Introduction: General Considerations Nothing like the feeling of freedom in an outdoor gym, in a backyard or on a patio, in fresh air and sunlight. It's possible to keep your gym equipment in reasonably good shape even outdoors. The main issue is rain or even nighttime dew. If it's outside, it will get wet. Secondarily, [...]
We had been planning on getting the FringeSport Sandbag Trainer to review and compare to the classic Rogue Fitness Training Sandbag, and as luck would have it, Fringe's went on sale... and promptly sold out because the price was crazy good. We snagged one in time, and Benjamin compared them side-by-side for this review. (And [...]
Normally this blog is all about picking the right equipment for your home gym. Buy this, find this, choose between these, but always get something. There are exceptions. The perfect example popped up in this thread on the Bodybuilding.com forum. Instead of replying there and having my comments fall on deaf ears, I'm replying here [...]
UFC Fighter Using Wim Hof Method Cryogenic therapy (cold therapy) and saunas (heat therapy) have risen in use for workout recovery and overall health. Alistair Overeem is a legendary UFC fighter with a long career of championships in kickboxing, grappling and MMA. I ran across a video of him working with Wim Hof, aka: The [...]
Always add the weight of the bar when tracking your lifts. Here's how to find out how much it weighs. Olympic Barbells Normally an olympic style 7ft long bar on the bench press rack weighs 44 lbs or 45 lbs. 44 lbs is common because of the conversion from kilograms for international usage. 20kg = [...]
https://youtu.be/Y_mwDu8fXuQ Being a personal trainer on the side for the last twenty years, I knew exactly what I wanted in my home gym when my wife and I built our house about two years ago. Of course, it would be easy to go with all commercial gym equipment, but it would also be very expensive. [...]
Several online gym equipment stores give discounts to firefighters, police, emergency medical technicians, rescuers, active US military, and US military veterans. Depending on the store, they might give a discount to all of those groups, but I've listed the ones they specifically mention on their site. Stores will most likely require proof of your status [...]