Author: Aleks Salkin
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The top 5 reasons why *you* should be obsessed with bodyweight training
Why does bodyweight training rock so much? Let me count the ways… 1) It is the ultimate test of body control and coordination. Unless you walk around with a weight glued to your hand on the daily – which I sincerely doubt – the primary physical challenge you’ll face is moving your own body through free…
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The Top 5 reasons *you* should be obsessed with calisthenics
I could really go on and on about why calisthenics – as a serious pursuit – is the missing link in most people’s training, but instead, I’ll break it down into 5 simple, no BS reasons why: 1) It is the ultimate test of body control and coordination. Unless you walk around with a weight glued…
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Top 5 reasons why you should get strong
Start with these, then create a million more of your own. First, let me just say that literally ANY sort of movement you do – whether it’s gardening a few times a week, going for walk or a hike, or yes shudder even Zumba, is light years better for you than filling in the butt-groove…
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Un-Jack Your back
“The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, and I’ve thought of probably about a million different ways to start this article (well, at least half a million), but some conversations I had over the past few days spurred me to write…
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What is Fitness Minimalism?
(This post originally appeared on Pat Flynn’s legendary ChroniclesOfStrength.com) NOTE FROM PAT: The following is a guest post by that scriptural varmint Aleks Salkin, or The Jew Hammer, as he’s known, a miscreant, it must be obvious, of the most rascally sorts. But because he writes a very plain and deeply beguiling English, and uses…