http://nostinkinggym.com Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:45:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's another guest article by Craig Ballantyne, author of Turbulence Training. The Top 5 Fat Loss Myths By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS www.TurbulenceTraining.com There are so many fat loss myths out there in "exercise-land" that I was hired by Men's Fitness magazine to write about one myth each month. After all, by now you've probably ... http://nostinkinggym.com/fat-loss/the-top-5-fat-loss-myths.php "Functional strength training" has become a buzzword. However, as popular as it seems, there are still people everywhere who don't get it. So, let's take a quick look at what it is, why it's important, and how to do it. Functional strength training is basically using exercises in your workouts that ... http://nostinkinggym.com/kettlebells/functional-strength-training.php Steve Maxwell has a reputation for finding, creating, and sharing unique training methods and tools. I remember seeing the slosh pipe a while back, and saw last week or so that Steve had posted an article about it. Basically, a slosh pipe is a length of PVC pipe that you fill ... http://nostinkinggym.com/hardcore-oddobject/the-slosh-pipe.php I've had this thought on and off over the years and thought I'd post. I remember when I was 18. I saw some photos of bodybuilder Achim Albrecht in a muscle magazine and thought, "Man, I'd love to look like that." If I remember right, he was about 5'10" (my height), ... http://nostinkinggym.com/barbells-dumbells/gaining-size-why.php Hey guys, Sorry it's been such a long time since my last post. I've just had a lot going on personally. Life intervenes, you know. I've also been slacking off in my workouts for a while as well. I'm hoping that things will be sorted out in the next few weeks and ... http://nostinkinggym.com/random-thoughts/long-time-no-posting.php I've been really busy lately and haven't posted in a while, but I got an email about this DVD this morning and wanted to let you guys know. It's currently at the top of Mike's Store. It's around 2 1/2 hours of no-fluff basics of kettlebell training. From the sample clip, ... http://nostinkinggym.com/kettlebells/new-mike-mahler-beginner-kettlebell-dvd.php Increase Your Metabolism And Decrease Your Appetite With This Fat-Burning Food Group By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com There have been countless studies performed on the role of protein in the muscle growth process to try and determine exactly how much protein you should consume to build muscle mass. Recently, several studies have ... http://nostinkinggym.com/fat-loss/increase-your-metabolism-and-decrease-your-appetite.php I posted most of this as a comment in another post, but thought it deserved its own. Obviously, there's more than one way to make a sandbag, but here's how I made mine. If you want to buy a ready-to-go sandbag, you can get one from www.ironmind.com . I haven’t used ... http://nostinkinggym.com/hardcore-oddobject/making-a-sandbag.php While sandbag training does seem to be growing in popularity, there are still millions of people who have never heard of it. Or, they've heard of it but thought it was too "out there", ineffective, or whatever. I've thought up a short list of reasons to get going with sandbag training. Cheap. ... http://nostinkinggym.com/hardcore-oddobject/six-reasons-to-take-up-sandbag-training.php Even though I'm an advocate of working out at home, I still go to the gym once in a while. I'll get the occasional urge to do something a little different that I don't want to do (or can't do) at home, or maybe just want a change of scenery. ... http://nostinkinggym.com/barbells-dumbells/proper-squatting-form.php