Fat Dad

This week while I take some time off from doing the P90X. I have been doing some running with the local Running Room. This is a great social way to do some exercise in your local community. Oh did I mention it is free? Of course you do need to have the proper equipment to run such as shoes, pants/shorts, jacket/shirt and other little gadgets like a Heart Rate Monitor. One thing that makes it easier … Read entire article »

If you play any type of sports you should really add plyometrics (plyo) to your workout routine. Wikipedia defines plyo as “a type of exercise training designed to produce fast, powerful movements, and improve the functions of the nervous system, generally for the purpose of improving performance in sports.” Basically plyo makes you jump higher and run faster. I have been doing the P90X and once a week you do Plyometrics. This workout is one of the … Read entire article »

Along with doing my HIIT testing this week I am also adding some resistance training on the treadmill. Today I bought a Slastix 4′ Toner Light Resistance from my friends over at Fitness Town. Lucky I have a pole in my basement so I connected the 2 handles of the band around the pole. Then I stretched it over the treadmill with my waist inside it. The band added the perfect amount of resistance to … Read entire article »

This week my friend over at Fitness Town asked me to try out High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). I started today by doing stairs using the HIIT method and the results for me were good. I burned 200 calories for 12 minutes of exercise. That is a about an 80% increase from my normal calories burned doing stairs w/o using the HIIT method. So what is the HIIT Method? The HIIT method means you take any exercise … Read entire article »