I’ve learned to vary my workouts with different exercises and different bars in my weight training. Regular barbells, dumbbells and machines are used to hit my body in different ways. Last year sometime I discovered a different barbell handle at my gym. A...
I practice martial arts 4 to 6 days a week and one of the tools I use is the heavybag. There’s one at Basches and one at Spiece Fitness. They hang from the ceiling or from a support arm mounted on a wall. They allow me to kick and punch hard as I want and not...
I’ve been on vacation this week in the southern USA where it’s been in the 80’s. Luckily, there is a swimming pool nearby and I’ve been able to swim laps and do my water walking. When Spiece Fitness had a pool, I swam every couple of days as...
One of the things lacking at my gym in the mornings is an employee watching the weight room and helping the members. Maybe a member can’t find the abdominal machines in the new area or wants to know how the Jacob’s ladder operates. They may need to know...
I work out hard doing weights, martial arts, and group fitness classes. Sometimes body parts are sore and I keep going with my exercise routines. Other times I’ll break from the routine to rest. An old workout partner from 2013 would make me rest three days in...