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How To Avoid Going Crazy — And Other Benefits of Drinking Coffee

I got a very cool surprise in the mail this week. My buddy Chris, Toronto trainer and genius behind Fit & Busy Dads, shipped me a bag of gourmet organic espresso beans from his favorite coffee haunt.

One of the things I love about my job is getting to travel around the world and meet cool people like Chris. He took me to his coffee joint the last time I was in Toronto. It was an experience to be savored. And it was also an exercise in good health and continued sanity.

Coffee gets a pretty bum rap from conventional wisdom. It’s blamed for all sorts of evils. But most of the charges are pure malarky. Not only that, coffee is increasingly being identified as a downright healthy beverage.

Keep Your Wits About You

To get the ball rolling, consider the fact that regular coffee consumption may help us avoid dementia as we age (Eskelinen MH, et al.). That sounds good to me! And on a more anecdotal note, coffee can just plain make you happy. Enjoying a great cup of coffee with friends is a good way to wind down. And ditching stress through enjoyable activities is a sure way to encourage a long and healthy life.

I Take My Coffee To Heart

Coffee has also been credited with heart healthy benefits in a string of recent studies. Regular consumption of decaf has been associated with better blood flow (S Buscemi, et al.). Drinking 1-3 cups of regular coffee per day was shown to reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease by 24%. (Andersen LF, et al.)

Don’t Skimp On Your Cuppa Joe

If you want to reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, don’t be stingy with your coffee consumption. One study showed that at least 6 or more cups of coffee a day reduced the risk in men by 20%. (Lopez-Garcia E, et al.)

Geez, even I don’t drink that much… It’s a bit easier for the ladies to make their quota. Women peaked out at 4-5 cups per day and a reduced risk of 24%.

A Stroke Of Luck

Guess I luck out again. It appears my love of coffee may even reduce my risk of stroke. When it comes to the most common type of stroke, cerebral infarction, “Compared to men drinking less than 2 cups of coffee a day, men drinking 8 or more cups of coffee a day were at a 23 per cent reduced risk of cerebral infarction.” (Larsson SC, et al.)

A Tonic For The Maladies Of Civilization

The SAD (Standard American Diet) and the accompanying low levels of physical activity prevalent in our society are bad news. They form the perfect storm for the creation of a host of metabolic disorders which eventually lead to diabetes.

Obviously, taking care of the cause should be our number one priority. But it seems coffee can even help keep us out of the metabolic madness to which our habits predispose us.  Six or seven cups a day could reduce risk of diabetes by as much as 35%. (Odegaard AO, et al.)

What's In The Other 98%

So what’s up with coffee. How is it that caffein is the new elixir of life. Well, you may not know that only 2% of coffee is comprised of caffein. And it may be the stuff that makes up the other 98% that’s so good for us.

For instance, it’s thought that the magnesium content of coffee may be responsible for some of it’s protective effects from diabetes.

Coffee is also chock full ‘o antioxidants. And the best news is, the roasting process — the very thing that makes coffee so delightful — actually increases the antioxidant effectiveness of these plant phenols!

Take It With A Grain Of Salt

No, I don’t mean your coffee. And if you want my opinion, take your coffee black, no sugar. That’s the only way to truly appreciate it’s wonders. But I do have a few words of caution…

Coffee is absolutely addictive and must be treated with the due respect that any such substance deserves.

Conventionally grown coffee is also one of the most sprayed crops on the planet, so endeavor to go organic as often as possible, especially if you consume large quantities.

But other than that, if you enjoy coffee — and if you don’t then you haven’t really given it a real chance — then by all means go ahead and enjoy your cuppa Joe.

So what's YOUR take? Do you like coffee? Do you believe coffee is bad for you? Can it be healthy, or do addicts like me just like to rationalize our love of the black nectar? Let us know your thoughts in the comments...

Butter Me Up…

Time for another edition of FitFoodie Friday…

Last week we talked about the evils of margarine. This week is devoted to the original that it was modeled after — butter!

But not just any butter. After all, how’d you like to smear a nice pat of pus, injected hormones, chemicals and insecticides onto your toast? Thought not…

But that’s just what you’re getting when you use the run-of-the-mill grocery store butter. Remember your mom or your grandma telling you that you are what you eat? Well, the same holds true for cows.

