Resting HeartRate – Overall Fitness Indicator?

I’ve been doing some research lately on resting heart rates and how that relates to overall fitness.  What I’ve found is that just like most things out there, the camp is divided.  Some believe that it is a very good, maybe even the best indicator of overall fitness.  Some believe that while it is useful, [...]

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When is it time to get a bigger kettlebell?

This is a question that is often asked on the Dragon Door forums. Lots of people will weigh in with their suggestions, mainly revolving around already being able to hit certain goals with the KBs already in one’s possession. The impetus for moving to a bigger kettlebell is to give the muscles more work to [...]

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Month 3, August 2009: Explosive Fitness

August’s focus is on explosive fitness. We wanted to have a “fun” month where we do a bunch of crazy stuff to build total-body fitness and endurance, and torch the bodyfat.

For this month, we go to a light/medium/heavy setup with a day where we continue the SFP2.0, which is a fantastic workout, and throw in a “Crazy Barefoot Nature Day” inspired by MovNat. We are thinking of adding another workout day towards the end of the month. I’ll keep you posted.

Kettlebell Plan for August

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  1. [...] The plan for August calls for a variety of exercises, 12 to be exact. We would roll the dice and select a particular number of exercises, then cycle through those exercises a specified number of times, depending on the day. It’s all on the calendar. [...]