General Training Equipment Resources
A wide range of fitness and training tools.
Pretty much anything for any kind of training.
Aerobic Training
Effective tool for strengthening the diaphragm.
If you want a heart monitor, it's here.
Most reasonable and efficient of the "endless" pools.
Functional Strength Training
"Basic training" for strength, speed, and coordination. Kettlebell juggling anyone?
This site is all about getting strong with an emphasis on hand strength.
Excellent books and videos on kettlebells, weight training, martial arts, and tai chi.
Dogmatic, hyperbolic, and bombastic as he is, Matt Furey has some great bodyweight strength training info.
Old time strong man training.
Gymnastic rings for strength training.
A strap and handle training system that you can use to get stronger and more flexible anywhere.
Get strong hands, for sure.
Info on the strong men of the past. If you think modern training along with all the fancy equipment is superior to the past, check out Arthur Saxon's one hand 350 pound bent press!
If you want to be as strong as possible at the lightest weight, this is the info you want!
Old-style strongman training.
Flexibility Tools
Excellent books, charts, and study guides for stretching.
Excellent stretching tools and booklets that help you deepen your stretching practice.
These are THE mats! Excellent, too, for calisthenics and weight training lifts that start from the floor (i.e. turkish get up).
Neuromuscular/BodyMind Training
If you want a balance challenge, this is it!
Training on a fit (Swiss) ball teaches you how to use your body as a whole. A whole strength, stretching, and coordination program can be built around a fit ball.
Let out the graceful, playful, and powerful animal that's inside you.
Walking a slackline suspended just off the ground is incredibly addictive FUN!
Meditative, challenging, and fun.
Enough said.
Energetic Training
Great starting point for learning tai chi and chi gong.
He literally wrote THE book on chi gong and has some great videos, to