Posted by Josh Tanzola on Monday, January 9, 2012,
You Don't Need to Train Them Every Day-
If you perform ab exercises daily in the pursuit of a perfect belly, you could be overtaxing your muscles. Some train abs 7 days a week and won’t allow for any rest. That just damages the muscles. Focus on abs three or four times a week.
Abs Exercises Alone Aren't Enough-
It’s also important to mix things up: New research published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research shows that doing a routine of core-strengthening exercises alone won... Continue reading ...
Vancouver Underwear Affair+ $500 to lululemon??!?!?!?
Posted by Josh Tanzola on Friday, May 7, 2010,
Vancouver underwear affair is coming up folks! don't forget to sign up and help fight cancers below the waste.. Join the Blitz Fitness team and you could win a $500 lululemon gift card
Once you have joined the team I will get a follow e-mail after that we will add you to the list of contestants. Towards the end we will draw a name and the winner will win a $500 gift card to lululemon.
Here is the link to join up. You can either run 10k or do a 5k walk. Those who just donate will also be entere... Continue reading ...
Get lean with fish oil?!
Posted by Josh Tanzola on Sunday, March 7, 2010,
A number of supplements are great for packing on muscle. However, if you want to get lean and mean protein is great. You are more likely to get a leaner mid section with whey protein, and not one full of sugar (Myofusion is one of my favorites since it is sugar and aspartame free). Whey protein enhances fat-burning and decreases the manufacture of fat by the liver. Something simpler? try ingesting fish oil to enhance the efficiency of leptin. Leptin is a protein hormone with important effects...
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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... Continue reading ...
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 burpees20 x 24'' box jumps30 x push ups40 x air squats50 x lunges (25 per leg)Let me know your times! Continue reading ...
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... Continue reading ...