Articles Tagged ‘fitness’
Least Effective Ways To Lift Weight
Written by eFITology Staff on Fri, Dec 18th 2009 at 8:41 am
Who has time to waste on ineffective, risky exercises? Not you. So ditch these nine moves that may not deliver the results you want — and may even cause injury. WebMD put together an excellent slide show showing some common mistakes that can prevent results and even cause injury. A must watch, so we thought [...]
How to make taking the stairs fun
Written by eFITology Staff on Fri, Dec 11th 2009 at 11:41 pm
A common and highly effective fitness tip is to take stairs and avoid escalator/elevators where you can – however for most people taking the elevator/escalator is the norm. Here is a great video on piano stairs that make it fun to take the stairs. As you see in the video, there was a sharp increase [...]
Video: Five-year-old Romanian weightlifter becomes Internet star
Written by eFITology Staff on Fri, Dec 4th 2009 at 3:40 am
Giuliano Stroe has six-pack abs before turning six years old. And he’s also in the Guinness Book of World Records before he can probably even read it. Though it’s highly unusual (and possibly unhealthy) for a child to start weight training at such a young age, the pre-schooler entered the record books earlier this year [...]
From Prisons into Our Homes: the History of Treadmill
Written by eFITology Staff on Sat, Nov 7th 2009 at 11:07 am
You will be surprised to know that a treadmill, currently one of the most popular exercise machines, started as a disciplinary device to reform the prisoners. Or that the first user of the treadmill was not a man but an animal… This brief overview will guide you through the exciting history of treadmill. The Walking [...]
Progressive Is Impressive With PowerBlock Dumbbells
Written by eFITology Staff on Mon, Oct 19th 2009 at 4:06 pm
Adding resistance to your weight workout shows improvement and most people aim to increase their strength when they embark on an exercise program. This does not necessarily mean that they want to increase muscle size as it is not synonymous with strength gain. Gaining strength could merely mean that you can open that jar of [...]
Five Expert Tips To Make the Most Of Your Workout
Written by eFITology Staff on Sun, Oct 11th 2009 at 3:56 pm
Like most people in the world, you have limited time to exercise and want maximum benefit from your time of the home treadmill, cycle or elliptical. Balancing work, family, social life and exercise can be difficult and the suffering equation is usually your own workout. Use these tips to keep a healthy lifestyle and keep [...]
Amazon Loves eFITology
Written by eFITology Staff on Fri, Sep 18th 2009 at 11:03 am
As you may know, we recently started selling through Amazon and got great review. We had another 5 out of 5 review come in today that we thought we would share: “I couldn’t be happier with my Factory Refurbished Life Fitness CT9500HR Elliptical from eFITology. I appreciated the seller contacting me prior to the product [...]
eFITology Gets Awesome Reviews On Amazon
Written by eFITology Staff on Thu, Sep 3rd 2009 at 2:09 am
We recently started listing a part of our inventory on Amazon.com. While we have been hearing from our customers on how much they enjoy the fact that we keep them posted throughout the process (and not to mention our surprise gifts & upgrades that many of our Amazon customers got), we got our first official [...]
Elliptical Leg Work Guidelines
Written by eFITology Staff on Mon, Aug 31st 2009 at 8:45 am
Being a cardiovascular workout rather than toning, the elliptical trainer can work different muscles groups depending on the position of the user. The elliptical resistance can be adjusted to increase the intensity that the muscles perform and the body position can target different parts of the legs. Follow the guidelines below to target certain parts [...]
The Art of “Non-Exercising”: Vintage Fitness Equipment
Written by eFITology Staff on Wed, Aug 19th 2009 at 12:10 am
People have always wanted to look fit and beautiful being too lazy to actually do anything for that. Hence the popularity of so-called “non-exercisers”, miracle fitness equipment that was supposed to keep you fit with no effort needed. Here are a few examples of those “non-exercisers” from the past: sometimes really inventive but hardly actually effective… [...]
