Vibram Five Finger Barefoot Shoe Testing in Mexico

Greetings!  Did you miss me?  I am back from my honeymoon in Mexico and Jodie and I had a blast!  We were in Puerto Vallarta for a week and it is an awesome town!  Highly recommend that you check it out.

I will have some posts regarding our time there, what we learned and explored coming up over the next several weeks. We did lots of fun things and one of them was a boat tour to do some snorkeling and even hiked up to a waterfall!

I wore my Vibram Five Fingers and I should get some sponsorship from them as I got tons of questions while we were out traveling around about them. I put them to the test with a hike up to the waterfall over gravel, rocks, and rugged terrain. I wore them directly in the water as we crossed some streams and just jumped right in at the water fall area. Awesome! Here is a short video for ya!

Vibram Five Finger “Barefoot” Hiking in Mexico

We will be picking up some Vibram Five Fingers (VFFs for those in the know) soon for Jodie!  I highly recommend you check out the Vibrams if you have not already.

The week before the wedding it was so nice outside, I decided to do some farmers walks with the trap bar in the Vibrams also.  This is an excellent way to strengthen the feet and ankles!

Farmers Walks with the Trap Bar

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I did get some funny looks from the UPS driver though!

Comments

How do you like your Vibrams? Thoughts? Let me know as I love comments!

Rock on
Mike T Nelson

PS

I also do fun strongman trianing outside and the Vibrams work awesome!  Check out this post

Saturday Strongman Training in White Bear Lake Minnesota

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TRX Portable Gym Exercises:

The Professor Does Rowing Variations via Video from the Lab

The professor is back at it again with more TRX suspension trainer fun!  Are you ready?

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What do you think?  What exercises do you want to see the professor do next?  Be sure to leave a comment below for your vote!

Rock on

Mike T Nelson

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TRX Suspension Trainer Review

by the Professor via video from His lab

The professor is back again in his lab conducting more experiments on unsuspecting athletes. Today we are playing around with TRX Suspension Trainer to do some new exercises.

The first question is

Is This Easy To Set Up?

The short answer is YES, as shown in the video above. It only takes a couple minutes (at most) to have it set up. No more excuses about getting to the gym, bring the gym to you in minutes!

Never Miss A Workout Again!

The TRX Gym in a Bag weighs in only at 2 lbs and can fit in your suitcase, even with all the crazy new airline restrictions.

I personally find it that is is awesome when you travel since you can hook it up to pull up bars, trees, overhangs, and they even have an option that lets you use it from a door!

Excuses, Take a Hike!

No more excuses to not exercise when you travel now!  I love kettlbells, but they are a bugger to travel with and the TRX suspension trainer works great to do some unique exercises that you can’t do with just your bodyweight.

You can set it up almost anywhere!

It is also a great option for military personal that many times are left with less than stellar locations to get in a good training session or much equipment at times.

What’s In the Bag?

TRX Force Kit

From the Fitness Anywhere website about the TRX Force Kit:

Get into Peak Operational Readiness- or, in civilian terms, the best shape of your life. You’ll take your strength and endurance up to the level of America’s highest echelon of fighting forces when you follow TRX® creator and former Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick and Fitness Anywhere Director of Education Fraser Quelch through this one-two punch of a workout. Designed to be performed on alternating days, the two programs begin at a moderate level and ratchet up the training aggressively over a 12-week period, The DVD includes a bonus warm-up routine, two-real time workouts, exclusive tips and techniques from Hetrick and Quelch, and a handy workout log to track your personal progress.

Who Can Use It?

Just about any body can use it since the straps adjust and let you custom the effective weight to your strength levels.  There are many professional athletes from NFL quarterbacks to extreme sport athletes to soccer players such as:

• Drew Brees, NFL Quarterback, New Orleans Saints
• Heather Mitts, Pro Soccer Player, Two-time USA Olympic Gold Medalist
• Carmelo Anthony, Pro Basketball Player, Denver Nuggets
• Ronnie Faisst, Freestyle Motocross (FMX)) Rider
• Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg, Freestyle Motocross (FMX)) Rider
• Holly Beck, Professional surfer and Surf Stronger athlete

Summary

If you are looking for something to have in your home gym or start your own home gym and take it on the road with you, this is great and I would recommend it.   If you have access to a full gym all the time it may not be for you, but even just taking one day  “off” from the normal gym and doing some bodyweight and TRX exercises at home will save you some time.

Stay tuned for more TRX exercises coming soon!

Any and all comments, let me know below!  I want to hear what YOU think!

Rock on

Mike T Nelson

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