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This Week Last Year » Running Shoes and Lots of News

By on Sunday, July 27th, 2008 | 1 Comment

This week last year covered a lot of news, and I answered quite a few reader questions. This week last year started off with The Running Shoe FAQ, which explained why runners wear specialty shoes and what makes them different from normal walking shoes. I answered a question from an aerobics instructor about how to [...]

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What is the difference between swiss balls and medicine balls?

By on Friday, July 27th, 2007 | 3 Comments

Susan from the Workin’ on My Fitness site recently wrote about doing some ab work in order to get over some work-related stress. I asked her whether she had ever tried using a swiss ball rather than using a machine or just a mat. She emailed me back with the following question: I’ve never used [...]

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This Week Last Year: Swiss Balls and Transcontinental Relays

By on Saturday, May 5th, 2007 | No Comments

This week last year was very focused on a limited number of topics. The weekend series about the New Rules of Lifting continued, but everything else dealt with the Coast to Coast relay and the new book that had just been published, or with weight lifting and swiss balls. I continued my animated workout series [...]

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A newly discovered danger with swiss balls

By on Monday, January 22nd, 2007 | No Comments

This morning at the gym I discovered a new danger with swiss balls. I was doing swiss ball crunches in the corner when the ball jumped out from beneath me. Thankfully, it bounced off the wall and back into me, which kept me from hitting my back on the floor. Instead, my butt just dropped [...]

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Another animated swiss ball bench press

By on Monday, October 9th, 2006 | No Comments

The Health and Fitness blog has an animated picture of a swiss ball bench press. Back in March, I wrote an animated How To for the swiss ball bench press. If you have not given this exercise a try yet, then I highly recommend that you do.

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This Week Last Year: Doping, Swiss Balls, and Soreness

By on Saturday, September 30th, 2006 | No Comments

This week last year, there was some doping, some soreness, and the Red Sox lost. I explained how to do hip extensions with a swiss ball and linked to an animated image at a different site showing the move. I asked whether you would take a DNA test to determine athletic abilities and point out [...]

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How To: Bridge w/knee tuck

By on Wednesday, May 24th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Bud Gibson expanded upon my normal bridge and swiss ball bridge articles to show how to do a swiss ball bridge with a knee tuck. I am definately going to have a go with this exercise; it never even occurred to me to try something like this.

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Balance boards and swiss balls…what is the difference?

By on Friday, May 5th, 2006 | 3 Comments

When discussing the benefits of using a swiss ball and the differences between active and passive resistance, Liv asked a very good question about the difference between balance boards and swiss balls. I have a question: aside from the Swiss ball, I have also attemted to use a balance board to work on core strength. [...]

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