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See below many selected videos and online resources for CrossFit Exercises

Fitness and Bodybuilding Workouts for Health and Fitness in India!

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Also see Deadlift techniques India - simple to advanced exercise variations

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Read about Aspects of Fitness

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What's CrossFit

www.crossfit.com/cf-info/what-crossfit.html

Thousands of athletes worldwide have followed our workouts posted daily on this site and distinguished themselves in combat, the streets, the ring, stadiums, gyms and homes.

Do Not Let This Happen Again

Unable to pay fee, swimming champ hangs self. This Ghaziabad (INDIA) girl Saira had won gold medals in 100 small and big swimming competitions. Article link

Unstoppable: Cassidy Duffield

Someone in India asked me how to become a CrossFit trainer?

My response: How to Start CrossFit www.crossfit.com/cf-info/start-how.html

Initially, you can also start on your own depending on your level.

You can find Training Courses on www.crossfit.com/cf-info/certs.shtml

You can also try to find CrossFit trainers and classes in India or internationally.

CrossFit - Nine Foundational Movements, Lisa Ray

Explanation of Handstand Push-ups, Scales, Kipps, Strict - CrossFit - Health and Fitness India Scroll down and you'll find several pages of embedded videos. This is one of the latest ones which I've also shared here

www.healthfitnessindia.com/video/explanation-handstand-push-ups-scales-kipps-strict-crossfit-india

On 27 June 2013: Amazing! I've been going to a physiotherapist since few days. Today morning before going to him, I watched the Greg Glassman, Founder & CEO, Crossfit: March 13, 2013, Full Talk video (see below).

After that I created the Crossfit - Health and Fitness India page.

After that I went to the clinic. There I met a news reporter who's the deputy bureau chief of a top news channel. Highly unfortunately, he has suffered multiple fractures because he fell forward and that he put his hands straight which caused the multiple fractures. I could hear him scream in pain as the physiotherapist was working on him.

When the physiotherapist got done, I mentioned to him that we should teach functional training to the masses like how to fall, how to pick up things and etc. on which the physiotherapist said yes. I think that if the masses are unhealthy and unfit then it's negative for them and for our society, environment and world overall.

Crossfit is about functional training and fitness and that it's amazing that I had thought of it and that had viewed the founder's hour long video and that had also created the Crossfit - Health and Fitness India Facebook page just before going to the clinic and meeting the news reporter.

I shared with the news reporter the Health and Fitness India network's website and I wish that he would help me to bring the site increasingly to the people in India and also worldwide. I asked him if he has a child on which he showed me the photo of his little daughter on his mobile. I suggested him to provide her functional training from early on. I wish that my efforts would be of increasing value to our world and that I would also work with more and more of the best people from worldwide. 

Scientific research study of CrossFit athletes (first part 2 and then part 1):

CrossFit - A Metabolic Analysis of CrossFit's Elite: Part 2

CrossFit - A Metabolic Analysis of CrossFit's Elite: Part 1

Greg Glassman, Founder & CEO, Crossfit: March 13, 2013, Full Talk

Published on Mar 27, 2012 (from the About section of video)

From the About section of video: 

CrossFit can change how a woman both defines beauty and feels about her body, as Rita Benavidez, Jackie Perez, Erin Cianciolo and Andrea Ager discuss in this video.

CrossFit - Highlights from the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games

What is CrossFit?

From the About section of video:

What is CrossFit? CrossFit is an effective way to get fit. Anyone can do it. It is a fitness program that combines a wide variety of functional movements into a timed or scored workout. We do pull-ups, squats, push-ups, weightlifting, gymnastics, running, rowing, and a host of other movements. Always varied, always changing, always producing results. Kids, cops, firefighters, soccer moms, Navy SEALS, and grandmas all do CrossFit. In fact, hundreds of thousands worldwide have followed our workouts and distinguished themselves in combat, the streets, the ring, stadiums, gyms and homes.

What Is CrossFit? Short by CrossFit by Overload

CrossFit - Number 1 and Number 2: A Day of Training

Find out how 2010 Games champion Graham Holmberg and second-place finisher Rich Froning Jr. are training for the 2011 Reebok CrossFit Games. At the Rogue Fitness training center in Columbus, Ohio, and CrossFit Cookeville at Tennessee Tech University, Sevan Matossian captures these two elite athletes preparing themselves for the mental and physical battles they are soon to encounter.

Reminiscing on his experiences last year, Froning says, "You can look at it like I lost or you can look at it like he won, and either way the outcome is he won. There's not much you can do about it, and I can't change anything about it."

