by Elsbeth Vaino I have become fascinated by the effect of different body size and shape on performance, both in sport and in the weight…
Amazing New Barefoot Training Product
by Elsbeth Vaino Vibrams are the new Air Jordan’s. Everyone is either wearing them or wondering about them. That’s because barefoot training is where it’s…
More Exercise Progressions: TRX Half Pendulum
By Elsbeth Vaino When I first saw a video of someone doing a pendulum with a TRX, I thought it lookedAmazing but also very challenging.…
Diet, exercise and willpower
By Elsbeth Vaino My friend Mark Young turned me on to a great TEDx presentation video about will power. Unfortunately it’s no longer available on…
Use the TRX to Work Your Way up to Pullups
By Elsbeth Vaino Raise your hand if you’ve seen people do pullups and thought “pft – what a stupid exercise; nobody wants to be able…
My Favourite Training Tools #8 – Agility Ladder
By Elsbeth Vaino This might seem like a strange item to include in my top 10 list, because it is probably not considered an essential…
Workouts are more fun when you succeed
By Elsbeth Vaino As a trainer, I spend a lot of time trying to convince people how amazing training is. I like to think I’m…
Stop Confusing Your Muscles
By Elsbeth Vaino “I always always always shock my body with new exercises.”“I love it when my muscles are sore, because it means I worked…
My Favourite Training Tools #1 – Free weights
by Elsbeth Vaino My Favourite Training Tools (For my American readers, please excuse the ‘u’ in favourite. It’s a Canadian thing) is a blog series…
What Is Your Margherita Pizza?
By Elsbeth Vaino I tried out a new pizza place last week that has been getting great reviews. The friend I was with first said…