Bottom Line Up Front: Adding a side hop to a kettlebell swing increases the heart rate response almost 20%. Here is the evidence and how you can use this technique. You can use kettlebells to get after any element of…
Bottom Line Up Front: The Fitbit Charge 3 is the best fitness tracking device on the market today. I highly recommend it for a certain demographic. Background I just wrote a review of the Garmin Instinct, which I bought at…
Bottom Line Up Front: Garmin has hit a home run with its newest offering. It is a thoughtful combination of many watches/devices I own. I highly recommend it for a specific demographic. Here is my Garmin Instinct review. My (abbreviated)…
This post and the entire series highlight what I am doing/using/thinking as of right now in the areas of fitness & technology. If you care to compare or read the other posts in this series, refer to the category What I’m Up…
Bottom Line Up Front: As the US Army has published more information on the new PT test, I have been thinking of how to train for it. Here are my initial thoughts on training for the Army Combat Fitness Test…
Bottom Line Up Front: The WeightVest.com Box Weight Vest is a great option for those seeking to add additional resistance to their bodyweight for a variety of purposes. I recommend it. The Research and Options I already had a good…
Bottom Line Up Front: I have been a big believer in putting effort to pick shoes that were healthy for the body since 2010. For the next seven years, I focused exclusively on finding flat shoes (zero drop) with as…
Bottom Line Up Front: This is a review of a training cycle I programmed for myself that I executed for 8 weeks from June to August 2018. The goal is to maintain general physical preparedness (GPP). Background I have been…
Bottom Line Up Front: I completed a marathon while carrying a 40lb ruck. This post is my ruck march marathon training program after action review complete with the plan I followed for rucking, strength and conditioning, nutrition, and supplementation preparation…
