Archive for July, 2008

Good Exercise Program – Bad Exercise Program

I’m gonna let you in on a little inside secret.
”You can better results following a badly written exercise program than following a well written exercise program”.
What does that mean?
Well…
You can follow a badly written exercise program and get good results if you train hard enough and consistent enough.
And…
You can follow a great exercise program and [...]

Fat Loss – Is it diet or exercise?

I’m often asked what’s the most important factor when losing weight – is it exercise or is it diet?
Although both are essential for losing weight I don’t think either are the most important factor.
Personally I believe mindset is by far the most important tool for losing weight.
Mindset is the thing that will bring everything together, [...]

Chest & Triceps or Back & Biceps?

Q.Hi Dan,
Just wanna ask you a question… Usually from what I have read, when you do exercise you
combine CHEST + TRICEP and BACK + BICEP in your workout routine.
(since triceps are used
as helpers on chest and it hits triceps secondarily)…
But is it okay If I will do BICEP
+ CHEST and TRICEP + BACK [...]

Obesity – The biggest Killer!

Amazingly Australians are now even fatter than the yanks.
A recent report announced that 26% of adults in Australia (almost 4 million) are now considered obese.
With the U.S obesity rate at 25%, Australia is now ranked The N0.1 Heavyweight Champion of the World.
Maybe this will be a wake up call for local councils who’ve begun introducing [...]

Is Swiss Ball Training a Waste of Time?

With the “functional training craze” still in full swing many people are getting too caught up in all the fancy stuff and forgetting what really works.
In the gym last week I watched a guy lifting weights whilst standing on a swiss ball for his entire workout.
Unless he was looking to improve his skateboarding skills (which [...]

Ab Workout Routine

Here is a video of a quick 8 minute ab workout routine, incorporate as many ab movement patterns into your ab workouts as possible.
The core is the link between your upper and lower body and needs special attention, gone are the days when core training meant performing hundreds of sit-ups off the floor, there are [...]

Kettlebell Personal Training Sydney

Over the past couple of years kettlebell strength training has become very popular in Australia, recently Ive received quite a few questions regarding the use of kettlebells, people want to know what the benefits are.(Note:You can either perform this exercise for time or reps).I have been using kettlebells myself for the past 2 years and [...]