Spice up your core workouts, a Bender Ball adds a hint of flavour

Bender Ball

The Bender Ball is one of those infomercial fitness gadgets I never would have looked at twice however a series of events has lead to it becoming one of the tools in my Trainers [...]

Rise and shine tired feet, foot wakers to the rescue

Yamuna Foot Wakers

A Radiance Gear & Gadget Review. My Yamuna Foot Wakers are one of My Favorite Things. The little nubs on these funny looking domes hit all of the accu-points, meridians & feel-good [...]

Live Well 360 Core Fitness Bag

Apres Ski Circuit - 2 great workouts for back at the lodge

Apres Ski Circuit – 2 great workouts for back at the lodge. These two 30-minute workouts were designed for a group of lodge dwelling heli-ski guides from Canadian Mountain Holidays. They have access to a small workout area with a bench, indoor cycles, chin-up bar, dumbbells and medicine [...]

A mighty upgrade to a classic fitness tool. Meet the new resistance band

Mighty bands resistance tubes

II like to throw around some pretty heavy weight during my workouts and a couple of good ‘heavy’ workouts each week keeps me lean and strong. But I choose not to be a slave to the gym during the gorgeous days of summer when outdoor workouts are as good for the soul as they are for the body, plus my puppy can come along too!

That’s where resistance bands come in handy and thanks to Mighty Bands my ‘sunshine workouts’ just got a whole lot more [...]

Travel Fitness. Stay strong without a gym

Outdoor Workout

Frequent travellers can avoid the disappointing “welcome back” workout and preserve training effects by doing maintenance workouts while on vacation. Research shows that one to two days per week appear to be an effective maintenance frequency for those already engaged in resistance training. All you need is a park bench and a resistance [...]

3 awesome custom Ugi workouts

UGI Fitness 8lb ball

This silly squishy ball has transformed this personal trainers business to the point where I have actually started a growing waitlist of people wanting to do my Ugi workouts. Here are some of my custom 30-minute Ugi [...]

A fitness gadget skeptic finds a new training tool. Meet UGI.

UGI Fitness 2

A fitness gadget skeptic finds a new training tool. Meet UGI, the squishy fitness ball that this personal trainer has fallen in love [...]

3 things Starbucks can teach us about reaching our fitness goals

Image Credit: Jeff Wilcox

3 things Starbucks can teach us about reaching our fitness [...]

Fitness goes tech in 2010: miCoach Virtual Running Partner by Adidas

Image credit: Adidas

The 2010 Consumer Electronics Show is pulsing with technology giants showcasing the latest in computers, gaming, audio, visual, and gadgets galore. The miCoach virtual running partner by Adidas is one of the newly launched fitness tools we look forward to trying out this year. [...]





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