A Warrior's Thougts on the Martial Arts

Alright, Chris and Elias came back from their tournaments (they just recently fought in Germany, then in Steinbrunn, Austria, and each of them scored medlas in both tournaments), so we went back to doing our saturday sessions again. Due to a high level of fatigue, we skipped circuit training this time and focused on really implementing new stuff instead. In the following, I'll show you some of the cooler exercise - the highlights, if you wish. Just give some of those a try in your next workout, you won't regret it. Suspended Reach Side-Plank Ok, quite frankly, I've no idea how this exercise is really called. Regardless how one might call this beauty, it definately rocks the core. The setup is pretty simple, so instead of describing it in theory, I just put up a video. Enjoy! Single Arm Power Pull Another great way to work the core is the single arm power pull. I first saw this on the "TRX Essentials / Cardio circuit DVD" and instantly liked it. Pulling strength an...

As the weather is getting better, I'm taking my training to the outside more frequently. Over the last weeks, I've been doing quite a lot of suspension training. As a matter of fact, I even built my own suspension trainer. After some prototypes I came up with a solution that is equivalent to a TRX but cost me only about €40,-. That's a pretty good price when compared to the TRX ( check prices ), the Variosling ( check prices ) and the like. Coming from a technical education, I decided it's always good to have a benchmark, so I bought a pair of PerformTex Training Straps to have a "professional" solution to evaluate my DIY(do-it-yourself)-Suspension trainer against. Only when I opened the package I realized that the PerformTex straps are - just as the name implies - individual straps rather than a single line running through a bail. The whole thing looks something like this: My DIY-Suspension trainer, on the other hand, consists of just one strap running throu...