Magical pull-ups

The nice thing about using the strap for pull ups, is that you can do four types of pull ups, by simply changing your hand position.

1) Palms facing out = a regular pull-up.

2) Palms facing each other = hammer-ups.

3) Palms facing in = curl ups.

4) Rotating your hand position out to in during the pull up = the wicked-awesome pull-up.

I prefer breaking my pull-up routine up. I'll often do 10 of each one with a short sprint in between. By the time I'm done, I've completed about a quarter, to a half of what I wish I could do.

You can wear gloves if you are a sissy. I for one wear them because they feel nice on my hands and bears no reflection on my manhood.

Song of the day: Led Zeppelin, "Going to California

Pushes and pulls

Pushes and pulls. This is the great strength of the suspension-type workout. You can move from numerous pushing and pulling workouts with little time in between. These movements range from a basic bench press / push up type movement, to a lateral fly, to a split fly.

Pulls are equally versatile. From a row, to a reverse fly, to a split reverse fly.

Working all of these techniques with little rest time in between will give a good functional cardio and strength routine.

Rock on...or don't.

Song of the day: Boston, "A man I'll never be."

Strap on...strap off...the Strapper!

Sometimes I like to go out for a run. Mostly I don't.

For me, running is super lame and not enjoyable. The way I've found to manage this is to work in some waypoints with various exercises. "But how James...how?" your plaintive cries resound. Be at peace. I'm here to help.

All you need is some 1" webbing, some knot tying know how, and a positive "can-do" attitude. Gathered all your materials? Good. Here we go.

1) Cut about 4' of webbing. Black, cause it looks tough.

2) Melt the ends with a lit match, lighter, a smoldering hot woman...whatever you have on hand.

3) Tie a water knot .

4) Exult in your awesomeness.

Aything less than 1" will cut into your skin and hurt so very, very badly. I personally use 1/2" webbing, cause my skin is made of diamonds and magic. Plus that was all that I had at my house.

Notice the awesome Alpha Co. Fitness shirt? It's pretty much the sweetest shirt ever invented in the history of forever.

So now that you have your "Strapper" constructed, go out and make the magic happen. Do some 440's interspersed with some push ups, some pull-ups, some mountain climber thingies. You know, that sort of thing.

And you can run with confidence, cause the Strapper can be used as a wicked awesome defensive weapon. Just sayin'.