Quotes About Fitness

Generally perform no more than five reps per set in various presses and side bends. It is better to increase the difficulty by upgrading to a heavier kettlebell, selecting a more difficult press (e.g. the military rather than the side press), moving slower, pausing at different points of the lift, compressing the rest periods between the sets, or performing more sets of five reps. Use the above techniques by themselves or in any sensible combination.

Listen to your hands. If your skin begins to pull, tingle or give indications of a blister or tear, listen to it and stop. Halting a set early to save your hands is far preferable to ignoring the warning and allowing a tear to occur which can derail your training.

Don't try to get yourself smoked; this will come soon enough. A 30-minute practice is about right. When done, you should feel energized rather than wiped out. You should hardly be sore the day after.

Don't let your knees go forward. Ideally, your shins should be close to vertical. If you do not feel your hamstrings tighten up when you descend, you are squatting wrong. Imagine that you are wearing ski boots and your ankles cannot bend. If you own a pair, why imagine? Wear them. You cannot help but learn to fold in your hip joints.

To make sure you're swinging without using your arms, attach a lifting strap or very short rope [or a towel] to a kettlebell... "Try a few swings. If you're driving the weight up with your hips, the bell, rope, and arm should all be in one line throughout the rep. If you're using your arms, your hands will rise up above the strap and bell.

Kettlebells are round lumps of iron with molded handles.

Ballistic drills, at least with kettlebells, can get away with much greater numbers; it is a lot easier to keep your technique in the groove.

Kettlebells are compact, inexpensive, virtually indestructible, and can be used anywhere. The unique nature of kettlebell lifts provides a powerful training effect with a relatively light weight, and you can replace an entire gym with a couple of kettlebells. Dan John, Master SFG[1] and a highly accomplished power athlete, famously quipped, "With this kettlebell in my bedroom I can prepare myself for the Nationals.

Since I introduced the Russian kettlebell to the West in 1998, it has become a mainstay in the training of champions in sports ranging from powerlifting to MMA to triathlon. Elite special operations units have made the kettlebell an integral part of their training. They have discovered that kettlebells deliver extreme all-around fitness—and no single other tool does it better.

The bike is efficient—and fat people can ride it forever.

Every two weeks take a kettlebell one or more sizes lighter than the one you are currently swinging. Pick a swing variation—two-arm, one-arm, hand-to-hand, mixed—and enjoy the pain.

Posing is a performing art.

I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.

The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event.

When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body!

I go to gyms quite a bit, martial arts gyms, MMA gyms. I try to train with the best people, with who's who in the martial arts, just to keep myself sharp.

I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.

My worst day in the gym is still more fun than my best day in the office!

I've had two children and no surgery. My body is the result of good genes and a healthy attitude.

The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning "ability to," and bics, meaning "withstand tremendous boredom

Alan was feeling strong. He did two push-ups and felt stronger still.

eighty pounds; hardly any of it was fat. Most people looking only

know, it's harder to get back in shape than it is to stay in shape.

Because, wherever I have looked, I see that all things are perpetually referred to an eternal standard of fitness, and that right triumphs over wrong, truth over falsehood, beauty over ugliness. Fitness is the general expression! Judged by this standard art and honour have little value.