The chin up / pull up hold is a great exercise for beginners who are working towards their first chin up or pull up. It’s great for building the strength and body awareness required for doing chin ups and pull ups. I’ve also found it’s a great confidence-builder, and it helps people with overall justContinue reading “(new video) Chin Ups / Pull ups for Beginners – the Hold”
Category Archives: Tips and Tricks
Advanced Swing Tips + KB Swing Workshop Reminder
Here is a video we put up on the YouTube recently with some advanced KB swing form tips. (This is a preview of what we’ll be working on at our workshop this Wednesday night, 6 pm at our location on 1530 X Street): At the FVT Kettlebell Swing Workshop, this Weds, Jan 24th, 6 pmContinue reading “Advanced Swing Tips + KB Swing Workshop Reminder”
Best Stretch for Tight Hips?
Kettlebell lifting, and other hard training, can lead to tight hips. Spend the day sitting, and the problem quickly becomes worse. Enter the “Couch Stretch”. Dr. Kelly Starrett invented – or at least recently popularized – this awesome move. It’s one of the best stretches for tight hips. And maybe the best part – youContinue reading “Best Stretch for Tight Hips?”
5 Fascinating Weight Loss Tips
Are you trying to lose weight? Here are five simple – but HIGHLY effective! – tips to help you make faster progress towards your goals: 1 – Pay attention to your portion sizes Your stomach is really only about the size of a fist; that’s about how much food it takes to fill it. YouContinue reading “5 Fascinating Weight Loss Tips”
[video training] How to Get to Where You Can Do a Pull Up
Pulling your entire bodyweight over a bar, for a lot of folks, can seem like an insurmountable task. But pull ups are important! They are one of the best indicators of total body fitness. If you are a woman and you can do a few pull ups … or if you are a man andContinue reading “[video training] How to Get to Where You Can Do a Pull Up”
[new video] 3 Tips to Make Burpees Easier
One of the performance standards our clients have to hit at FVT to earn one of our coveted multi-colored wrist bands is to do 20 burpees in one minute. It’s a tough, but also do-able goal – and our clients love having targets like this to work towards and measure their progress over time. NowContinue reading “[new video] 3 Tips to Make Burpees Easier”
Can’t Do Pull Ups? Here’s How to Get There!
If you can’t do pull ups (yet), today’s video is going to show you how to get there. Pull ups are important. They are one of the best indicators of total body fitness. If you are a woman and you can do a few pull ups … or if you are a man and youContinue reading “Can’t Do Pull Ups? Here’s How to Get There!”
FVT Total Body Cleanse and Weight Loss Plan (print this out!)
2017 is right around the corner! Hope the Holiday season has been great for you and your loved ones. If you got a little off track with your healthy eating and workout plan over this last month or so, I have the perfect article for you today. I’m going to outline my simple total bodyContinue reading “FVT Total Body Cleanse and Weight Loss Plan (print this out!)”