Formosa Fitness

So I think we've about done all we can do here at Pixnet. time for a change. I'm moving the blog over to the formosafitness.com site: http://formosafitness.com/?page_id=127
See you there!

Unfortunately, many trainers don't know the difference between making people tired and making people better. They think that if a workout exhausts people or makes them sore, then it's good. When you do circuits with 10 or more random exercises, you certainly get folks tired, but the excessive variety prevents people from adapting to the exercises. The effect is too general for adaptation to occur.
We used to do this too and what we found was that after 6 months, people stopped progressing. They stopped progressing because they never got stronger at any movement. How could they when they were doing 10-15 moves? We switched to a combined strength/conditioning model and our folks haven't stopped progressing. The skies the limit.

Here are pics and the current prices so get them while you can.

One pair of 2kg NT$1300

As a test, I bought some pullup bars to sell at the gym but as it turns out, i can't use them at home. It's the iron Gym model that fits in your doorway and allows you to do stable pullups.
Here's the thing I did NOT know: your doorframe MUST stick out of the wall for this to work! My doorframe at hoem does not stick out of the wall as you can see below:
 

We're having a ding and scratch
sale. We used 50+ kettlebells in training the AFAA instructors today and some
of them came back a little scratched or with a small ding. So while supplies
last, we're offering NT500 off each kettlebell! That's right, so get them while
they last!

A quick update on what we've been up to. today we were honored to be invited to train 50+ personal trainers at the AFAA APEX convention.
Here are a few pics of the training.

Very cool concepts here and just another example of blending martial arts with fitness. Reap the best of both by thinking outside the box. Sweet.

 
This is some of the barbell training we've been doing with folks lately. It has been going really well. The barbell has a lot to offer folks, more than they think from watching bodybuilding. Barbells are sophisticated tools, for sure.
Here's a wonderful testimonial from a client that has been doing nothing but barbell training with us. We're very humbled by what he's said and it's always an honor to train clients like this:

I'm always reaching for something higher and pushing myself further. Never rest on your laurels, says I. So I'm off to train with Valery Fedorenko of the world Kettlebell Club. Here's some of the impressive things he can do with the kettlebell.