- Gem From The Vault : DIY – How to Build Your Own Tire Sled
Matt Hunt
Make your own. - Looking At : Apr 14, 2024 Scott Andrew Bird | follow @scottbird What’s been going on this week? Quite a lot actually.
Video : Jennifer Doudna – The Exciting Future of Genome Editing (Eric Topol – @EricTopol)
Wonderful conversation.
Gymchat 278 – TBA
We’re still finalising the details for this week’s discussion. I’ll post them on the blog (and X, Facebook etc) shortly. In the meantime, take a look at some of the previous episodes of the show – (there’s an example below, and a full list here). And if you’ve got any questions or comments on the various topics discussed, we’d love to hear them. Just leave a note below the video.Previously : In Gymchat 132 we discussed How to Find a Personal Trainer with Kirk ‘Captain‘ Fontaine, and New York-based Trainer Derek ‘Body by D-Rock‘ Peruo. Great conversation.
NB : If you’d like to take part in a future episode – either as an interviewee, or as a guest host – just drop us a line. Love hearing how everyone else trains.
Checking Out : Ring X (Smart Ring)
Looks great. Yet another entrant to the Smart Ring space – the Ring X. Once again, a clear focus on the health-tracking side of things – with an emphasis on all-day blood pressure monitoring. A dedicated smartphone app completes the picture. A little video :The Ring X.
Ever Tried Kettlebells?
If you've seen people using them but never taken the plunge yourself, here are the ones I use personally. You can also pick up a book/DVD/course if you want to learn how to put them to work.
Tip of the Week : Beginner Neck-Building Program
Each week we publish a number of tips and techniques via X (Formerly `Twitter`), the blog; and the newsletter. Wherever you are, there’s always a way to improve what you’re doing. This tip comes to us from the obscenely strong Mike ‘The Machine‘ Bruce, and is a snippet from his superb article Building A Neck Of Steel. Take a look.Neck work – whether you’re a beginner, or have been training for years – doesn’t need to be that complicated. And if you’re new to the area of neck strengthening, this is a great place to start. Over to Mike :
Following is a beginner program to help get you started from Pencil Neck to Neck of Steel.
- Neck Curls on a flat bench with weight 1-2 sets of 20-30 repetitions
- Neck Harness work [same as above]
- Side of Neck on a flat bench [same as above]
Do this every other day for the first month. Then you can increase the workload to every day you train. Or increase the weighted repetitions to 5 sets of 50 repetitions. Once you can attain 100 straight repetitions in the 3 exercises then it is time to increase the weight.
Good stuff.