Did you know that over 50% of the antibiotics produced in the US go into animal feed? Do you wonder why? It’s because the animals are kept in such retched conditions that they need to pump them with antibiotics to keep them alive.

Guess what else many of them are getting pumped with… Bovine Growth Hormone. We’re lucky here in Canada that it has been banned, but in many countries it’s still used. And it increases the rate of udder infection by 50-70%, which means more need for antibiotics.

But it also means pus gets into your dairy products! There’s actually an “allowable limit” of pus in commercial dairy… (yuk!)
 
Then there’s the actual food that the animals are eating. Conventional farming has no qualms about using feed that’s been sprayed by countless chemicals and insecticides. And just as with humans, all that lovely stuff is secreted through the cow’s milk.

And they aren’t eating their natural diet of grasses either. They’re being stuffed with grains and other things they would never it if they were left to their own devices. This means that the fatty acid profile of both the animals and the milk is terribly skewed towards the inflamatory omega-6s and away from the healthy omega-3s and Conjugated Linoleic Acid.

OK, so all that probably turned you off dairy — including butter — right? That’d be a shame, since what I’ve just described isn’t REAL butter in it’s natural state. It’s something akin to butter that we’ve gone and modified through our treatment of the animals.

The real thing is a wonder of nature full of myriad benefits. Plus, it tastes great. Have you ever tasted conventional butter side-by-side with organic butter from grass-fed cows? You’ll be amazed.

My new favorite book on nutrition, The Fat Burning Kitchen, rattles off almost a full page of benefits derived from butter. Here are a few of the highlights…

• Butter is rich in the most easily absorbable form of Vitamin A necessary for thyroid and adrenal health, both of which are essential to fat burning and energy
• Contains anti-oxidants that protect against free radical damage
• Is a great source of Vitamins E and K
• Butter contains conjugated linoleic acid, which is a potent fat burner, anti-cancer agent, muscle builder, and immunity booster
• Vitamin D found in butter is essential to absorption of calcium, the immune system and overall well being

(excerpt from The Fat Burning Kitchen)

So I hope I’ve buttered you up sufficiently to put butter back on the menu. But make sure it’s organic and preferably grass fed. (and we’ll talk about pasteurization some other time…)

What are your favorite uses for butter? Do you use butter at all? If not, will you?

Dumbest Things I Saw In The Gym Today

Gyms aren't all bad. There are lots of useful things you could be doing in a health club. Of course, you know that I think the majority of your time would be best spent outdoors or at home with your bodyweight, a Clubbell, a kettlebell, a sandbag or any number of other exercise modalities that take you closer to the movements of life and sport. But that's for another time.

The point here is that there are some downright dumb things that happen in gyms. Some things are just sad because they represent so much wasted time. Others are just plain d-u-m-b!

Today was a beautiful day here in Quebec City. There were tons of people outside on bikes & rollerblades or just out for a stroll. It was great to see. I had to be in the gym for some clients for a while. The place was almost empty (bravo). But our number one dumbest thing I saw in the gym today was...

Somebody climbing steps!

For one thing, it was beautiful outside. For another, Quebec City has more flights of long steep steps than any other city I've ever seen. So if ya wanna climb steps, get out of the gym!

The other thing they were doing wrong is just climbing, climbing, climbing at the same slow pace the whole time. Why not hit them hard for a bit, then slow the pace for a while. Or better yet get off the climber between intervals and do some joint mobility or flow yoga (à la Intu-Flow and Prasara).

Training with intervals has been proven time and again to outperform steady state cardio for fat loss and cardiovascular benefits. Why do we insist on maintaining our clutch on the chronic cardio?

The prize for the second dumbest thing I saw in the gym today goes to someone who was confident in the "functionality" of what he was doing.

Heavy biceps curls with each foot on a balance disk.

It looked like a circus side show.

First off, I'm not too keen on biceps curls to begin with. They have their uses for certain people at certain times. But if I'm using them with someone, it's to specifically address certain concerns related to hypertrophy or strength of the elbow flexors. At that stage, we're a long way off from applying that strength functionally. So why would you add instability to such an isolated exercise? I thought about that all the way home in the car and couldn't come up with any decent reasons.

And even if I was trying to add functionality to an exercise, rarely would I add the balance challenge to the bottom of the feet. It is very rare to a apply force in real life or in sport from a position of instability at the contact point between the ground and the foot. Even in sliding sports like skiing we create a solid platform between the snow and the foot through the edges of the ski. In cutting during field sports the foot is planted solidly to allow the application of force.

