Blog entries in 2010/01

Kettlebell Sport and Fitness is a new magazine due for release in April this year written by the top leaders in the industry.

Dedicated to kettlebell training you can read about the kettlebell sport, learning about appropriate techniques, drills, injury prevention and competition coverage to using kettlebells for fitness and building strength and losing weight with content for both beginner and advanced kettlebell students. 

Kettlebells have seen a huge surge in popularity lately due to their effectiveness as a fitness tool so it's really great to see quality publications supporting this training.

Visit KettlebellMag.com now for more information and subscription information. 

The Fitstream Weighted Vest has proved very popular in the UK and is establishing itself as one of the best quality vests at an affordable price. Unfortunately, due to high-demand the weighted vest is temporarily sold out but more stock is expected in March. 

 More stock expected March 2010

The Fitstream ring training exercise directory is now complete with illustrated example exercises. Browse now for selected gymnastic ring exercises, instructions and hints and tips. 

We cover a range of ring training exercises to help build your bodyweight workouts like ring pull-ups, ring dips and the notorious muscle-up. 

We'll be adding more exercises all the time and shortly introducing example exercise videos but we'll keep you posted with updates to the blog. 

If you're new to ring training and want to learn more, try our gymnastics rings articles and to buy rings visit our Fitstream Store.

Billed as "The squat rack of the future" The Power Station is soon to go on sale by Australian Kettlebells and we have to agree, this thing looks simply awesome.

Like some kind of fitness Swiss Army knife it's the most versatile piece of kit we've seen in a long time. Behold... The Power Station. 

Seriously, with kit like this you can forget gym memberships. We think this is the future of fitness and home gyms. Put one of these in your garage, add a bench, an Olympic barbell and weights for a complete body workout solution that can build an elite physique.

Over time, throw in a few resistance bands, some gymnasitcs rings and a kettlebell and this is a truly perfect gym setup.

People are learning that isolation exercises are not the way forward and working your body as an integrated whole is much more effective. Similarly, for fitness equipment... you don't need a separate squat rack, dipping station, pull-up rig, sled and plate storage. It's costly and requires a tonne of space. The Power Station is ingenious and a real step in the right direction for effective home training.

Take a look at this video of the Power Station in action:

The Power Station is like a standard Power Rack on steroids and the setup combinations are endless. Squats, pull-ups, deadlifts, chin-ups, and step-ups - all these exercises and more are within easy reach around one base unit. You can even use it for strongman exercises like the yoke, the conan's wheel or various sled based moves.

The station also makes resistance band training easy and effective - with simple to adjust band pegs to allow quick adjustment of band tension, loading or deloading the bar, adding intensity to your exercises or making challenging exercises easier to achieve.

Dimensions of The Power Station: 2.3 metres high and base is 2.02 metres by 1.16 metres.

We don't think equipment like this is ahead of its time. We think it's long overdue! But it's great to see Australian Kettlebells really taking steps and leading the way with The Power Station and we can't wait to see equivalent products making it over the water to us too!

Visit kettlebells.com.au for more information.

We want one.

Social network and dating site BeautifulPeople.com has given around 5,000 users the boot after complaints that they had gained weight.

BeautifulPeople.com have a member voting process to see if you are attractive enough to join the site and call themselves "the largest network of attractive people in the world". 

Around 5,000 of these members have been kicked off following complaints from existing users that they had gained weight over the festive break. 

If this wasn't funny enough, site founder Robert Hintze was quoted as saying "Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the very concept for which BeautifulPeople.com was founded."

This has got to be our quote of the year so far...

For the full story check out the BBC article http://bit.ly/6b6LHt