Fitness and Sports

Archive for January, 2010

The first thing to know about kettlebell training is that you won’t find any exercises that focus exclusively on getting ripped abdominal muscles. Developed over a hundred years ago in Russia, kettlebell routines were designed with the purpose of training fighters who didn’t care about having washboard abs for the beauty of it. What they needed was raw power and functional strength. The steering philosophy behind any Russian kettlebell routine… Continue reading

When it comes to selecting the best muscle building exercises from the thousands of different bodybuilding exercises that are popular these days, it can be a difficult job to narrow the list down to a manageable number of only the best bodybuilding exercises. What you find with nearly all of the exercises that are popular these days, is that each and every movement is either knock off of one of… Continue reading

A lot of people go to the gym and lift weights to build muscle, but you can use body weight exercises at home to reach your muscle building goals.  Building muscle without weights is a great way to save money on fitness memberships, without having to buy an expensive setup for home use.  Here are some ways to make body weight exercise more effective.

First of all, to build muscle… Continue reading