One of our favorite personal trainers-slash-philosophers, Chip Conrad of Body Tribe Fitness in midtown Sacramento, has released a DVD called "Strength Rituals."
As Chip says, "There is no magic in a single tool, a single program or a single principle. The Bodytribe template is license for creativity, allowing you to escape dogmas by embracing and manipulating the many malleable factors that we can use to forge our strength."
What that means is plenty of old-school workouts featuring pull-ups, push-ups, dumb bells, bar bells and your own body weight. Plus, Chip and crew were using kettlebells, leverage clubs and sandbags as fitness tenchniques before they became trendy. The video contains four complete workouts and promises you'll never have to use a weight machine again.
You may recall Chip as the "model" The Bee used is a recent Health & Fitness section story on the pleasures and sorrows of the humble push-up. Read the stories here and here.
To order "Strength Rituals" ($55), go to Body Tribe at 920 21st Street in Sacramento, or click here.
