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Core? Huh? What is it good for? Absolutely everything!

Submitted by kenwen on 3 November 2009 - 11:29am

It's that time where we fill gyms up in an effort to get ready for the Christmas party season!

You'll never see the stretching area so busy again - people doing crunches, draped over swiss balls, using those ab cradles, because we're all looking for that elusive six pack.

Core training is more than working to get washboard abs, there's a whole lot more than needs to be worked with to get really strong, really fit and beach ready.

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High Heels, YouTube And Bench Pressing - three things that wreck your health, Part 2

Submitted by kenwen on 4 January 2009 - 7:10pm

Too much YouTube is really, really bad for you. Apart from the mind numbing tedium of watching some idiots miming along to Britney Spears' "Circus", it wreaks havoc on your posture and health.

A lot of you reading this go to the gym and that's a pretty good thing to be doing. Unfortunately we're talking one hour out of twenty four where your body is working properly; most of the time you're stuck behind a desk or on a train and your hips, shoulders and neck all seize up and you wonder why you feel like Quasimodo after an Easyjet flight.

Kettlebells AKA weight training that women love

Submitted by kenwen on 8 September 2008 - 4:13pm

I've been training with kettlebells since 2002 - way before Ginger Spice got her dainty little mitts on them and I originally used them to improve my strength and conditioning for martial arts.

The first seminar I attended had a mix of gentlemen, well let's just say that if you saw them out in public you'd be worried about what prison day release schemes were for, involved in combat sports, rugby and general hard nuts. Nice bunch though!

Skipping forwards a few years I find that kettlebells have grown immensely in popularity and amongst women the curiousity (and publicity) is immense.

So I thought it was high time that the proper reasons why women (should) love kettlebells were explained properly and we'll clear up a few myths about weight training in general.

High heels, YouTube and Bench Pressing - three ways to wreck your health, Part 1

Submitted by kenwen on 7 September 2008 - 1:20pm

As a personal trainer I'm constantly getting enquiries from prospective clients who have issues with their backs, hips, knees and necks.

Some of these can incapacitate people; at the very least they cause chronic pain and discomfort and the sad thing is that alleviating these problems is usually a very simple matter.

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