To prepare for this year's Games, Froning says his game plan is simple: "Train as hard as I can. That's what I'm going to do, and that's what I have been doing."

Reigning champion Holmberg confronts criticism about his performance and obscurity over the past year. He says the Open was a "lose-lose situation" for him—if he did well, people expected it, but if he did poorly, people would question his capability. Holmberg finished 37th overall in the Open, and he didn't compete in a regional event.

Both athletes say they are ready for the Home Depot Center and July 29. They analyze their own past performances and that of their peers, sizing up the competition.

"We'll see what happens when we get to the Games," Holmberg says. "That's all that really matters."

CrossFit - WOD 120803 Demo with Andrea Ager, Jackie Perez, Rita Bena

For time:
75 pound Thruster, 30 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 3 ascents
75 pound Thruster, 20 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 2 ascents
75 pound Thruster, 10 reps
15 foot Rope climb, 1 ascents

CrossFit - WOD 130130 Demo with Cara Hipskind and Kayla Baumgardne 

"Amanda"

Three rounds, 9-7- and 5 reps, for time of:
Muscle-up
135 pound Squat snatch

CrossFit - WOD 130130 Demo with Cara Hipskind and Kayla Baumgardne

"Amanda"

Three rounds, 9-7- and 5 reps, for time of:
Muscle-up
135 pound Squat snatch

2012 CrossFit Games - CrossFit Games Summary

Highlights from the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games.

Along with Crossfit, also see videos for abs, back, biceps, chest, shoulders, and legs.

How to lift weights, lose fat, tone, sculpt and build body at gym

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Shakti

See below a variety of selected videos and online resources for Kettlebell Exercises

Fitness and Bodybuilding Workouts for Health and Fitness in India!

For health & fitness enthusiasts, professionals & businesses!

Get found easily using Health Fitness India site!

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Below watch growing number of videos and articles of mostly women and some men trainers performing Kettlebell exercises and workouts for fat loss, strength, power, cardio-vascular endurance, muscular endurance, speed and flexibility.

Ladies, don't be turned off by lifting weights because you see a girl with lots of big muscles. It's very difficult to get lots of big muscles. 

Doing weight training with a nutritious diet and proper rest will give you a healthy and fit body and you'll not look like a man! Don't be scared of weight training ladies! You'll burn fat, shape your body, have strength and feel beautiful!

"The reason the kettlebell is so great is that there’s offset center of gravity," says Laura Alton, a certified trainer, physical therapist, and Russian kettlebells certified instructor at the Cooper Fitness Center in Dallas. 

That means your body has to work harder to maintain balance. In so doing, you work many different muscle groups -- and get your heart rate up at the same time.

Hoisting the heavy metal bells not only helps strengthen your arms and pecs, but also works your core, heart, and lungs.

Riva Rahl, MD, medical director for wellness programs at the Cooper Fitness Center says "If you're doing it appropriately, the benefits are huge."

If you're thinking about trying kettlebells, you should know these three things:

1. Technique matters

2. Work with a trainer

3. Look for a smooth handle

For details, http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/kettlebells-smart-replacement-dumbbells

Swing - Lisa Shaffer - Kettlebell Basics -- scroll below for more videos

Kettlebell Tutorial: Push Press

Kettlebell Swing

Ice Chamber Kettlebell Girls teach Girl Scouts

7 year old girl, kettlebell snatch 

A quick video on benefits of kettlebell

StrongFirst SFG Kettlebell Level I Technique Standards

(Swing, TGU, Clean, Press, Squat, Snatch)

Selected Strength Training Systems -

Kettlebell Training Is Great For Young Female Athletes

This is the Beauty in Strength - Muscular Girls and Women - Health and Fitness India blog post which has several images to help motivate girls and women into fitness and also bodybuilding if they want to:

http://www.healthfitnessindia.com/profiles/blogs/beauty-in-strength-muscular-girls-women-health-fitness-india

3 Things to Know Before Trying a Kettlebell Workout by Jennipher Walters

1. Form is king.

2. It's all about momentum.

3. Go heavy or go home.

For details, http://www.shape.com/latest-news-trends/3-things-know-trying-kettlebell-workout 

Misalignment in Kettlebell Lifting 

http://worldkettlebellclub.com/misalignment-in-kettlebell-lifting/

Kettlebell Workout: DOs and DON'Ts, Common Mistakes VIDEO

http://www.healthfitnessindia.com/video/kettlebell-workout-do-and-do-not-do-common-mistakes-errors-fixes

There are 3 main events/disciplines in kettlebell sport; (i) the jerk, (ii) the long cycle clean & jerk, and (iii) the snatch. The jerk requires the athlete to clean two kettlebells to the chest once, and then jerk them overhead as many times as possible. The long cycle clean & jerk requires the athlete to clean both kettlebells prior to each jerk. The snatch, which is the only event that uses one kettlebell, is performed by swinging the kettlebell between the legs and brought up to the overhead position in one uninterrupted motion.