Very rare are occasions when the foot is not in solid contact with something. So why are so many trainers using instability under the foot? Doesn't it make much more sense to apply instability from the other end of the chain? That's why I love Clubbells so much. They're the perfect tool to add instability and chaos to the structure while working through a solid foundation underneath.

Anyhow, those are the two dumbest things I saw in the gym today. What have you seen lately? 

Fitness Belief Systems & Sunk Costs

One of my favorite bloggers, Seth Godin, recently wrote a post about not getting caught in the snare of "sunk costs."  Although this concept is often referred to in business, it's also very applicable to your health and fitness lifestyle.

Unless you are 100% happy with your current state of wellness, you'll probably have to take a look at your relationship with sunk costs.  For example, is your idea of a healthy breakfast centered around a bowl of shreddies with skim milk and a glass of orange juice?  To most, that would sound like a pretty reasonable thing to eat in the morning.  But if you are trying to lose fat, it's not a great way to start the day. 

Your belief about breakfast food is a sunk cost.  You've invested in it for years.  That's something that is difficult to let go.  If you choose to believe otherwise, you are losing all those years of belief in what you were doing.

That's one reason wellness habits are so hard to break.  There is a sunk cost involved with almost all of them.  I remember my friend Brad Pilon, author of Eat Stop Eat, talking about how the entire wellness industry is built around belief systems.  There are no casual opinions about health and fitness, there are profound convictions.  An argument about fitness is likely to resemble an exchange between fans of two professional sports teams.  It goes well beyond logic and enters the realm of pure emotion.

So if you aren't happy with your current level of health and fitness, take a good look at your sunk costs.  What habits have brought you to the point where you are right now.  Are there any areas where you have to cut your losses and change your beliefs?

Do you have any experiences to share in which letting go of a sunk cost resulted in a positive shift in your fitness or your life in general?

Top 5 Mobility Exercises For Desk Jockeys

I start every training session with an Intu-Flow joint mobility warm-up session.  And without fail, no matter how long the client has been with me, they always comment on the wonders of systematically moving the body through 6 Degrees of Freedom.  They recount how they religiously perform certain movements throughout the day, and how much better it makes them feel.  And almost universally, I hear the story of how “viral” the movements are, as coworkers join the party and reap the benefits.

Everything you do repeatedly in life causes your body to adapt in order to make that task more repeatable.  An athlete training for an event adapts to better perform in that event.  But a desk jockey’s body adapts over time to being bent over a keyboard all day.

Most often, the desk jockey’s head will come forward and down.  The upper back rounds out.  The hip flexors shorten and place strain on the low back.  And the wrists develop overuse injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome.  But a few minutes a day of focused joint mobility can go a long way to preventing pain and limitations.  It's interesting to note that the movements my clients like the most - the ones that feel great - are the ones that target the specific over-compensations of the office worker.

So, here are the top 5 mobility exercises for any of you desk jockeys out there, as picked by my regular clients.

1. Neck Yaw (rotation)

2. Neck Surge (front to back)

3. Wrist Pitch & Yaw (up/down & side/side)

4. Thoracic Surge (front to back)

5. Pelvic Pitch (tilts front to back)

Your best bet is to regularly perform a full course of Intu-Flow from top to bottom and from the centre out.  The reasons for this are thoroughly explained by Coach Scott Sonnon in the Intu-Flow DVD set.  And all the exercises are also taught in detail.  But these 5 movements can greatly contribute to your well being throughout the day.  So learn them and, above all, share them.

If you’ve tried Intu-Flow, what are your favorites?

Dance Your Way To Better Fitness - Insight from a reader

I received the following note from Andrea as a follow up to the recent post about the Bollywood fitness dance class craze.  She is a dance instructor in Germany and she brings up some great points, so I thought you may be interested in reading the full text (with her permission).

I've not yet read the full article on Spiraldynamik, but I've printed it out and will be taking it with me.  I'm out the door shortly for a week of family vacation, and it will make for some good reading on one of the several planes I'll be on today (we booked using points!).  I've decided to go "unplugged" for the week, but I do hope you'll post your reflections to the comments section here.  I look forward to reading them when I get back.

Andrea, if I ever make it to Germany, we can trade Salsa lessons for FlowFit® training!

