After my article yesterday about how to make a cheap set of farmers’ bars, I thought I write today about how I went about making a sandbag. I started thinking about sandbag training a while ago and even went so far as to order an army duffle bag online. But, procrastination got the better of me and the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Cardio'
How to make cheap farmers’ bars
September 29th, 2009 2 Comments
OK, so this is a follow-up to my article last week about how to make farmers’ bars out of dumbbell handles. The main problem with those bars is that they don’t hold a lot of weight. The other problem is that they can swing around a bit, especially if you are turning a lot of [...]
Tags: Cardio · farmers' walks
Introducing: farmers’ walks
September 24th, 2009 3 Comments
As I promised in my article yesterday about more interesting ways to do cardio, here is a brief guide to how to set up a pair of dumbbell handles to act as farmers’ bars for doing laps of the garden with in the summer… I have since had a go at making a pair of farmers’ bars that [...]
Tags: Cardio · farmers' walks · Homemade Gym Equipment
More interesting ways to do cardio
September 23rd, 2009 1 Comment
Only a week has gone by since I started my new cardio regime in the hope of shedding a couple of pounds before my beach holiday in October and… I am already bored of the routine that I started. Oh, well. Anyway, here are some more ideas I have come across in my endless search for [...]
Tags: Bike Intervals · Cardio · Complexes · farmers' walks · hill sprints · Mike Mahler · sandbags · Stair Climbing
Using cardio to lose fat
September 13th, 2009 1 Comment
Well, here I am staring at 6 weeks of cutting weight. 6 weeks of growly stomachs, grizzly moods and bear-ly (uh, barely) concealed bad temper. Not a nice thought. As I mentioned on an earlier post about my workout plan, I’m going to try and maintain as much strength and muscle mass as I can [...]
Tags: Afterburn · Cardio · Dumbbell Snatches · Dumbbell Swings · German Volume Training · Lose Fat · Squats and Milk
