I am 6 foot 3, 250 pounds, and a NASM certified personal trainer, and I have put a lot of cheap cardio equipment through its paces in my own garage. So when I say this CURSOR FITNESS recumbent exercise bike gets a surprising amount right for the money, I mean it. But there is one…
I have been through enough cardio machines in my garage to know that the one you actually use beats the one that looks impressive. That is the whole case for a recumbent bike, and it is why I wanted to get a close look at the CURSOR FITNESS Recumbent Exercise Bike. It is a magnetic…
HIIT has a branding problem. People hear “high intensity interval training” and picture a coach screaming at them in a warehouse gym while they flip a tractor tire. That is not what this is. HIIT is one of the simplest things you can do with your body, and the version I keep coming back to…
Back in 2009, I made a video about finishing P90X. I say “finishing” generously. It is a 90 day program and I made it roughly 60 days in before I got sick of it and stopped. But it was the first fitness anything I had ever done in my life, and it worked well enough…
If you’ve had your Bowflex for a few years, you’ve probably noticed something: the first second or two of every rep feels like nothing. You start the movement, there’s a dead zone where the rods aren’t really fighting you, and then somewhere in the middle of the range the resistance finally shows up. That’s not…
Here’s the thing nobody tells you about working out at home: the machine isn’t what’s holding you back. Your rest times are. I’ve been training on a Bowflex for years now, and the single biggest change I ever made to my home workouts had nothing to do with rods, attachments, or a fancy new program….
There is a lot of debate on whether or not cardio is a requirement of any health and fitness plan or if it’s over-hyped and unnecessary. In this article, we will discuss how cardio exercise can benefit you physically and mentally. We will also talk about the much heated debate on whether or not cardio…
Home gyms present a way to do so comfortably for people stepping into fitness for the first time—dipping their toes in the water without fearing being judged or feeling awkward. This is why so many decide to build a home gym. However, developing the “right” tools for building a starter home gym can be just…
Embarking on a fitness journey invites a myriad of challenges to test your resolve, but none are more talked about lately than the 75 Hard and 75 Soft challenges. If you’re aiming to establish healthy habits and achieve long term health, both approaches offer unique methods to fortify mental strength and integrate meaningful lifestyle changes….
The Bedrock of Being Fit When I took my course to become a NASM certified trainer, something struck me during the classes. There was a LOT of time spent on stabilization. Not just how to do exercises that involved stability but the reasons for their importance in a well-rounded fitness regimen. Stabilization isn’t about getting…
