Archive for: February 2009

I really like the Perfect Pushup. I favor the exercise ball push up but this really is a great exercise device. It gives you an excellent workout. However, I decided to check around and see different ways to do this push up and came across this video. Oh man. Talk about a serious workout.

OK – At the beginning of this year I was at a New Year’s Day party at my sister’s house and we were talking and it turned out she had purchased the Perfect Push up. This was invented by a navy seal and I had heard about it but never tried it. She bought it for her husband and he never used it so I asked if I could borrow it. I’ll tell you my thoughts on this compared to the exercise ball in a moment.

Oh man. The first time I used it I was impressed. I’ve been exercising with it for 3 weeks now and am still impressed.

Listen, push ups have long been a stable of many workout programs. The way you turn the handles and bring more muscle into play here impressed me. I can feel it.

I get nothing from them to tell you about this but I have been asked about this by some readers so . . . my thoughts are this is a really good exercise device. If you can’t do a regular push up, do one using your knees. You still get a nice workout.

As far as comparing this to doing a push up on the exercise ball —- it might depend on the individual but I’m still leaning toward the exercise ball. I think it brings the core muscles into play more. But yes – I plan to get a set of these. I will use them to confuse the muscles and keep them working hard plus – these will travel with me when I go on a vacation.

Turbulence Training vs. Body for Life

By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Turbulence Training

Recently I was down in sunny Mesa, Arizona at a seminar that
featured both Sir Richard Branson and Bill Phillips, the author of
the most popular fat loss book ever, “Body for Life” (BFL).

It looked as though Bill hadn’t aged a day since his book came out about 10 years ago, so he’s doing something right.

Now I get questions all the time asking what’s better, “Turbulence Training or Body for Life”?

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