The athlete is only allowed to switch hands once during the time frame. Professionals compete in weight categories using 32 kg kettlebell(s) for men, and women using 24 kg kettlebell(s). Each event is tested for maximal repetitions in the ten minute time frame without setting the kettlebells down.

A judge is assigned to each athlete to ensure that only proper repetitions are counted. Because the athlete cannot set the kettlebell(s) down, efficient technique must be used to last the entire ten minutes.

http://www.kettlebellscience.com/kettlebell-history.html

Fitness - Kettlebells For Beginners - Tutorial 1

Fitness - Kettlebells For Beginners - Tutorial 2 

ICKB Girl demos Good vs. Bad form in Kettlebell Lifting

Kettlebell Pyramid Circuit Workout

Full Body Kettlebell Workout Circuit "California"

Fitness Blender's Beginner Kettlebell Workout - Kell's Kettlebells Routine for Total Body Toning

Kettlebell workouts for Fat loss

Kettlebell Beginner Workout ~ Tone It Up!

KETTLEBELL 20-Minute-CARDIO WORKOUT - FAT LOSS

20 Minute Kettlebell BootCamp Workout

Kettlebell Training For Real Women

Kettlebell Exercises, CrossFit Workout, Fit How To

Open European Kettlebell Lifting Championship 2012,

Belgorod, Russia - Women's Snatch

Kettlebell Workout for Butt and Thighs

How to Do Kettlebell Swings | Sleek/Strong With Rachel Cosgrove

Kettlebell Routine for Total Body Strength

Quick Fat Burning Kettlebell Workout

Kettlebell Practice - A Woman's Touch 

This is a combination of some of my favorite moves. Some are very powerful and others require more flexibility and balance. Diversity is the name of the game for me.

4 Ways Kettlebells Melt The Mommy Belly

KETTLE BELLS for Women - Group Demonstration

Kettlebell World Championship - Women's Division IUKL 2011

See comments below for updates!

Hi All, 

I'd like to thank Ms. Sonia Bajaj to consent for the interview with the Health and Fitness India network. Our Q&A are as follows:

Photo: Ms. Sonia Bajaj, Fitness and Nutrition Coach, giving award at MISS North India 2013. Facebook photo link

1. Why did you decide to enter the fitness industry? 

After delivering 2 boys as any other woman tried to cut down on that extra fat on my body. Tried all kinds of yo yo diets, paid a good amount of money to the so called dieticians. Kept on going through the same circle of loosing few kilos on scale, and as soon as quitted the diet, went back to square one.

Finally planned to give up all diets, started exercising and eating a balanced diet, which could be followed life long. I saw such awesome changes in my body, not only in terms of fat loss, but also in terms of strength, stamina, agility, power.

I became a happier soul, more confident. So decided that if can share my experience with all those men and women who are struggling for years to lose fat in a right way, so that it never comes back, would be a great achievement for me.

Hence totally dedicated myself to promoting health and fitness.

2. What are your specialties as a fitness professional? 

I've done my group certification with Reebok.

I've done my Personal Training certification with AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EXERCISE.

I'm certified in Pilates, Kickboxing, and Prenatal and Postnatal workouts.

I've done workshops in TRX AND BOSU workouts.

I'm a certified nutritionist by BFY MUMBAI.

People ask me WHERE ARE THE MACHINES IN YOUR GYM.

3. What's a great piece of advise that you've given to a client?

I see a lot of excellent and certified fitness coaches here in India. But what I have realized is that what we need as per the times is Fitness motivators.

We have to train the brain before training any other muscle group. People give it up very fast, everyone is looking for a short cut.

4. Can you please share any major mistakes that fitness professionals make?

My piece of advice to my clients and every one reading this is that take care of your body.

Just give 30 minutes 5 days a week to yourself.

SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN YOURSELF, FAT LOSS WILL BE THE ICING ON THE CAKE.

5. Where do you see yourself professionally in the next five and ten years from now?

Few year from now I see people following what I try to enforce today;

FAT LOSS IS NOT A ONE DAY, ONE MONTH OR ONE YEAR PROJECT,

It's a LIFESTYLE CHANGE.