Hi Adam,

great post! I wanted to comment it directly but the system didn't accept my post.  Maybe it didn't like it or it is too long. 

I always enjoy reading your blogs, newsletter and whatever material you offer in the world wide web.
You were a Swing Dance teacher? I am impressed. I would take some lessons in Flow Fit and Swing from you but Berlin is too far away from Quebec. :-)

I work as a dance instructor. Swing is my favourite dance and I do Salsa, Tango, Ballroom Dancing. I want to learn Hip Hop, Ballroom gets boring.  

I would like  to share some thoutghts about the topic with you.  You are right - dance is great for coordination, timing, body awareness etc  - in one word: Flow quality. You can be a "successful" martial artist, weightlifter or football player without much flow, at least for a short time.
Not many athletes know the importance of flow quality. "Hey - I can do 50 kipping pull -ups. I have back pain but who cares? I am a strong guy!" Somebody should tell him that his midline stabilization sucks........ :-(

Dance is all about Flow quality.  That's why every athlete should take some dance classes.  You have to adress your issues with coordination deficits, bad alignment, SMA, residual tension, fear reactivity whether you like it or not. Bruce Lee was a good dancer. Gene Kelly was a good athlete (Ice hockey).
I actually do my Intu Flow with music sometimes and add some  variations so it looks like modern dance - but Intu Flow and  dance improvisation are the same  - in the underlying principles.
 
Fat loss? Well....uhm....I respectfully disagree.  For fat loss I'd prefer Tabata Squats,  sprint interval training or wrestling. RMax tacfit, weightlifting, crossfit WOD,  Alwyn Cosgroves programs  or Mike Mahler's Fat Loss- Kettlebell-program seems to me more effective than tango or swing.  Dance is more like moderate or low intensity , not high intensity.  There may be exceptions: breakdance or swing on a very high acrobatic level. I have never tried this so I can't tell from experience.
 
Quote:
"Flow, which in essence is the ability to get out of your own way and let your movement express itself freely."

Well said Adam. I agree. But unfortunately you can't express yourself freely if your coordination sucks or you suffer from SMA. Fred Astaire is great, Gene Kelly too, but watch the regular Joes in the world of social dancing. Bad alignment all over the place,  lordisis, kyphosis, no core stability, SMA , residual tension, tight shoulder girdle, tight hips etc etc.

Much worse than that: a lot of dance teachers don't adress this issues.  Probably  economic interests are stronger than ethics as a trainer. They don't want to lose their clients and they don't care whether their students improve or not as long as they pay for the classes.  Some dance students should hire a good physiotherapist, a mind-body therapist (in some cases a psychoanalyst....) and maybe a CST Coach first before   before wasting money on a dance teacher.    

I'm talking about motor ontogenesis. Some kids develop good coordination, some bad - depends on the conditions (parents, teachers, social restrictions).  And later in life more stress and trauma on the body  accumulates and even if you feel free when dancing and you have fun: bound flow in your body will imprison you.

CST is great for intelligent training.  As soon as my fitness level will allow it, I will attend Coach Sonnon's workshops in Germany.
My search for help in Germany led me to another system of "intelligent movement" to improve my flow and rehab my injuries. The name is "Spiraldynamik" . Swiss MD and Aikido Master  Dr. Christian Larsen, founded a resaearch group about 20 years ago. I'd recommend Larsen's Spiraldynamik-Clinic in Zurich for any injured athlete living in the area.

If you are interested, you can find a short article about Spiraldynamik (the only one in English).


Spiraldynamik Trainer already started to work in public schools in Switzerland  because the earlier in life you start correction the better the results.

So far my thougths about  flow and dance
Best regards
Andrea

Fat Loss Dance Moves - Can having fun on the dance floor can help you slim down?

Apparently the next big fitness craze is going to be Bollywood style “dancercise” classes. The craze is inspired by the closing scene from the Indian movie Slumdog Millionaire. Here’s a peak at the dance that’s causing all the commotion:

Now, you know this blog isn’t really big on the mainstream fitness trends and advice. But this caught my eye, not for the trend itself, but for the deeper idea of using dance, and other fun activities, to stay healthy and fit.

