by Mens Health | Jun 1, 2011 | Fitness
The name makes it sound like a cow’s necklace, but the kettlebell can give you a fast, full-body workout. Use this workout to build muscle, burn fat and just look hardcore swinging the chunk of iron around the gym. Here’s how to get perfect form: Why The...
by Mens Health | Jun 1, 2011 | Fitness
Genghis Khan’s soldiers didn’t worry about how much they could bench press. Their focus was real-world strength and speed. Okay, so we don’t live like Mongols and we don’t have the baseline cardiovascular fitness that a Mongol does. We are adapted to endurance as well...
by Mens Health | Jun 1, 2011 | Fitness, Workouts
It’s a universal law of fitness: the less time you have, the easier it is to find excuses to skip a cardio workout. After all, doesn’t a good routine require at least 30 minutes? No, actually, it doesn’t. As a strength and conditioning coach, I’ve found that clients...
by Mens Health | Jun 1, 2011 | Fitness
When the Indian Buddhist Monk Bodhidharma got to the Shaolin Temple in about 520 A.D he didn’t like what he saw. Monks were tired and sickly and just didn’t feel up to meditating all day. Yes, the Shaolin monks were Zen potatoes. Like today’s workers who sit behind...
by Mens Health | Jun 1, 2011 | Fitness
As I watch from the sidelines, it occurs to me: even this guy’s warm-up would leave most men fighting back puke. “This guy” is 37-year-old Martin Rooney, one of the world’s top strength and conditioning coaches, who has worked with thousands of elite athletes,...
