I recently added the chest expander from LifeLine USA to my fitness equipment arsenal and I’ve been very happy with the results. In the following YouTube video, Mike Gillette gives a quick demonstration of the chest expander from LifeLine USA and how he uses it to help gain (functional) strength: Mike’s point about timed pulls [...]
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Demonstrations of three essential bodyweight exercises on Power-Fitness site
In a recent post I discussed Hindu pushups and bodyweight exercises as a way of achieving functional strength-endurance. While looking for demonstrations of the proper form for the “Royal Court” exercises as taught by Matt Furey in his book Combat Conditioning: Functional Exercises for Fitness and Combat Sports, I came across the following site: http://www.power-fitness.info [...]
Quick Review of the Power Gym Door Mounted Exerciser
As part of my plan to carry out body-weight exercises, I was on the lookout for a pull-up/chin-up bar. However, I’m currently in a rented apartment. There is no good place in my space to install a pull-up bar, especially without damaging door frames or walls. The answer to my problem was the Power Gym [...]
Body-Weight Exercises For Strength-Endurance and Hindu Pushups
Several weeks ago I came across the Matt Furey, author of “Combat Conditioning: Functional Exercises for Fitness and Combat Sports”. He advocates almost exclusive use of body-weight exercises in order to achieve strength-endurance and flexibility. After investigating some, I decided that undertaking a regime of body-weight exercises was the best path for me to a [...]