Her professional and contact details:

Sonia Bajaj

www.facebook.com/sonia.bajaj.54

Photo:

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A treadmill could be good fitness equipment, giving modest approach to stay fitness with convenience and inexpensive way. Natural exercise is walk or run for individual. These are regular exercises for us.

Treadmill is a good replacement for walk or run. On rainy days treadmill is good equipment for exercise. Chances are that you know your treadmill can help you reduce weight and ensure you from the desolates of age related diseases like diabetes and heart disease. There is 3 more benefit of treadmill exercise found in recent study at duke University. A treadmill help alleviate depression.

A treadmill can help to dramatically, although temporarily, reduce symptoms of depression.

Benefit To Using Treadmill

Walking regularly on a treadmill benefit you maintain a healthful musculature body system, which includes your muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons and joints.

Modest approach to walking, on Treadmill keep your joints flexible. This is mostly important if you have arthritis. Walking on a treadmill reducing the impact on your ankle, knee and hip joints because the deck and belt cushion your strides.

Treadmill can improve your cardiovascular fitness, strengthening your heart & reducing your blood pressure.

Using Treadmill regularly can less your risk for Type 2 diabetes, degenerative arthritis, high blood pressure, depression, insomnia and breast and colon cancer.

Walking on a treadmill burning excess calories and keeping your metabolic rate up. It is totally help you to manage your weight.

Benefit of treadmill exercise other than outdoors that may keep you from exercising regularly. You do not have to worry about the bad weather . you can do exercise as per your convenient.

Several pages of photos of muscular girls and women who reflect beauty in strength!

I think that generally there's no one single look that's the ultimate best to all people at all times. For some people, a girl or woman might be a lot more muscular than they might find as beautiful, however, there can be people who will find that muscularity, strength and fitness as beautiful. 

Ladies, don't be turned off by lifting weights because you see a girl with lots of big muscles. It is generally very difficult to get lots of big muscles. 

Doing proper weight training with a nutritious diet and proper rest will give you a healthy and fit body and you'll not look like a man!

Don't be scared of weight training ladies! You'll burn fat, shape your body, have strength and feel beautiful! 

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Female Fitness and Bodybuilding workout motivation - HEARTBEAT

Female Fitness Motivation - I Believe in Fitness

Female Fitness Motivation - Girls who lift

Female Fitness Motivation The New Future

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Someone in class tenth asked me today that whether doing push ups stunts height because that's what his school teacher who has a PH.D. told him.

I told him that I would search on this and then share the same with him. 

From http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_center/staying_fit/strength_training.html

Age Guidelines

Generally, if your child is ready to participate in organized sports or activities such as baseball, soccer, or gymnastics, it is usually safe to start strength training.

A child's strength-training program shouldn't just be a scaled-down version of an adult's weight training regimen. A trainer who has experience in working with kids should design a program for your child and show your child the proper techniques, safety precautions, and how to properly use the equipment.

Kids as young as 7 or 8 years old can usually do strength-training activities (such as pushups and sit-ups) as long as they show some interest, can perform the exercises safely, and follow instructions. These exercises can help kids build a sense of balance, control, and awareness of their bodies.

Specific exercises should be learned without resistance. When proper techinique is mastered, small amounts of resistance (body weight, band, or weight) can be added. In general as kids get older and stronger, they can gradually increase the amount of resistance they use. A trained professional can help your child determine what the appropriate weight may be.

About Strength Training

Strength training is the practice of using free weights, weight machines, and rubber resistance bands, or body weight to build muscles. With resistance the muscles have to work harder to move. When the muscles work harder, they grow stronger and more efficient.

Strength training can also help fortify the ligaments and tendons that support the muscles and bones and improve bone density, which is the amount of calcium and minerals in the bone. And the benefits may go beyond physical health. Young athletes may feel better about themselves as they get stronger.

The goal of strength training is not to bulk up. It should not be confused with weight lifting, bodybuilding, and powerlifting, which are not recommended for kids and teens. In these sports, people train with very heavy weights and participate in modeling and lifting competitions. Kids and teens who do those sports can risk injuring their growing bones, muscles, and joints.

From http://www.hss.edu/conditions_strength-conditioning-kids.asp

Excerpt:

In the right environment, and with proper supervision and technique, strength training for kids has been deemed safe and effective for kids and has been approved by the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Society of Sports Medicine, and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

It is thought that strength increase in children who participate in strength training involves changes in the muscle that already exists. A muscle works by nerve firing, and strength training in children and adolescents changes the way the nerves fire, such that more muscle fibers are activated by each nerve. This increases muscle strength in children without changing the composition of the actual muscle.

