An air bike (also called an assault bike) workout in a CrossFit box.
Exercise

28 Awesome Assault Bike Workouts

The assault bike (also commonly called an air bike, or fan bike) is an awesome, calorie-burning workout. Why? Because it’s a total body effort – you push, pull, and pedal against resistance that gets more intense the more you go. The faster and harder you go, the more resistance there is. The assault bike has earned it’s nickname: Satan’s Tricycle The assault bike can be used for steady state cardio or super-efficient interval style workouts. In this article, we’ll bring you a round up of 28 of the best air bike workout ideas. Find out why people have a love-hate relationship with this burn inducing, hard hitting workout device. But why workout easy when you can workout hard? These all [Read more …]

Prilepin's Chart (or table) shows the optimal intensity (% of 1RM) and volume (total numer of reps) for Olympic weightlifting training as observed by AS Prilepin - who was a junior and national weightlifting coach for the Soviet Union.
Exercise

Prilepin’s Chart Explained

NEW FOR 2022! Check out Black Friday Gym Sales 2022. Prilepin’s Chart is a table of optimal Olympic weight lifting rep ranges to be used for training. It was created by A.S. Prilepin, a Soviet era sports scientist. The chart was created by reviewing the training journals of thousands of weightlifting athletes. It is meant to portray the optimal number of reps per set, and total rep count (volume) for power training required for the Olympic lifts (the Snatch, and Clean and Jerk). The chart, also called Prilepin’s Table, is as follows: The first column shows the training intensity – the percentage of 1RM (1 Repetition Maximum) being used. The second column lists the number of reps per set observed [Read more …]

The FitAtMidlife Home and Travel WOD Generator works great on iOS - phone or tablet - as well as Android
Exercise

Travel and Home Workout Of the Day Generator

Gym closed? Have no fear – don’t detrain – use our Home and Travel WOD generator. We’ve built the FitAtMidlife Home and Travel WOD (Workout Of the Day) Generator to help you improve and maintain your health and fitness. It’s totally free, simple to use, and works on iPhone, Android, Windows, and Mac. What’s a WOD? It’s the Workout Of the Day. Simply load up the Travel WOD page and you’ll see a traveler and home-friendly, randomly chosen fitness routine – complete with a stopwatch style timer. If the exercise choice doesn’t work for your situation – simply hit the “Change WOD” button and try another combination. The WODs utilize a lot of time constraint techniques to boost intensity and [Read more …]

Body Mass Index - BMI
Diet & Nutrition

BMI – Body Mass Index

BMI is Body Mass Index. Body Mass Index is a formula that uses weight and height to estimate body fat for adult men and women. The BMI is a controversial – it’s easy to calculate but it can’t possibly accurately measure your body fat. The calculation doesn’t consider body composition including individual factors such as bone or muscle mass. Height in inches: Weight in pounds: Calculate BMI Shortcomings of BMI As mentioned previously, the BMI is easy to calculate, but not a high precision measurement. Because it’s a simple calculation based solely on height and weight, it can’t take into account individual factors. When calculating your BMI, consider the following special conditions that may apply. The BMI may: Underestimate body [Read more …]

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Exercise

The Best Free Workout Timer

About the FitAtMidlife Free Workout Timer Are you in need of a workout timer or HIIT timer? We’ve got a great one, for free. It works with Windows, Mac, iPhone, and Android (and tablets like the iPad too). It’s one of the most full featured fitness timers to be found for free, and it’s been used by thousands of people world-wide for many years. To access the free workout timer, simply click here now: https://fitatmidlife.com/timer Why use this timer over any of the other of dozens on the Internet? Well it’s got sound and it’s highly customizable – make the text size bigger and change colors. Don’t like the sounds? Change the sounds. It works on ANY size display – [Read more …]