Teacher Training! Bulgarian Sand Bag (Home Made of Course!)

Before my students arrive in the morning, I like to get a workout in. In this video I feature a home made Bulgarian sandbag, made out of a car tire inner-tube. I zip tied the ends of the tube then put duct tape around the ends to serve as handles. I do Tabata sets of 40 seconds on then 40 seconds off, for 5 minute intervals. Just swing the bag around and it is a great workout for hip mobility, core strength and forearms. In addition, this is a great exercise to loosen up stiff shoulders. This exercise is also helping me get my full range of motion back post my torn labrum and clavicle distal resectioning surgery.

Home Made Kettlebell

Kettlebells are a great tool, but they are also VERY expensive and the weight is fixed and cannot be altered. Here is my version of a home made kettlebell.

• When something works you don't need a long list of why it is good for you, here are my top three reasons for using kettlebells in my workout:

1. Full body workout

Kettlebells work out your entire body. Kettlebells are especially great for your legs and hips. You can do many different workouts with the home made kettlebell, such as the basic swing or utilizing it for dead lifts.

2. Fast Twitchin'

Kettlebells utilize explosive movements which work your fast twitch muscles. The best exercise program is one that incorporates both types of muscle fiber groups, slow and fast twitch. Building slow-twitch muscles is great for endurance, while fast twitch enables more explosive movements such as sprints, and short-fast bursts of activity, like kettlebell movements.

3. Coordination and Endurance:
Kettlebell training develops strength, coordination, endurance, and cardio capacity! Standard gym mechanisms have a standard flow and limits the range of motion. Kettlebell training gives more realistic strength building ranges of motions.

Smart Strip!

The Smart Strip Surge Protector is designed for use with computer systems, entertainment systems, and workshops. It saves up to 73% on the energy used by your household electronics and pays for itself in two months. The average computer system uses 260 watts per hour just sitting idle, while a computer with a Smart Strip in the sleep mode uses less than 25 watts. The Smart Strip prevents your peripherals from drawing an idle current when not in use; it uses zero watts when off and 1 watt when fully energized. Just plug your computer or TV into the blue CONTROL outlet. Plug your fax, cable box, or satellite receiver into the red CONSTANT HOT outlets. And plug everything else you want to save energy into the white SWITCHED outlets. An Energy Star study determined that if every home office replaced just their computer equipment with Energy Star labeled equipment, it would save 219 billion pounds of greenhouse gases. This Smart Strip has patented circuitry that monitors the current flow through through the specifically color-coded outlets and determines if a particular device is on, off, or in sleep mode. The Smart Strip will then automatically switch off everything in the white "Automatically Switched" outlets while leaving everything in the red "Constant Hot" outlets alone. Comes with a 6' heavy-duty power cord. The 7 Outlet Smart Surge Protector with energy-saving electronics measures 14" in length x 2" wide and features: 1 control outlet, 2 constant hot outlets, 1 switched transformer, and 4 total switched outlets. The 10 Outlet Smart Surge Protector with energy-saving electronics measures 14" in length x 4" wide (pictured here) and features: 1 control outlet - always hot, 3 total constant hot (1 transformer constant hot), 6 total switched outlets (3 switched transformer outlets). Choose either the 7 Outlet or 10 Outlet Smart Power Strip.