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Z-Health Review - What Is Z-Health?

Submitted by kenwen on 3 November 2009 - 9:43am

I'm a Z-Health sceptic. I can't help it. Sorry. (UPDATE: I was a...)

I read about near magical transformations and effects it has with rehabbing injuries, improving performance and ignored it all for the last couple of years but the chatter and buzz has gotten too strong.

I succumbed, I broke down, I ordered the Z-Health Mega Package and...

this is the story of what I found.

Z-Health, the foundations of fitness?
We spend a lot of time training the muscular and cardiovascular systems but most of us neglect to train our nervous system.

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TRX or Jungle Gym? The TRX vs Jungle Gym Smackdown

Submitted by kenwen on 24 August 2009 - 11:07am

I've written about and reviewed two of the most popular suspension training systems in town - the TRX Fitness Anywhere system and LifeLine's Jungle Gym. Now I pit them head to head in a no holds barred contest to find out which one gets permanent pride of place on my pull up bar and which one gets stuck under the kitchen sink.

TRX Suspension Trainer Review

Submitted by kenwen on 24 August 2009 - 11:05am

Even more suspension training, courtesy of Fitness Anywhere's TRX system. Designed by ex navy SEALS, which ticks a few boxes on the macho bloke side of things, the TRX claims that it will make your body your machine. Really? We'll find out in this post and the follow up where we pit the TRX against the LifeLine Jungle Gym in a supension training system smackdown!

What you get inside the bag

Jungle Gym Review

Submitted by kenwen on 2 August 2009 - 5:37pm
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Jungle Gym Review - having fun monkeying around.
Suspension training is all the rage. From wannabe gymnasts on Olympic rings, to the TRX system (J-Lo uses it so it MUST be good...actually, sarcasm aside, it is pretty cool but way expensive) to one of my favourites, the Jungle Gym - hanging around whilst training has never been this much fun.

Why suspension training is good
One of the greatest ways of increasing the intensity of weight training is to increase the level of instability, recruiting more stabilising muscles and the all important core.

Vibram FiveFingers - two months in

Submitted by kenwen on 20 July 2009 - 6:31pm

It's been two months in since my first Vibram FiveFingers review

Two months and one damaged pair of VFF's later, what do I think now?

The Good
They really are fantastic shoes for you. Total freedom of movement for your ankles and toes.

Increased balance. My toes have been become more splayed. In fact, I can even wiggle my little toes now. Apart from being a great party piece, your little toe provides vital stability for every step you take.

Vibram FiveFingers Review.

Submitted by kenwen on 7 May 2009 - 6:33pm

OR what have I been doing to my feet for thirty odd years!?
Until recently, I've never been that interested in feet. They're quite far away from my face and they've always liked it that way. What's changed is my interest in how physical dysfunction can be eliminated with movement pattern training and corrective exercise strategies.

As a society we're plagued by a heap of physical problems. Lower back stiffness, knackered knees, bum shoulders, a catalogue of issues that keeps us in pain which could easily be resolved by progressive and regular exercise.

Viking Warrior Conditioning - one month review and test starts today

Submitted by kenwen on 5 May 2009 - 5:57pm

Kenneth Jay's Viking Warrior Conditioning, dramatic title excepted, is quite possibly one of the best academic studies available on conditioning with kettlebells.

The focus is on VO2max training; the maximum volume of oxygen intake provided by the cardiovascular system. In a nutshell, this is how much oxygen your body can use during activity. The more, the better!

VWC uses the kettlebell snatch as the exercise of choice and provides five progressive protocols for boosting your VO2max capacity.

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