Hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving yesterday!  Now it’s time to get after the Black Friday Shopping Craze.

Here are my Top 5 Black Friday Fitness Gift Ideas and Reviews for the workout fanatic in your life…

1 Kettlebells

What says “From Russia with Tough Love” better than this all-in-one fat loss secret weapon cannon ball with a handle?  That’s right. The Russian Kettlebell.

What to look for in a kettlebell…
-Proper balance point of weight to handle
-Thicker handles for added grip strength
-Handle and Body (Bell) cast as one unit (some companies weld their handles on…spells disaster)
-Avoid plate-loaded or selectorized kettlebells for overhead lifts…that is a safety miscue waiting to happen
-Paint job.  Paint should be a textured epoxy to avoid chipping and wear very nicely as you reach your 100,000 snatch rep
-Backed by a Satisfaction Guarantee

There is a HUGE discrepancy in the quality of kettlebells on the market so choose wisely.  By far, the highest quality kettlebell is made by Dragon Door.  I know…I own about 120 of them.

Click HERE to buy the Best Kettlebells Online

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2 GymBoss Timer

This may be the best invention ever for taking your fitness to a whole different level.  Click HERE To see my Gymboss Timer VIDEO Review.

Here’s what the best digital interval timer online will do for you…
-One or two different time intervals from 2 seconds to 60 minutes adjustable by the second
-Adjust the Interval Period and/or the Rest Period or both
-Auto mode keeps repeating through intervals
-Manual mode acts as countdown timer
-Alarm by beep, vibration, or both
-Alarm duration of 1 or 10 seconds
-Size of a small pager
-Water and shock resistant
-Tracks the number of intervals you have completed
-Easy to use
-Easy to change intervals

Conclusion: the GymBoss Timer is the Ultimate KICK in the Ass

Click HERE to buy the GymBoss – BEST Digital Interval Timer

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3 TRX Portable Gym / TRX Suspension Trainer

Travel a lot?  This is an all-in-one suspension training system that can attach to any door or cross bar.  Set up for your workout in seconds.  Click HERE To see my TRX Portable Gym VIDEO Review

Why the TRX Portable Gym Suspension Trainer?
-Heavy duty straps (easily adjustable up and down to increase/decrease leverage) and buckles
-East to carry with you ANYWHERE
-Easy to set up / attach to a door, bar, branch, fence, post…almost anything that will support your bodyweight.
-Easy to use for change of exercises…flow from one to the next
-Versatile to hit the entire body
-Great for CORE workouts and exercises
-Easily modified for different user levels
-Simple progressions
-Killer total body workouts in minutes
-DVDs are well-designed with “meat only” content
-Portable, laminated take with you exercise reference guide included
-Eliminates expensive home gyms

Click HERE to Buy the TRX Portable Gym-in-a-Bag

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4 Resistance Bands

Not the sissy ones you get in the your local sporting goods store or Target.  REAL Resistance Bands that are virtually indestructible.  Click HERE To see my Resistance Band Training Review

Here’s what Resistance Bands have to offer…

-Portability.  Take them ANYWHERE.
-Large variety of exercises. You can do endless exercises with bands because you can change your positioning and the angle of the band in multiple ways on the fly.  You can do every single exercise you can do with free weights plus many more.
-Easily switch from one exercise to another.
-Easy to set up. Bands can be attached to a door or a banister or step on for INSTANT workout capabilities
-Provide a total body workout.
-Bands constantly engage your CORE. Both Upper and Lower body exercises will require you to engage more of your core in order to stabilize against the resistance.
-Create resistance from ALL angles. Front, behind, side, low, high, overhead, below…every possible angle.
-Progressive Resistance. The more you expand the band the harder it gets.  Resistance Bands are the ONLY exercise tool that offer this.
-Increased coordination. Due to progressive resistance, stabilizers come into play much more.
-Great for all fitness levels.
-Inexpensive. Most bands are between $20-70 for a set
-Color-coding for the different tension levels (light, medium, heavy, very heavy)

Click HERE to BUY Resistance Bands

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5 24-Day Challenge by AdvoCare

Who else wants to Lose 10lbs and 10 inches in 24 Days?  That’s what the average person is achieving with this eating plan / fat loss system.

Here are the RESULTS from the 24 Day Challenge done BETWEEN Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2009…

Kari A.  -10.75 inches  -9.2 lbs  -1 jean size
Simona B.  -11.5 inches  -12lbs  -1 jean size
Marty B.  -4lbs  -1 jean size
Amber B.  -8 inches  -5 lbs  -1 jean size
Cassandra B.  -5lbs  -1 jean size
Kris C.  -8lbs  -1 jean size
Elyse C.  -8.5 inches  -6.4 lbs
Kelly C.  -9.5 inches
Gin G.  -8lbs
Jennifer H.  -10 lbs
Jen L.  -10 inches  -7.4 lbs  -1 jean size
Jennifer L.  -6lbs  -1 jean size
Jen L.  -8.75 inches  -6.6 lbs
Lori M.  -7inches  -9lbs
Ron M.  -10lbs
Linnea P.  -8 inches  -7lbs  -1 jean size

The AdvoCare 24 Day Challenge Includes a bundle of five different AdvoCare products along with a program guide.  Email me to receive the program guide.
Herbal Cleanse Video HERE
Meal Replacement Shakes – Video HERE
AdvoCare Spark!
Catalyst – Video HERE
Metabolic Nutrition System

Click HERE to purchase the 24 Day Challenge

There you go…My top 5 Black Friday Christmas Fitness Ideas.  Happy shopping!

