Go organic AND be easy on your wallet!

April 10th, 2012 - Posted by to Dieting, Health and Nutrition

 

The two things in our title usually don’t go together but Dr.Oz has come up with these great “3 simple organic food rules” that will help you determine when you should go organic and when you should save your cash.

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Healthy Egg Recipes Right in Time for Easter

April 6th, 2012 - Posted by to Recipes

Though we all know the real meaning of Easter, it’s has become a day full of bunnies, colorful eggs and celebrating the end of winter. Woot! Bye-bye Mr. Frost!

Though your attention may be focused on the chocolate variety on this special day, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to share some yummy and healthy egg recipes that may just have you thinking outside the box… or Easter basket :p

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Form Fitness Magazine. Sports Conditioning With The Human Trainer

April 5th, 2012 - Posted by to Press Releases, The Human Trainer

Form Fitness. Sports Conditioning With The Human Trainer

Form Fitness Magazine has done a great job highlighting one of the biggest benefits of The Human Trainer. That is using suspension training for sports conditioning. It works out all muscles, as well as, target very specific muscle groups. For any athlete, it is paramount to have your body fine tuned to prevent any injuries and the simple reason of improving your game.

Here’s how you can use The Human Trainer for sports conditioning.


Paleo Q&A – Answers to the Most Common Questions

April 3rd, 2012 - Posted by to Dieting, Health and Nutrition

I’m reading your mind here. I know you have a lot of questions about Paleo after our last article, Paleo Diet Breakdown – Simple Enough for a Caveman to Understand.

Here are answers to a few of the common ones:

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Astone Fitness at FIBO 2012 Germany!

March 30th, 2012 - Posted by to Industry News

FIBO 2012 Germany

Astone Fitness is going on a Euro trip!  We are an official exhibitor at this year’s FIBO Trade Show in Essen Germany April 19 – 22. Come by, say hi, and see what fitness innovations we have in store.


We’re On Pinterest! And Other Top Fitness Pinterests To Follow

March 29th, 2012 - Posted by to fitness fun and games

Astone Pinterest

It’s not easy for everyone to wake up at 6am for their morning run or morning anything! We all need a little kick to wake up whatever is inside ourselves to do what we do. I’m talking motivation. Motivation can come in many different forms and we, personally, love great photos and inspirational videos.

And that’s why we’re so excited to be on PINTEREST!


Paleo Diet Breakdown – Simple Enough for a Caveman to Understand

March 27th, 2012 - Posted by to Dieting, Health and Nutrition

If you follow fitness and health news at all you may have come across The Paleo Diet. Paleo is the favored way of eating for many Crossfit enthusiasts and it seems to make a lot of sense.

The Paleo Diet, sometimes called the caveman diet or hunter-gatherer diet, is a new way of eating in a VERY old way.
Allow me to explain…


Getting ‘er done at IHRSA 2012 Day 1

March 15th, 2012 - Posted by to Events

We arrived at Los Angeles airport and packed ourselves and all our baggage into a cab — much to the chagrin of the cab driver who thought we should get 2 cabs for all of our stuff.  Just the first example of making it happen for IHRSA 2012!


Can Exercise Negatively Affect Your Swimmers?

March 10th, 2012 - Posted by to Exercise and Fitness, Health and Nutrition

As we all know, an overall healthy lifestyle including regular exercise is greatly beneficial to your health and wellbeing, but a study that was published in the Journal of Endocrinology found that too much exercise caused significant defects in sperm motility, output and quality. (Motility refers to your sperm’s ability to make it to the egg)

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Time to Stretch Your Legs. $9.99 Stretch Sale On Now!

March 9th, 2012 - Posted by to Specials

$9.99 Stretch Sale

Stretching is a key component to any workout, physical activity, or sport. Unfortunately, because it comes at the end, it’s often ignored. Don’t make this mistake! You have to make the home stretch. Stretching determines how you feel after your workout and days after. The more you stretch the fewer injuries you will have, which can really derail your whole workout plan! So, don’t forget to stretch, take it slow, hold for at least 30 seconds, and include static and dynamic stretches. Find out more about why you should stretch. Use our Stretch Buddy equipment to deepen your stretch and extend your reach to those hard to reach spots. Also great for yoga and pilates.

March 9 to 31, 2012 ALL Stretch Buddy products $9.99