Results matching “Bird”

The owner of the Fitworld gym in the Dutch town of Heteren, Patrick de Man, is introducing a slightly unusual concept to the commercial fitness world : Naked Sundays. And yes, the naked gymgoers will be required to put down towels on the equipment before using it.

Very, very strange.

Via Rif's Blog : video [streaming, 7.3mb .flv download] of IPF Superheavyweight Vladimir Kalinichenko. Very impressive.

Mike Bruce briefly looks at a very interesting partial exercise - the One Arm Partial Row [140kb, .pdf]. I might just give that a go.

Another great piece from Dave Tate; looking at the various ways of including some Max Effort work in your training. Incidentally, the first cab off the rank - Multiple Exertion Method - seems to be the one I focus on by default. Always plenty of fun.

Would they be like these (particularly the second one)? Not bad at all.

Danny Wood looks at a few exercises [streaming, 6.3mb .flv download] for improving your finger speed and strength. Some good ideas in there.

Dan John's at it again.

Sports Illustrated has some great photos up from the most recent Tough Guy event. If you're inspired to give it a go, the next one's in July.

Just came across a video [streaming, 2.96 mb .flv download] demonstrating David Horne's Wrist Developer. Looks great - anyone here had a chance to try it yet?

More videos, new exercises and some very interesting articles. In cased you missed things this week on Straight to the Bar, here are a few highlights :

• Pinching, bending and rolling : grip workouts can certainly be fun.
• Sandbag thrusts and stair push-ups : two great exercises to add to your arsenal.
• Loaded Conditioning : Zach Even-Esh discusses some very interesting kettlebell moves.
• Honey, you're getting fat : Julia Ladewski discusses some much more tactful ways of broaching a delicate subject. Encouraging your girlfriend/wife to go to the gym.
• Bonus : when walking on your hands becomes fairly easy, try a little forearm walking [streaming, 974kb .flv download].