Since mid December I've been experimenting with jump rope training.  The first week I really just practiced jump roping and did other things for cardio. Slowly I increased the amount of jump rope training I was doing.

I am now using jumping rope as a conditioning workout three times per...

I swam in high school. Practices were grueling; 6 days a week with hours of technique work and long workouts with little rest. I thought about quitting more than once.

But there was always that light at the end of the tunnel to look forward to - because all of that work culminated each year with...

Today's core circuit

Three times through the following:

• dead bug -10 reps each side
  • note: dead bugs are not a beginner exercise. Much harder than they look if you're going to do them properly. I'd recommend doing planks to start with.  Or follow some recommendations for working up to the...

Learning the Olympic lifts has been going exceedingly well.  I have overcome the initial awkwardness of practicing my explosive lifts in the gym.   Even better, I am LOVING dumbbell snatches!  Now the more people looking at me funny, the better.   I know what I'm doing, and I...

Winter league is two weeks away.  Soon, I will categorize all days of the week as days-that-are-Thursday and days-that- are-not-Thursday.

Since it's gotten cold here in Lancaster PA I haven't been doing much cardiovascular work.  This doesn't worry me as much as the fact that I haven't...

Today's core circuit

I don't have any one core routine that I follow day in and day out.  Instead, I usually pick my core exercises when I walk into the gym.  From my repertoire I pick some exercises for stability and some for movement.  I choose something for the lower abdominals,...