Fitness ABC – Letter B Letter B in the fitness ABC stands for BRIDGE. Now normally I don’t deal with exercises that involve getting on the ground, but I’ll make an exception in this case. The Bridge exercise detailed here…
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Fitness ABC – Letter A
Fitness ABC – Letter A The Fitness ABC is brought to you by the wonderful Edi Polz. Polz published many books on gymnastics for the masses in the 1930s/40s, and what marked them out was the sense of FUN he…
Organised Systems of Physical Training
What follows is a reproduction of a newspaper article from The Daily Telegraph dated February 10, 1937. With the benefit of hindsight aspects of the program become chilling, but it is worth remembering that a German Sports Badge exists today…
How to get Strong
How to Get Strong How to get strong is probably a question that is not asked as often as it once was. Less than a hundred years ago building strength was important to SURVIVE – either to come back from…
Japanese Ikigai Exercises
Japanese Ikigai Exercises Ikigai is a Japanese word which basically means ‘reason for being’ in the sense of answering “what should I do with my life??”. One of the ways to ‘unlock’ your ikigai is with Japanese Ikigai Exercises. It…
Physical Efficiency: Keep Fit and Like It
Physical Efficiency: Keep Fit and Like It I love the term Physical Efficiency, it just sounds so much more like what the vast majority of people are trying to achieve. I don’t particularly want to be ripped or shredded; I…