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Video Fitness Tip: Everybody Should Include the Squat Exercise in Their Workouts Print E-mail
Written by Sal Marinello   

The squat is called “The King of Exercises” because of the effect it can have on a person’s overall level of conditioning.  If your personal trainer doesn’t have you doing squats, or if you aren’t doing them on your own, you should be.  Properly educated personal trainers and other strength professionals have always included squats in their clients’ routines despite an erroneous perception in some quarters that this exercise is potentially harmful.

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Kipping Pull Ups Provide Variety to Your Workouts Print E-mail
Written by Sal Marinello   
Long favored by devotees of martial arts, kipping pull-ups provide a much-needed alternative to the traditional pull up method.  This fitness tip can breathe new life into your workout, whether you are a personal trainer or a “fly solo” gym rat.
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Video Fitness Tip: Pull-Ups Can Be Done Anywhere Print E-mail
Written by Sal Marinello   

Whether you workout in a gym with a personal trainer or at home all alone, pull-ups are an exercise that should be a part of everyone’s routine.  This video fitness tip will show you that even without a pull-up bar, if you’re creative there are many ways that you do this exercise.

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Video Fitness Tip: Sledgehammer Training With Barbell Thrusters Print E-mail
Written by Sal Marinello   

This week’s video fitness tip features a superset that consists of sledgehammer training combined with the hang clean-front squat and press that’s performed with Apollon’s Axle, a 2-inch thick bar.  The thicker bar totally changes the dynamic involved with performing any exercise, and makes this particular exercise extremely challenging.

 

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How to Introduce Tabata Intervals Into a Workout Print E-mail
Written by Sal Marinello   

Tabata intervals are a method of training that typically is used in extremely high-intensity interval training routines and should be employed by personal trainers, strength coaches and anybody who exercises.  This method, named after pioneering researcher Nishimura Tabata, consists of eight intense training intervals of 20 seconds followed by 10 seconds of rest. This is a fitness tip that makes for a hellacious 4-minute workout, but you don’t have to be hard-core in order to reap benefits from Tabatas.

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