Friday, September 21, 2007

Study: Soccer Beats Jogging for Fitness

I found this article about soccer the other day and thought I'd share with you guys. Very interesting article. Anybody out there agree with the article? To read the article, go here.

What's your favorite fall workout? Tell us here on the blog. I'd love to hear what your favorite workout is. Cheers!

Monday, September 17, 2007

Rowing machines - A great cardio workout....

So have you noticed in the gym, that piece of a cardo equipment that nobody really uses? Maybe its in the front of the cardio area or way in the back of the gym. It's that rowing machine that you always wondered about. I remember many times when I worked at the YMCA (years ago) and people would look at it and then run the other way. There was only a few people that used the machine. But I remember them being in really good shape and having no major joint pain from using the machine.

So about a year ago, I started looking into buying a rowing machine. I finally found one that I really liked (kettler rowing machin) and I have to say wow what a workout. Everything burns when I get off the rower and I only use it for 15 minutes. I plan on adding more time during the fall and winter months. My goal is to use the rower atleast 4 days a week. Anybody else have a rower at home? Maybe we can get some people to race together using NetAthlon? Alittle more motivation with some more people would be great. If you have a rower, do you agree with me that its a great cardio workout?

The one thing that I find with the rower is that its really not as boring as many people think it is. Honestly, the time on the machine goes pretty quickly and before you know it, your cardio workout is complete. Check out this rowing blog that I found the other day... it's a great link about the benefits of using a rowing machine. If you have any questions about the blog, please let me know.

Maybe next time you walk by the rowing machine you'll get on it instead of just walking by. Give it a shot, I'm sure you'll be glad you did!
DM