Grip strength is not a topic that particularly interests me, therefore I’ve never filmed any videos on grip strength, and I have no plans to ever film videos on that topic. But I received a question today asking for suggestions on who has the best YouTube videos about grip strength. That’s an easy question to answer: Zach Even-Esh.

Zach runs a cool YouTube channel dedicated to old-school training using lots of different hardcore gear such as tires, stones, ropes, chains, etc. Looks like an extremely fun way to train. Unfortunately, there aren’t any gyms like that in Vancouver, but if you live near Edison, NJ, and are looking for hardcore workouts, I highly recommend you check out Zach’s Underground Strength Gym.

Back to the topic at hand, the best grip strength videos on YouTube. As I mentioned, you’ll find those videos by visiting Zach’s channel, but here are couple to get you started:

I just discovered an extremely cool company in Toronto called Fetching that offers fitness boot camps that you do with your dog.

Fetching runs exercise programs you do with your dog, bringing you closer together and improving your fitness at the same time. Working out is always more fun with a furry friend next to you, especially when he gives you encouraging tail wags and a sloppy kiss when it’s all over.

There are lots of different types of boot camp workouts: bodyweight workouts, circuit training workouts, interval training workouts, challenge workouts, partner workouts, etc. Countless ways to have fun and effective boot camp workouts. But one particular component must be present for a workout to be considered a boot camp workout: it must take place outdoors. There’s no such thing as an indoor boot camp workout.

Fitness boot camp workouts are popular because people love getting outdoors and working out in the fresh air rather than exercising at a stuffy gym or health club where you’re stuck breathing in other people’s B.O. and using machines that haven’t been properly wiped up and are still covered in the previous user’s sweat. Yuck. No thanks, I’ll take outdoor boot camp workouts please.

But many gyms realize that boot camp programs are wildly popular, and therefore they promote their own facility as running boot camp workouts indoors at their health club. Bullshit. That’s not a boot camp workout. That’s just a generic group exercise class incorrectly marketed as boot camp in order to deviously try to capitalize on the tremendous popularity of fitness boot camps. Don’t be fooled.

One of the all-time biggest myths about exercise is that the best time of the day to workout is first thing in the morning before you’ve eaten breakfast. Bullshit. There’s precisely zero scientific evidence to suggest that working out first thing in the morning on an empty stomach is the best way to burn fat.

Your body’s fat burning system doesn’t run on some kind of wacky schedule based on the time that you wake-up, or how long you’re awake, etc. Your body’s fat burning system runs on a 24/7 schedule, so the time of day that you workout is irrelevant.

Fat burning is based on a simple equation of calories in vs. calories out, on a 24/7 schedule. Over the course of days and weeks, if you burn more calories that you consume, you will burn fat and lose weight.

So don’t worry about what time of the day to workout for best results. It doesn’t matter. The best time of the day to workout is the time of day that’s most convenient for you, and/or the time of day that you enjoy working out the most.

I used to run an outdoor boot camp program in Vancouver (that I ran for several years), and through trial and error I learned exactly what is the best exercise (and worst) equipment for boot camp workouts.

First, the equipment that doesn’t belong in boot camp workouts is anything that’s too big and/or unwieldy to be easily taken to and from an outdoor workout location. This includes dumbbells, kettlebells, and medicine balls.

The best boot camp equipment is ultra-portable, and highly versatile. This includes resistance bands and suspension gyms. Those are the only two types of exercise equipment (besides mats) that I used at every single boot camp workout I ran.

Besides “bands and straps”, the only other two pieces of exercise equipment I recommend for the best boot camp workouts are a jump rope and of course an exercise mat.

With resistance bands, a suspension gym, a jump rope, and an exercise mat, you’ll be all set to perform intense total-body boot camp workouts that are not only effective, but also lots of fun.

Rush Boot Camp offers boot camp workouts designed to be performed at home or outdoors with minimal equipment. Rush Boot Camp workouts are short total-body routines that focus on compound exercises performed in circuit training and/or interval training formats for maximum time-efficiency. If you’re sick of traditional boring gym routines, consider taking your fitness to the next level while having a blast performing challenging and exhilarating Rush Boot Camp workouts.