One of my big pet peeves when I observe people training at gyms is self aggrandizement. Constantly looking at yourself in the mirror (while somehow never managing to correct the horrible form) is one obvious form of preening. But another one, that actually annoys me even more,
Our friend Henry over at GymTalk recently interviewed Brandon Richey, a well respected strength coach and kettlebell aficionado.
Brandon gave us some awesome tips on strength training and conditioning and he shared some of his experiences of being a top level strength coach.
Hi Brandon, thanks for talking to us today. Could you tell our readers a little bit more about yourself and Brandon Richey Fitness.
We’re rounding up the week with videos!
As part of the constant work it takes to get people to know your website/blog exists, you spend a whole lot of time on various social media outlets. Recently I increased my list of places to have a presence to include Google+ and Stumbleupon. In doing so, I discovered that when I comment on a video
Last week when I was working at the Pilates Method Alliance Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, I met a trainer, Maria Scally, who lives in Miami and checked youtube pages. Her training motto is “Get groovy, get sweaty, any time, any place.” She travels the world making fun short videos showing a couple of different exercises. This one in particular REALLY caught my attention. Talk about a position of instability! Check out her fun videos.
Happy Friday everyone. I hope your week was fun and healthy.
This is is the first of a new regular feature. What have I been reading and commenting on this week? Here are a few of the things that really caught my attention this week.
I first learned about the idea of “Physical Culture” when I went though my kettlebell training with Kettlebell Concepts.
And a workout with them will strengthen you in ways nothing else can. If you were to purchase one piece of home gym equipment, I’d choose kettlebells. A kettlebell workout is a total body workout, it’s strengthening, it increases core strength and increases your ability to generate power. For such a really simple piece of equipment, it can have dramatic impact on your physical fitness.
All too often when I’m at a gym, whether watching a person work out on their own or watching a trainer use kettlebells with their client, the very root of the kettlebell swing motion is done incorrectly. To easily explain the reason one motion is correct and the other is not
