Glenbard West in Glen Ellyn and the park across from my house. I just grab a kettlebell or two and go. There are benches to [...]
I didn’t quite get to the end of the 30 day challenge before I dropped out. Made it 21 days without sugar. Made it that long without the mindless surfing. Went to visit my folks for Mom’s birthday and had some cookies. They were very good.
The results were that I lost 2 lbs. during this [...]
Alright, here is a great test for the beginning of Spring. I started a 30 day no junk challenge yesterday. So I am cutting out sugar and TV for the next 30 days. Processed foods and white bread and white pasta and white rice are gone. My diet is pretty good anyway but I do [...]
Here we see Karen working legs. First up is one of the great leg exercises you can do. LADIES! This exercise works the quads and glutes in a functional running position. So balance, stabilization and core strength are all challenged during this exercise. When you do a machine leg press, most do not require balance, [...]
Sure everyone kind of believes this yet only 4 of 10 doctors talk to their patients about the importance of exercise.
During exercise there are two types of immune cells released into the body. The effects last only about three hours but there is a cumulative effect also which reduces illness rates. People who exercised 45 [...]
Saw this article which I suppose isn’t that big of a surprise but surely points out that we aren’t making much fitness progress. Ah the young people are our future. So what’s up young people?
See the article here.
1) Train with Stanimal. If you did train with stanimal you would have increased strength and vitality, improved joint stability, reduced body fat and better cardiovascular performance. Unfortunately I can only train a few folks.
But you need to exercise. We all know this. 30 minutes every day break a sweat from exercising. The end.
No gym [...]
Great article for those of you who can’t give up the soft drinks yet.
“Soft drinks contain little to no vitamins or other essential nutrients. However, it is what they do contain that is the problem: caffeine, carbonation, simple sugars — or worse, sugar substitutes — and often food additives such as artificial coloring, flavoring, and [...]
Here are a few exercises that I include in my workouts. People often ask me what I do for exercise. These are a few. I also like to add sprinting in between or rowing or some other form of interval work. This makes for a tremendous challenge. If you have questions about my workouts or [...]
Live from Schaumburg and Glen Ellyn, Stanimal demonstrates a figure eight and a wood chopper. These are both safe and effective core training methods. Dig it!
