Fitness Equipment

Recently elliptical machines have been giving treadmills a run for the money in the category of “Most Popular Piece of Cardio Equipment,” as the elliptical allows people to get a good cardio workout with...

The Flex Belt System Abs, by Slendertone is the latest Electronic Muscle Stimulation (EMS) abdominal device that promises to tighten abdominal muscles with no effort on the part of the user. This is the first...

World record performance in the 100-meter dash and climbing hills in the Tour de France are related and may be a starting point to design a better way to detect performance-enhancing drug use.  In...

The Split Jerk is a basic explosive lift and is one of the most effective and efficient lifts that you can do. Don’t be intimidated by its pedigree; competitive athletes, beginners and personal trainers...

We all remember having to do pull-ups on the pull up bar in gym class, and many of us hated them.  The truth is, however, that all of our gym instructors were right -...

This week’s video fitness tip features a superset that consists of sledgehammer training combined with the hang clean-front squat and press that’s performed with Apollon’s Axle, a 2-inch thick bar. The thicker bar totally...

As a personal trainer and a strength coach – and from my own workouts – I can offer some interesting tips that will help you to get the most out of your sledgehammer training...

I can't believe I have to write the phrase, "How to walk on a treadmill," but it is very clear that people need to read/hear it. How can so many people not know...

Squats and dead lifts are two exercises that most people think can only be done at a gym.  This video fitness tip will show you how you can perform these two effective exercises as...

Over the past several years, the gimmicky gadget known as the Whole Body Vibration platform has come on the scene.  This expensive piece of equipment has been advertised as offering people a revolutionary way...