Tag Archives: free weights

Guide to Buying Cheap Gym Equipment, From Second Hand to Fire Sale

Posted 01 July 2010 | By | Categories: exercise equipment for home | 2 Comments

Many beginners are concerned about the safety aspect of buying cheap gym equipment.  They worry about the damaged equipment that could put them at risk of injury.  My view is that exercise equipment for home use is a great investment. My name is Andrew Gray and I use weights to compliment my road bike cycling, [...]

Is The Tunturi Exercise Bike The Best Road Bike Cyclist’s Indoor Option?

Posted 15 June 2010 | By | Categories: Exercise Bike, exercise equipment for home | 3 Comments

Yeah, I know it’s nowhere near winter yet, but I have to start budgeting ahead. What will I do in the winter when the roads get bad, the nights draw in, and it’s just too darn soggy and windy to enjoy going out road bike cycling?  And could the Tunturi exercise bike have the answer? [...]

Cycling Distance Monitor 11 June 2010, and a Different Way of Grabbing the Bottle

Posted 12 June 2010 | By | Categories: Body Tech, Track my progress | No Comments

Pleased last night, the weight loss is now really paying off and the bike is moving swifter up the hills.  My target of course is to lose 2 stone, which is about the weight of a lower end racing bike, but right now a couple of wheels is enough to help! Distance last night was [...]

Features of Asics trainers: gel-enduro5 review

Posted 08 June 2010 | By | Categories: Other sports | No Comments

I have been really pleased with my old pair of Asics trainers because they have lasted really well.  So I was after some more, this time I wanted You may be aware I have taken up cross training to support my cycling efforts.  As well as keeping up with some light free weights training, I [...]

3 Reasons Why You Would Choose Multi Gym Equipment Over Free Weights

Posted 01 June 2010 | By | Categories: exercise equipment for home | 5 Comments

The answer to the simple question as to which is the better option, and if you should rather choose multi gym equipment, depends on three factors: space, objectives of your exercise, and if there is anyone around as a ‘spotter’ whilst you are training. Exercise equipment for home use is an ideal choice over getting [...]

Cycling distance monitor 1st June 2010

Posted 01 June 2010 | By | Categories: Track my progress | No Comments

Just a quick note. After the 30 miler the other day, I decided to up the training schedule a bit.  So tonight I did 23 miles and it felt pretty good.  I think I have a virus knocking around though, and it didn’t help that the disk brake was scraping, yet again, and I had [...]

Cycling Distance Monitor 28th May 2010

Posted 28 May 2010 | By | Categories: Track my progress | 1 Comment

I hurt.  I hurt bad.  But I managed to get the bike up to 30 miles tonight!  2.5 hours to do it, but that is the furthest that I have managed to cover in 24 years! I followed all the guidelines.  I kept the cadence at about 70-90, and dropped down the gears where I [...]

May 26 – Light Run With a High Cadence

Posted 26 May 2010 | By | Categories: Body Tech, Track my progress | No Comments

It was a fast run the other day but I wondered what would happen if I did the same distance, same route, but did so with a high cadence and much less ache in the legs. In short, I wanted to breath easy most of the way round, and only a little more on the [...]

Using Free Weights to Compliment Your Cycling Efforts – includes exercise plan!

Posted 17 May 2010 | By | Categories: weight training equipment | 6 Comments

Cross training is about using other disciplines in your sport other than your key sport to enhance your key sport.  Obviously using something like the Tunturi exercise bike is an alternative to cycling, but cross training is about using a sport that is still cardio based, and still will build muscle, but uses those muscles [...]

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