Contrary to prior understanding, new studies have shown that growth plates (the areas of primary growth at the ends of longer bones) in prepubescent children are not at high risk of epiphyseal fractures when the training adheres to these guidelines. Strength and conditioning training can actually enhance bone growth; the greatest amount of bone formation occurs during childhood, and strength training can serve to create stronger bones if done correctly and in the proper setting.

Is Strength Training Effective for Kids?

Studies: Then and Now

We now have a better understanding of the neurology behind muscle hypertrophy, and strength training in general, than was common 25-30 years ago. Studies done in the 1970s and 1980s which debunked the validity of strength training were later denounced by the American Academy of Pediatrics for using inaccurate parameters and excluding important studies on natural strength gained by children. For example, in the 1970’s, researchers didn’t realize that it took six weeks for the motor units to change in number and size.

Contemporary studies have altered that approach and have determined that children as young as six years old “can improve strength when following age-specific resistance training guidelines.”

(Benjamin, Holly J. MD; Glow, Kimberly M. MD, MPH, Strength training for children and adolescents. The Physician and Sports Medicine. 2003, Sept; (31)9)

Two studies used the twitch interpolation technique to determine the effects of changes in motor unit activation on strength increases in preadolescent boys when in a proper training environment. This technique involves delivering single electrical pulses to a muscle when the subject is at rest and while the subject attempts to produce a maximum voluntary contraction. The training sessions lasted ten weeks; when it was over, they saw a gain of 9% in the boys’ elbow flexors and 12% in their knee extensors. Strength gains were due to increased neuronal activation, intrinsic muscular adaptations, and motor coordination (learning). While muscle strength increased, the size of the muscle did not.

(Ramsay JA, Blimkie CJ, Sale DF, et al.. Strength training effects in prepubescent boys. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 1990; 22(5):605-614)

Movement Intelligence

An instinctual factor in sports, called “movement intelligence”, has also been shown to increase after a course of strength and conditioning training. Movement intelligence is when all the parts of the body learn to coordinate movement together in the most effective way. With proper training, this state is achieved with no conscious thought, e.g., when a basketball player jumps up for a rebound or when a baseball player swings at a pitch. The muscles involved with these movements and responses become more inherently and instinctually conditioned to react quickly and properly, resulting in increased ability and a reduced risk of injury. Since movement intelligence is learned, and since children tend to learn quickly at an early age, it is best to teach it as early as possible.

(Ramsay JA, Blimkie CJ, Sale DF, et al.. Strength training effects in prepubescent boys. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 1990; 22(5):605-614)

Strength and conditioning training for children can be safe and effective when proper safety guidelines are met and each child’s program is designed appropriately and individually. A pre-training evaluation by a personal trainer is necessary, along with a post-training evaluation, and the child must be supervised throughout the course of the training by the trainer. Likewise, the child’s parents must take an active interest in the regimen without resorting to forceful excess. The quality of each training session should be stressed over the quantity of sessions, and when applicable, the training should be as sport-specific as possible. Most importantly, a child undergoing strength and conditioning training should never stop having fun doing it.

Hi All,

I'd like to thank Dr. Chirag Sethi, Managing Director of Classic Fitness Group www.classicfitnessgroup.com, to consent for the interview with the Health and Fitness India network. Our Q&A are as follows:

1. Why did you decide to enter the fitness industry?

Fitness was always my passion so I thought of opting my passion as my profession. Having a master's degree in sports physiotherapy helped me alot to understand the basics clearly. Seeing the ongoing trend of obesity in India I hope I could make a difference.

2. What are your specialities as a fitness professional?

I hold a master degree in sports physiotherapy, I have done various international certifications from ACE / ACSM / NCSF.

My specialities are sports conditioning, kettlebell, TRX and BOSU ball workouts for whole body conditioning.

3. What's a great piece of advise that you've given to a client?

I always believe in chosing the right amount of exercise with correct technique. If the technique is wrong and we lift heavy we will only have injuries.

Good nutrition and right exercises are a key for a healthy body.

4. Can you please share any major mistakes that fitness professionals make?

The major mistake fitness professionals do is they make all the clients do the same workout. We have to understand every client is different and their goals are different.
One form of exercise will always not benefit all clients.

5. Where do you see yourself professionally in the next five and ten years from now?

5 years from now I would like to see me educating more and more people in India and spreading my network of training academies all over India which will provide training to all the aspiring professionals.

His contact details:

director@classicfitnessgroup.com

07838009959

The Entire List of Health and Fitness Professional Interviews

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