My wife and I used to do a lot of Swing Dancing. In fact, for a while there I was actually teaching it at a pretty high level. It’s performed to swing jazz music, mainly from the ‘30s, ‘40s and 50’s. And I can tell you that we would leave dance parties absolutely drenched in sweat. Dancing can be a great form of exercise for fat loss, coordination, timing and overall well being. For fun, here’s a look at one of the most famous (and acrobatic) Lindy Hop scenes of all time:

So that clip is a pretty extreme example, but you can see how vigorous it can be. Your fitness efforts don’t have to be confined to a gym. You can use any number of options to stay fit and healthy. The thing I like about dance is the addition of considerable skill to the movement mix.

Among the pivotal lessons I’ve learned from Circular Strength Training® is the importance of Flow, which in essence is the ability to get out of your own way and let your movement express itself freely. What could be better than dance for unlocking that inherent search for unfettered movement?

Once you get the basics down, dance allows you to

• Focus on the music and let your body do what it will (Flow)
• Spontaneously improvise movement grounded in the basics (Flow)
• String seemingly unrelated movements together into a coordinated Flow
• Benefit from the positive effects of listening to music

You don’t necessarily need an organized system of dance to take advantage of these elements. One of the coolest things we do around here is just put on some music and dance with the kid. But if you do want to launch into dance in a more organized fashion, you aren’t limited to your health club’s latest dancersise class.

• Figure out what music really turns your crank
• Find out what forms of dance are done to that music
• Search out schools in your area that offer that style of dance
• Ask if you can try a class for free to see if you like it
• Make sure you have a partner to practice with (if its a partner dance)
  Here are some suggestions to start the ball rolling: salsa, tango, swing, ballroom, hip hop, break dance, and much more (it all depends on your taste in music and movement)

It’s not for everyone, but if you like music, and you like to move, dance may just be another piece of your overall wellness plan.

The Key To Your Fitness Success – Gary Vaynerchuk’s Better Than Zero

What are the most common excuses for not exercising and eating well? The ones I hear the most go something like this:

• I don’t have time
• I travel too much
• I hate gyms
• I don’t like exercising
• I dine out with clients

I rarely hear anyone say they don’t know WHAT to do. People have a pretty good idea what they would need to do to improve their health and fitness. But excuses abound and nothing gets done.

However, I think one of the biggest problems is a question of scale. People think that health and fitness have to be all or nothing propositions. But in fact they can be entirely incremental. Start with one little thing. Everything counts.

I hold Gary Vaynerchuk, of Wine Library TV, in high regard.  No matter your opinion of his style, if you take heed of the content you'll discover rare gems of insight.  Listen to him explain his “Better Than Zero” philosophy. He’s talking about business and personal brand, but it is entirely applicable to your health and fitness:

Start Small, But Start Today

Whatever your current level of wellness practices may be, there is always something more you could be doing for yourself. Pick one thing and start today. If you don’t have any ideas, consider one –– and only one –– of following.

• Drink more water
• Eat protein with every meal
• Eat veggies with every meal
• Add five minutes of bodyweight exercise to your daily routine
• Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator
• Walk over to tell your coworker something instead of sending an email
• Stretch (or better yet do some Intu-Flow) every 30 minutes throughout your day
• Cut processed grains and sugar out of ONE meal in your day

Those ideas are off the top of my head. If one appeals to you, dig in. If not, use the list as inspiration to come up with your own ONE THING. Don’t try to change everything at once. For some people, going whole hog works (I tend to be one of them). But for most it just ends in overload and abandonment of the entire plan.

Instead, master one small thing. Make it a habit. Then add another. With each small thing –– no matter how insignificant you may find it –– remember that everything is “Better Than Zero."  The cumulative effect of many small things will end up in a torrent of habits which support a healthy lifestyle.

Lose Fat With A Kitchen Rasp - Fat Loss Lifestyle Hack

Little things add up.  A snowflake is totally insignificant.  A few million of them can change a landscape entirely!  We tend to be a society of "big things."  We lose sight of the extremely powerful approach of letting very small things accumulate.

Ammasing a vast number of very minuscule actions can make a huge difference in your fat loss efforts.  In fact, especially once you reach the weight you would like to maintain, these small actions make the biggest difference in your long term success.

One such small thing is the humble kitchen rasp.  I love cheese.  It adds zest and punch to so many dishes.  And although it can be a very healthy food, especially if you choose an organic and unpasteurized source, it is also very calorie dense.  So the trick is to get the most impact from the least amount of cheese.  In order to do that, you need to grate it very finely.

