A new found pull up test?
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Fitness testing is an essential tool in the armoury of any person that wishes to improve their exercise related fitness. Fitness testing helps to identify strengths and weaknesses in performance, physiological potential, the success of a training programme and the results can used to compare against norms of […]
Joan of Arc instructed a whole army at the tender age of seventeen
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A different type of bean
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A few months ago I was watching an episode of one of my favourite T.V. shows called The Ultimate Fighter. On this show there was a guy that was a vegetarian and insisted on consuming a diet based on pulses to provide him with copious amounts of energy, and […]
What is Shah Training?
Shahtraining.com is a fitness blog published as a source of fitness ideas and knowledge that seeks to challenge mainstream ideas. The blog supports the notion that fitness can be achieved using the tools around you in combination with solid foundations that focus on patience, consistency, and determination.
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This guy has ninja skills
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In exercise specific terms fitness is sub divided into two groups:
1. Health related
2. Skill related
Health related components were discussed in Part 1 of this series, but, i will provide a summary here:
Muscular strength
Muscular endurance
Aerobic endurance
Body composition
Flexibility
This post will discuss the skill related components, providing a definition, example of […]
Just like the cockpit of a plane, your body is made up of components.
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In the previous post we discussed titled “What is Fitness?” we established that, in general terms, somebody to be fit means that a person is suitably qualified to fulfil a task that is related to their environment or lifestyle, […]
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Using dictionary.com I ran a search for “fitness” these were the results:
Health
Capability of the body of distributing inhaled oxygen to muscle tissue during increased physical effort.
Also called Darwinian Fitness (Biology)
the genetic contribution of an individual to the next generation’s gene pool relative to the average for the population, usually measured by the number […]
So far in the What are Calisthenics series i have discussed the basic exercises and intermediate exercises. This post is dedicated to the more advanced calisthenics exercises and as such should only be attempted after a suitable period of practicing the previous exercise examples.
Advanced Calisthenics Exercises
The Handstand Push Up
The handstand push up is the king […]
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The origin of the word
The name calisthenics is Greek in origin, a combination of the words kalos, ‘beauty’ and sthénos, ’strength’.
The definition
A series of exercises used to develop strength, power and balance.
Calisthenics exercises are a form of simple movements that are carried out using the weight of the person and gravity as […]
