Summer 2007 - Community Newsletter

[Andy R]

Discuss Fitness Quarterly Newsletter
Summer 2007 – Issue #2

Welcome to the Summer 2007 quarterly issue of the Discuss Fitness Newsletter!

Drawing from the lessons learned in publishing the inaugural Spring 2007 issue, Discuss Fitness (DF) administrators and moderators, working as a team, have put together the following articles to guide you in your superfitness journey.

Member Spotlight - Here's F-Mac!
We start the newsletter again by spotlighting another talented DF member. In this issue, we meet F-Mac, an up-and-coming powerlifter from Fort Murray, Alberta in the northern region of Canada. DF Moderator Brat had a chance to catch up with and interview F-Mac whose candid comments and disciplined training ethic makes for an interesting read. Grab a chair and get comfortable and enjoy what F-Mac has to share about himself. Click here to read the whole interview.

How I Battled Obesity

Longtime and well-known DF Member Firehawk writes a revealing article about how he battled obesity. Firehawk writes why he believes people let themselves get not just overweight, but obese. With true courage and vulnerability, he writes from firsthand experiences how he became obese, and then eventually conquered the obesity demon. Many lessons to be learned from this article so grab a pencil and pad and take notes. Click here to read the whole article.

Bodyweight-only Training
Bodyweight-only training is strength training performed using your own bodyweight to provide resistance rather than barbells, dumbbells or exercise machines. DF Member pierini, a bodyweight-only training practitioner explains 4 different bodyweight-only training methods. Drawing on the talents of several DF members, pierini presents 7 video demonstrations of various bodyweight-only training exercises, and concludes his article by presenting a sample chest workout that includes all 4 training methods. Click here to read the whole article.