The finer the cheese is grated, the more surface area it will reach in your mouth.  So you'll get more taste with less cheese.  This is a new trick for me, so I was a bit skeptical at first (being the cheese-lover that I am), but I have to tell you that it absolutely works.  However, it only works with fairly hard cheeses.

The rasp I use is the Microplane Stainless Steel Zester.  I'll admit that this is by default.  It was a present from my Mom.  I had no intention of buying one and did no research into which brand or type is best.  However, I am extremely happy with this one.  Mine came with a "box" that sits underneath it to catch the cheese (or whatever else you are grating).  The cheese grates easily and comes out extremely fine.  It amazes me how much volume it takes on when grated so finely.  And the taste really is amplified substantially.

So if you want a little lifestyle hack, just one snowflake's worth, to help you in your long term health and fitness strategy, give the kitchen rasp a try.

Cheers,
Adam

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Why aren't you getting the results you deserve?

Despite unlimited choices of so-called "healthy" foods and record levels of gym memberships, as a society we just keep getting sicker and fatter.  What's going on here?  We keep doing more and more of what they are telling us to do, but seem to be on an endless cycle of one step forward and two steps back.

Coach Brandon Jones, a member of the RMAX Faculty, has a famous saying: "More is not better, BETTER IS BETTER."  That one line struck me as so fundamental that I named this blog in its honor.  Doing more of the wrong thing will not get you where you want to go!

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What aren’t they telling you at the gym?

Have you ever belonged to a gym? Did you happen to notice those people who do the same thing day-in and day-out; only they just keep doing more of it? If you hang around the gym long enough, and check back on them in a year, chances are they are going to be looking and feeling the same. Do you have a sinking feeling that you may be one of those people? If so, don’t worry, it’s not your fault.

The fitness industry wants to keep it (and you) simple. Treadmills and preacher curl machines don’t take up much room and don’t carry much risk. They’d love for you to do those things all day long. What they don’t tell you is, more of the same old two-dimensional exercise is not going to get you the kind of results you are looking for.

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“More is not better, better is better”

Yep, that’s what they won’t tell you. Learning to move better, to incorporate more sophisticated movements, to adopt alternative training tools and to handle your own body weight are all essential ingredients in making the progress you yearn for!

More quantity is not all that is needed. It must be accompanied by more quality! But how is that done? The first question you need to ask yourself is…

What do you want to be fit for?

Most people just embark on an exercise program with only the vaguest idea of what they would like to accomplish. The first and most important thing to do when starting out on a new program is to determine exactly what you want. You might be training for a sport. You may want to lose weight. You might want to gain strength or size.

But even that level of definition is not enough. What are your weaknesses in your sport? What body fat percentage do you want to attain? What feats of strength would you like to accomplish? Answering these questions can set you down a path which allows you to intelligently progress through a training plan that takes you consistently towards your goals.

Do you want to know the secret to a truly beautiful physique?

I’m not talking about the “puffy” physique of bodybuilders. Nor do I mean the wraith-like bodies of the endurance exercise addicts. What I’m talking about is the functional physique. Athletes, hunter-gatherers, old-time strongmen and even break dancers display a level of physique development to drool over. Want to know their secret? They move well and move often, using their bodies and alternative tools as resistance.

Of course, conventional exercises such as the bench press, squat, deadlift and others can be incorporated with great effect into an exercise program, but ignoring the lessons of those who build their bodies through movement is a mistake. The functional physique packs on muscle in a naturally aesthetic and balanced pattern based on the demands of the sport or activity being performed. Where is the best place to look for such impressive physique and health building methods?

Where ancient physical culture meets modern science, you find the results you've been dreaming of

Natural physiques, healthy bodies and long, productive lives were a matter of course in the ancient physical cultures. The Iranian Pahlavani, the yogis of India, the wrestlers and strongmen of early 20th century America are all great examples of using simple tools and body weight to build not only impressive but naturally balanced physiques.

Clubbells, kettlebells, sandbags, gymnastics rings and many other old school tools are becoming new again as fitness and wellness enthusiasts are reintroduced to the power of the old ways. Many are jumping on the bandwagon, but the undisputed leader in bringing these methods to the world is the Circular Strength Training® system. It’s founder, Scott Sonnon, has succeeded in melding the best of the ancient physical cultures with the advances of modern science to create a truly paradigm-shifting system for health-first fitness.

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