27th March 2009
I want to talk about the most gruesome and sadistic strength training device known to man. A device that will make you wish you never competed in a sporting event or started working out because of its extreme ability to tax the body like nothing you've ev...
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04th March 2009
Fitness is something that seems to rank right up there with entertainment these days. Everywhere I look I see magazines, books, internet, and TV pitching some gimmicky fitness product with the promise of huge results. People spend the money for every new ...
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04th March 2009
I have frequently been asked about what kettlebell exercises work the best when trying to eliminate sagging unwanted body-fat? The truth is that all of the exercises are great, but I will talk about 2 that can be learned quickly and are intense enough to ...
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04th March 2009
Have you ever been to the gym to see these guys that have a huge upper-body, but a pair of toothpicks for legs? Maybe you've seen guys who spend every workout doing primarily one particular lift like the bench press as seen with your typical gym rats! Wel...
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04th March 2009
So you are working on trying to develop your speed for performance and trying to get into great shape. The truth about speed training is that an effective speed training program will accomplish both the benefits of increased athletic performance and condi...
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04th March 2009
How many times have you been to the park or maybe watched your kids playing in the yard or at the playground? If you observe carefully they do a lot of running and jumping around. They are also getting a heck of a lot of exercise.
That jumping around a...
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04th March 2009
If you have ever seen guys grinding out 50 to 100 push-ups at a time its a pretty impressive demonstration of muscular strength and endurance. Doing the traditional push-up is one thing, but in my opinion if you have ever seen the one arm push-up executed...
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04th March 2009
I want to state that getting those "six-pack abs" involves a lot more activity than just doing crunches. Doing sit-ups and crunches train the muscles of the abdomen, but they don't speed up your metabolism to burn excess body-fat away from your body so th...
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02nd March 2009
Are Six-Pack Abs a Hollywood myth and only something that we see on magazine covers and TV? By the looks of most Americans one might think that it is a myth. So is the possibility of having a rock hard stomach and Greek god physique even a goal worth stri...
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02nd March 2009
The first thing that we are going to look at is achieving tremendous cardiovascular conditioning with only a limited amount of space and time. To do this we are going to look at a couple of different movements. Again we will use the resistance of body wei...
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02nd March 2009
Walking is a great way to stay active and to get some physical activity included into your day. Whether or not you just prefer walking to most forms of exercise or you have physical limitations that don't allow you to do a whole lot of anything else, ther...
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02nd March 2009
The infamous pull-up is a great measure of upper body strength that most people are incapable of doing. Most people think that it is unrealistic for them to achieve this impressive measure of strength. The fact is that with consistent and repetitive pract...
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02nd March 2009
Cycling is a very physically taxing activity that your muscles must be able to endure at varying intensities. If you are a competitive cycler then you understand how hard it is on the muscles to climb the hills and still have enough left at the end to bea...
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02nd March 2009
If you are a golfer that has a decent game then its about to get better. You have probably read some of my other material and realize that the kettlebell is a great tool to train military personnel, athletes, and regular people that have a hard attitude f...
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02nd March 2009
Now I'm a strength and conditioning specialist and fitness professional that has to eventually express an opinion on different things that are associated with my industry all of the time. Lately the kettlebell has been making a lot of noise and quickly es...
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Brandon Richey is the owner of EFPS and is a strength and conditioning specialist certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association ( the NSCA), the gold standard in the fitness industry. He earned his bachelors degree in health promotion with a background in exercise science from the University of Georgia. Brandon later returned to UGA to work as a strength assistant for the football program, under legendary Hall of Fame strength coach, Dave Van Halanger. He worked at UGA from 2002-2004, then moved on to work in a private sector of the fitness industry, training Division One and professional athletes.
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