Free-Tip Tuesday Volume XXXVIII: Strength Training Resources

As we've mentioned before, after practicing sound nutrition principles, resistance/strength training is the most effective and efficent way to chan...ge both how you look AND feel. Mastering your own bodyweight, kettlebells, and free-weights are the 3 main ways to strength train. For those looking to get started, and even those who 'already know what they are doing', the following resources are some of the best in explaining the finer points of performing exercises CORRECTLY.

They also serve as a great head start or introduction before attending your first class at Pittsburgh Kettlebells.

Bodyweight: Convict Conditioning - Paul Wade


Free Weights: Starting Strength - Mark Rippetoe


Kettlebells: Enter The Kettlebell - Pavel Tsatsouline

Enjoy!


 

Stuff You Should Read.....

A smattering of good reads I've come across in the past week or so.....enjoy.

Life Is A Special Occasion - Neghar Fonooni

Low Carbs, Again - Really? - Scott Abel

The Red Meat Scare: What Do We Make Of It? - Jonny Bowden

Push-Upalooza - Tony Gentilecore

The Skinny On Artificial Sweeteners - Ines Subashka

More Stuff You Should Read....

Synthesis: Low-Carb and Food Reward/Palatability, and Why Calories Count - Richard Nikoley

Explores why a low-carb diet - or any diet for that matter - works. At least at first. Hint: caloric deficit.

Stuff You Should Read....

A compilation of articles I've come across this past week that I particularly enjoyed and wanted to share. Hit the jump for the rest of this week's goodies.

A New Way To Eat - T-Nation.

Another nail in the coffin for the tired 5-6 meals

Required Reading.....

Report: Marathons cause heart damage - LiveScience

"We know that regular exercise reduces cardiovascular risk by a factor of two or three in the long run, but while we're doing vigorous exercise such as marathon running, our cardiac risk increases by seven,"

Why your desk job is slowly killing you - Men'sHealth

"A person may hit the gym every day, but if he's sitting a good deal of the rest of the time, he's probably not leading an overall active life,"