The Fitness Journal

Training at my local gym I see some strange exercises but the “routine” I saw tonight has to go down as one of the bestc collections of weird exercises I have ever seen. What makes this worse is that it was a personal trainer taking a young woman through the routine. My “favourite” exercise was on the chest press machine, it was 2-3 inch (5-7.5 cm) lockouts for time. I didn’t actually check how long the sets were (I think they were about 30 seconds,) I was trying to work out what they were trying to accomplish - I still have no idea.

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Wayne

I was surprised the other week, when I saw that Wayne (yes there are two of us) had put a full colour ad detailing my coaching services in a local magazine. I thought I would put up an image but I do have to apologise for the mediocre scan.

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Just because you have a certain level of fitness when you do your normal physical training, it does not necessarily mean that you will be able to demonstrate a similar level of fitness when you do another activity. For example, if you normally cycle for your fitness, you train your body to be efficient and effective when you are on a cycle but when you need to run (unless you also run regularly,) you may find that your cycling fitness does not cross over to the same level.

This does not mean that your training is totally wasted on another activity, only that your body has adapted to a certain movement pattern and set of demands. Once you train the new movement patterns, you will find that your previous training has paid off.

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Wayne

If you want a fun way to increase your grip strength and the strength and co-ordination of your forearms, I think you should check out the Powerball. Coupling a small gyroscope and your muscles, the Powerball is a highly addictive training tool. The more effort you put into the Powerball, the faster the gyroscope spins and the more your muscles feel the effects. I envisage it being very useful for anybody playing a racquet sport, baseball, cricket and martial artists. The manufacturers also state that it is useful for carpal tunnel syndrome. I think it is great fun and it does give me a serious forearm pump. If you have a chance, give one a go.

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Wayne

Training on the heavy bag is a great option if you want to loose fat and increase your power on your punchs or kicks. If you haven’t had any boxing or martial arts instruction, it would be a great idea to get some before your journey on the heavy bag. As with any training, start slowly and work on your technique before you start puttin a lot of power into your bagwork.

Some of your options include building up to doing 2 or 3 minute rounds on the bag with 30 seconds rest between rounds. Another high intensity option would be to work all out for 10 seconds and then go easy for the nextr 20 seconds. alternate this pattern until you reach your goal time of about 4 minutes.

It is best if you use wraps and bag gloves to protect your hands and wrists and as always listen to your body.

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Wayne