Crank it!
B-Rad

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This is My ALL-TIME Favorite Workout Tool.  I believe it is the greatest invention for workouts / training ever invented…

The Gymboss Interval Timer

Have you every spent WAY more time in the gym because you were sidetracked talking to someone?  or looking at the opposite sex?

Here’s why I recommend the Gymboss Interval Timer to keep you on task during your workouts…

-One or two different time intervals from 2 seconds to 60 minutes adjustable by the second
-Adjust the Interval Period and/or the Rest Period or both
-Auto mode keeps repeating through intervals
-Manual mode acts as countdown timer
-Alarm by beep, vibration, or both
-Alarm duration of 1 or 10 seconds
-AAA battery included
-Size of a small pager
-Water and shock resistant
-Tracks the number of intervals you have completed
-Easy to use
-Easy to change intervals

Here’s are THREE workout ideas for Gymboss Interval Timer…

Tabata

One of the easiest, simplest methods for quick fat loss.  Tabata
protocol is :20 work / :10 rest for 8 rounds or 4 minutes.  Each 4
minute interval will kick your ass like nothing you’ve ever tried
before.  Do 4-8 Tabata protocols for training sessions lasting 16 – 40
minutes total (including optional rest).

Here is killer 20-minute Tabata workout…

:20 Bodyweight Squats
:10 Rest
:20 Pushups
:10 Rest
Repeat 4 Rounds

Rest 1:00

:20 Mountain Climbers
:10 Rest
:20 TRX Rows ( TRX Portable Gym in a Bag )
:10 Rest
Repeat 4 Rounds

Rest 1:00

:20 Hindu Pushups
:10 Rest
:20 Alternating Lunges
:10 Rest
Repeat 4 Rounds

Rest 1:00

:20 Burpees
:10 Rest
Repeat 8 Rounds

Total Time = 19 minutes

HIIT = High Intensity Interval Training

HIIT is a much better way to lose fat with any type of cardio
training.  It is similar to Tabata but with longer interval periods.
Usually HIIT periods are a 2:1 work:rest ratio.  They can really be
whatever interval length you want.  Here’s an example…

Sprint 200 meters
Walk 100 meters
Repeat 8 rounds

Metabolic Conditioning

Metabolic Conditioning is where you pick 3-5 exercises with a
specific rep count and do the exercises for as many rounds as possible
in a specified time period.  Here’s an example…

5 Pullups
10 Pushups
15 Burpees
Repeat as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes.

Bottom-line… You can do all of this and MUCH MORE with the Gymboss Interval Timer and the Alarm Beeping at you at the end of an interval and especially a “Rest” Period is…

The Ultimate “Built-in Kick in the Ass.”

Click Here to BUY a Gymboss Interval Timer

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I’m reviewing some serious tools to help you lose fat and get sexy in 2009.  Here’s a great compliment to kettlebells and kettlebell training that you’ll quickly learn to love to hate:

Tool #2 Gym Boss Timer.

The Gym Boss Timer is the greatest invention in the workout world yet!  It is the most evil, sinister little piece of electronic equipment that I have found.  Perfect for delivering beatdowns!

The Gym Boss Timer is a digital countdown timer that you can set both WORK and REST intervals to the second.  It also counts rounds or intervals for you so you never lose track of where you are.  It was originally designed for Tabata intervals which are :20 work / :10 rest.  You can do so much more with it…the possibilities and timing options are endless.

The Gym Boss Timer destroys its competition like Everlast and Ringside.  It’s small, has a clip on it for attachment to gym shorts or a watch and is only $19.99 compared to most timers that start at $120.  The Gym Boss Timer also blows away a wrist watch or a stop watch which neither actually count the rounds and most do not have the dual timer.

One last thing…I contacted Gary at Gym Boss to offer a couple of suggestions and he let me in on a little secret:  they have improved the bell to be LOUDER and also are
working on a digital timer for boot camp instructors that is bigger and
louder but comes in at a lower price point than their competitors.  For my boot camp crew, they will get to experience this first hand.  For the kids at home, you’ll have to plan a trip to the great state of Minnesota to experience it for yourself.  I love my world!

All the way around, the Gym Boss Timer rules!  Click here to buy yours.

Leave comments on this post as to how you use your Gym Boss!

Welcome to the Beatdown!

B-Rad

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