3 Key Benefits Of Wearing A Weightlifting Belt
By Jim Stoppani, Ph.D. Back in the day, almost everyone who lifted weights in some shape or form used a weightlifting belt. Even Mr. T made a weight belt part of his street wardrobe. Today, howe...
10 Reasons to Use an Exercise Ball as Your Chair
I recently came across this article, which talks about using an exercise ball as your home or office chair. I have used an exercise ball as a chair before, and it was thoroughly enjoyable. Here are...
20 Super-Effective Stability Ball Exercises
What’s the deal with those big bouncy balls taking up space around the gym? Stability balls (also called exercise balls, balance balls, Swiss balls, or fitness balls) are more than just fun to sit ...
10 Muscle Roller Stick Benefits You Should Know
What do muscle roller sticks do? How to use a muscle roller stick? What are muscle roller stick benefits? Where to buy the stick roller? This blog tells all the questions you may care about massage...
Lifting Straps are useful tools for weight training. If you've gained enough strength to start lifting heavier weights but find that your hand grip isn't strong enough to hold weights for exercises...
Patellar Straps: Are They Effective for Knee Issues?
You have to admit the knee joint experiences a variety of forces and actions in sports competition and training. Similar to the shoulder joint, the knees are vulnerable to wear, tear, and thus inj...
What’s the Gripe with Hand Grips?
I have a confession: I wear grips. It started with the kettlebell. I love swinging, snatching, and goblet-squatting a heavy kettlebell. I hate stopping to chalk. And once I started ...
Weightlifting Knee Wraps : HOW, WHEN, AND WHY
Have you crossed over to the dark side of power lifting yet? No not THAT dark side, I mean do you feel the beckoning call of instantly adding pounds to your squat…externally? I’m talking about th...
Does a Waist Trimmer Belt Actually Work?
Did You Know? A Waist Trimmer Belt is no substitute for exercise and healthy diet. The ability of this product to lose fat is not backed up by any clinical trials. So, it should be viewed as ...