There are a handful of exercises that I do every day. The swing, the get-up, push-ups and pull-ups. Chief among them is the pull-up: the quintessential bodyweight exercise. The pull-up is the great equalizer of upper-body strength. It utilizes the Latissimus Dorsi mainly, but they are assisted by...
My last article was a smashing success. Many people told me, "I'm never gonna run again!" The problem is that most of those people didn't run in the first place and now are doomed to a life of fatness if they can't get some cardio in. So I thought I'd write a follow up article to defend running. My...
I'm a runner. I love it. The only exercise I love more than running is sex. I love the personal solitude and the struggle to beat the clock and the honesty of that objective achievement. For me, running is the purist measurement of my personal performance. But I really shouldn't run and you...
I could write an entire book on the swing. There are very few movements as simple as the swing that have so many benefits accessible to so many people so quickly into learning it. Even better than the push up and the pull up (which I love), I can't think of anything that comes close to the total...
To better understand why hard-style kettlebells are so great for women, a little anatomy is in order. And let's get right to what matters -- The clitoris. Most people, women included, think that the clitoris is the little eraser-head sized nub of flesh atop the vulva. The "man in the rowboat." But...
It has been a week since I became Russian Kettlebell Certified so I am writing a bit about the RKC and why I like kettlebells so much. First of all, let me say that I chose the RKC for the same reason that I choose anything: it was really hard. The RKC is an expensive certification with very high...
Vanity is a very powerful emotion. We do a lot for the sake of vanity, even if it is completely ridiculous. But one of the things that I have always had trouble doing for the sake of vanity is get in shape. Now if that seems like an odd thing to say, how many people do you know who lost a ton of...
I like science. A lot. So a few months ago when I read this article in Time, I got very intrigued. Turns out there is a correlation between people who engage in regular cardiovascular exercise and weight gain. "What the What?!" you might be asking. Well, yes, it's true. Now here come the Personal...
One of the problems of being good at something is that you tend to do it to the exclusion of everything else. I happen to be good at running, and it wasn't until I got injured and started training with kettlebells that I noticed that I had the flexibility of an 80-year-old. And I'm sorry, it...
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