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[23 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 304 views]
New Gym Technik App for Blackberry Storm

After months of testing Gym Technik is happy to announce that we have now released their Next App for the BlackBerry Storm. They are excited for this launch because the Storm handset allows for an extremely sleek look given the extra screen real estate, and seamless usability with it’s elegant touch screen interface.

Track your stats and listen to music on your BlackBerry at the gym. All in one device.

Track how your body is changing and graph it later Online.

Sync and save all your data securely and effortlessly onto Gym Technik …

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[22 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 172 views]
Run your first 5K this spring

Even if you have never run before you can be ready to run your first 5K by this spring. So make a New Years resolution that you will stick to. The program is fairly straight forward. You will run/walk three days a week for 20-45 minutes. Once you can run for 30 minutes straight you should have no problem running your first 5K race.
If you have not exercised in a while add a week or two to the beginning of this program of just walking three days a week for …

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[8 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 309 views]
Pyramids to increase Pushups, Situps, and Pullups

Need something new, try this program to test your toughness in three of the most time proven exercises. It is a lot harder than it looks.
Do a set of each exercise: pushups, pullups, and situps. Round down to the nearest 5 unless your max is under 10 (for example 32 would be 30, 48 would be 45, but a max of 7 would stay at 7). This will be your max for that exercise. If your max is less than 10 you will pyramid by 1′s. If you max is …

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[19 Dec 2008 | No Comment | 127 views]
Product Review – Perfect Pushup

First, let me clarify that there are three versions of the the Perfect Pushup device.
The Original is the most sturdy with metal grips. The grips are not removable. These retail for around $23.98.
The Basic has plastic grips that snap into place and are not removable. These sell for approximately $20.00.
The Travel grips are able to be removed or collapsed for easier storage. These are the newest grips and retail for $39.95.
The type I received were the Basic version. My first impression was “Yeah right, these plastic handles are not going …