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Kettlehells

Posted by Josh Tanzola on Tuesday, February 2, 2010,

Why do kettlebells produce results? Because of the way you use them. You don't "workout" or "train" with a kettlebell, you practice. It's like practicing the piano - you try to improve your performance by refining your technique, learning when to work hard and when to relax - you don't just "go through the motions." These concepts can and should be applied to all exercise but it's easy to be mindless when you're on a treadmill or exercise bicycle or swinging lightweight dumbells or pushi...
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Navy Seal Workout

Posted by Josh Tanzola on Thursday, January 21, 2010,

Try this on for size

Warm-up:
2 rounds of 3 minutes of skipping followed by 50 air squats.

Workout:

All exercises count as one round. You want to do 5 rounds and track you time.

10 x burpees
20 x 24'' box jumps
30 x push ups
40 x air squats
50 x lunges (25 per leg)

Let me know your times!

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Earthquake in Haiti needs our help!

Posted by Josh Tanzola on Friday, January 15, 2010,

On January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, followed by several powerful aftershocks, struck off the western coast of Haiti, causing buildings to collapse in Port au Prince and chaos as people fled the damage. It is estimated that 3 million people have been affected and 200,000 left homeless.

This earthquake has caused the poorest country in the western hemisphere to be left with extreme sadness. A country with nothing has much, much less now. Canadian government has told canadians that th...
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Interval Intensity ''Rock n' shock your body''

Posted by Josh Tanzola on Friday, September 4, 2009, In : Intervals

Exciting new discoveries by biomedical researchers in the areas of health and anti-aging have begun to usher in a new paradigm in fitness training. Research shows that high-intensity, anaerobic workouts that include the short-burst, get-you-out-of-breath, sprinting types of exercise, will make your body release significant amounts of the most powerful "fitness hormone" in your body - growth hormone, or HGH.

As children, HGH makes us grow taller. When we reach our full height, however, this hor...

Stand-Up Paddle Surfing:

Posted by Josh Tanzola on Wednesday, August 19, 2009, In : Sport Specific

If you are looking for an alternative style of fitness training, then Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP / Paddlesurf) maybe be perfect for you. With plenty of warm weather left, SUP fitness session takes you out of the gym, and into the beautiful surroundings of the Indian Arm in Deep Cove. SUP has been used by many celebrities to maintain their beach bodies, including Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson and Matthew McConuaghey to name a few. If you are wanting to tone up and get in shape, or maintain ...

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