Posts tagged TRX

You’re Doing It Wrong

We talked about it in episode 40 a little bit, but I started at Accel Human Performance a couple weeks ago (turn down your speakers before you click). Tommy and I hit the gym and after some kettlebell swings to warm up I hit the power cage to do some front squats.

Let’s back up a little. What the heck are front squats? Well, they’re not what I was doing. Instead of having the bar on the top of my chest I was kind of cradling it in the crux of my arms. That worked, sort of. When I did it today Cory Gilday, co-owner and exercise physiologist, swooped in and offered some tips. He corrected my form, but I had to come down a bit in the weight. The exercise felt much better with the right form (more quads and a lot less back), but whew I’m going to have a pair of bruises on my upper arms I’m naming Cory and Gilday.

So far we’re enjoying the new venue. The staff is supportive and the they keep the place nice and clean. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a misplaced weight or anything else out of sorts.

If you mention GeekFit when you sign up, you’ll get all the water you can drink. Y’know, from the water fountain. It was funnier in my head.

GeekFit Podcast #40 [Audio] – (360) 450-5026

Weigh In

  • Steve’s Progress this Month – 360
Date Weight Neck Chest Up. Arm F. Arm Waist Hip Thigh Calf
1/1/2010 364 19.75″ 57″ 21″ 13″ 60″ 57.5″ 32″ 20″
1/24/2010 360 19″ 56.25″ 20″ 14″ 57.75″ 56.75″ 33.5″ 20″
Difference
-4 pounds -0.75″ -0.75″ -1″ +1″ -2.25″ -0.75″ +1.5″ No Change
  • Jason’s Progress this Month – 229 lbs

Content!

  • Steve:
    • 100 books in 2010: 5 so far, plan on catching up on the road.
    • Upcoming travel for Steven: Austin, Virginia (Kris!!), and St. Paul, MN.
    • Meetup dot com @ Sci-Fi Group: read The Time Machine, and Perdido Street Station.
  • Step Aerobics – Nancy
    • Zumba (www.zumba.com) [d]
      Zumba: Jennifer S., Shawna, Rachelle, Ginger G., Tiffany
      Using a mic? Visual cues? Type of music? 16 count or more freestyle?

Promo – The GeekCast

@GeekFit Twitter bot

Product reviews

  • Walkmeter App – Steve & Jason – [d]
    The KML links for your walk are very cool and are mapped over Google Maps. Each walk can be associated with a route, or not; there’s an ‘All Walks’ bucket that unmatched routes will go into. If you walk the same route multiple times, associating them with a route gives you best and worst times for your walk. You have the ability to start a walk, stop it for a time (going in to buy something, for example) and then start again. The walk doesn’t conclude until you hit ‘Done’ when it’s uploaded and a message sent to Twitter. We both liked this app.

Your Mission

This weeks mission, leave us an iTunes review and tell someone about us, we tell people about you all the time!
http://www.itunes.com/podcast/geekfitpodcast [Link loads in iTunes]

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/geekfit

http://twitter.com/jasontucker

http://twitter.com/mrxinu
– Be sure to message Steve when you add him

Disclosure What the heck is this [d] thing? We’ll be using this mark to indicate our full disclosure with the product we review. Click the link and its shows our disclosure. Its it overkill? Sure but we don’t wanna get sued.

Beginning 12/1/2009 bloggers, advertisers and their agencies need to disclose when they have marketing arrangements or other material connections. Review copies, samples, paid posts, affiliate links and paid posts are the most common examples. If you are reviewing or endorsing products and you are being given products or compensation relating to those posts, you must disclose those relationships. [read more]

GeekFit Podcast #40 [Video] – (360) 450-5026

Weigh In

  • Steve’s Progress this Month – 360
Date Weight Neck Chest Up. Arm F. Arm Waist Hip Thigh Calf
1/1/2010 364 19.75″ 57″ 21″ 13″ 60″ 57.5″ 32″ 20″
1/24/2010 360 19″ 56.25″ 20″ 14″ 57.75″ 56.75″ 33.5″ 20″
Difference
-4 pounds -0.75″ -0.75″ -1″ +1″ -2.25″ -0.75″ +1.5″ No Change
  • Jason’s Progress this Month – 229 lbs

Content!

  • Steve:
    • 100 books in 2010: 5 so far, plan on catching up on the road.
    • Upcoming travel for Steven: Austin, Virginia (Kris!!), and St. Paul, MN.
    • Meetup dot com @ Sci-Fi Group: read The Time Machine, and Perdido Street Station.
  • Step Aerobics – Nancy
    • Zumba (www.zumba.com) [d]
      Zumba: Jennifer S., Shawna, Rachelle, Ginger G., Tiffany
      Using a mic? Visual cues? Type of music? 16 count or more freestyle?

Promo – The GeekCast

@GeekFit Twitter bot

Product reviews

  • Walkmeter App – Steve & Jason – [d]
    The KML links for your walk are very cool and are mapped over Google Maps.  Each walk can be associated with a route, or not; there’s an ‘All Walks’ bucket that unmatched routes will go into.  If you walk the same route multiple times, associating them with a route gives you best and worst times for your walk. You have the ability to start a walk, stop it for a time (going in to buy something, for example) and then start again.  The walk doesn’t conclude until you hit ‘Done’ when it’s uploaded and a message sent to Twitter. We both liked this app.

Your Mission

This weeks mission, leave us an iTunes review and tell someone about us, we tell people about you all the time!
http://www.itunes.com/podcast/geekfitpodcast [Link loads in iTunes]

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/geekfit

http://twitter.com/jasontucker

http://twitter.com/mrxinu
– Be sure to message Steve when you add him

Quick note regarding this episode. We recorded this episode over Skype video and will be posting the video version first with an audio version the following day. Soon we will be providing both an audio and video feed but for the time being this will have to do – Jason

Disclosure What the heck is this [d] thing? We’ll be using this mark to indicate our full disclosure with the product we review. Click the link and its shows our disclosure. Its it overkill? Sure but we don’t wanna get sued.

Beginning 12/1/2009 bloggers, advertisers and their agencies need to disclose when they have marketing arrangements or other material connections. Review copies, samples, paid posts, affiliate links and paid posts are the most common examples. If you are reviewing or endorsing products and you are being given products or compensation relating to those posts, you must disclose those relationships. [read more]

TRX at the Gym

I decided to drag the TRX to the gym and got some pretty neat reactions. It worked out really well strung up from the bars. Forgive the close-up of my backside – I didn’t have a proper camera man.

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GeekFit Podcast #35 – (360) 450-5026

Steve and Jason return with a very special GeekFit presented in both Audio and Video for your enjoyment.

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