The ideal frequency, number of sets and number of repetitions will depend on your fitness goals. The best strategy will vary based on whether you are seeking to put on muscle fast or to tone and streamline your body, build endurance and lose weight. Frequency Research indicates that training approximately three times a week, or […]
Setting Goals for Strength Training
After aerobic exercise, strength training is the most important aspect of physical fitness. By maintaining and increasing muscular strength and endurance, adults can expend more energy and accomplish more tasks at any age with less fatigue. All adults of both genders can benefit from strength training but women and older adults especially do. The proper […]
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Stop Wasting Time in the Gym
For some, a gym is like a candy store, it’s full of lots of fun, interesting workout equipment that helps keep a workout from becoming boring. For others, however, a gym can be a deterrent to a good workout. It’s information overload. You don’t know where to start or how to proceed once you do […]
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The Eat Clean Diet Workout
Building a dream body requires not only diet, but exercise. Her workout, aimed at women, focuses on toning and shaping muscles with weight training. The Eat-Clean Diet Workout is a step-by-step guide packed with full-color pictures, and includes a 30 minute DVD. The Eat Clean Philosophy According to Reno, no matter your age or fitness […]
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Strength Training Safety is a Priority
Johnson apparently was racking his last rep when the bar slipped form his right hand and fell onto his throat, crushing his neck and larynx, news reports said. He was taken to the hospital and operated on, and is expected to recover, but he’s unlikely to play again this year. “It hit him with a […]
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Strength Training for Kids
Opponents said pre-pubescent children with flexible, growing bones shouldn’t strength train because of the risk of injury, both short- and long-term. Concerns included damaging soft tissue, like ligaments and tendons, stressing “green” bones and accidents due to lack of maturity. Times Have Changed But, as youth sports become both more structured and more competitive, parents […]
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How Lifting Weights Can Help You Lose Body Fat
With New Years now underway may people are hard at work trying to accomplish their goal of weight loss. Luckily, more individuals are also realizing that strength training can be one of the best methods for losing weight out there. Why is this so? Here are the top 5 reasons. It Increases Your Metabolic Rate […]
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Benefits of Vinyasa Yoga
Vinyasa “Flow” yoga is the act of connecting various yoga poses together to form a continuous stream of motion that stresses the link between postures and breathing (and therefore the body with the mind). Unlike some forms of yoga, Vinyasa leaves room for variety—how it is implemented depends on the style of the teacher. The […]
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Developing a Powerful Back
The back is a myriad of different muscles including the lattisimus dorsi, the rear deltoids and scapula, spinal erectors, trapezius, rhomboids, and a complex array of other muscles. The effectiveness of any exercise is consistency, intensity, duration, proper range of motion and most importantly your body type’s specific needs. Try these two low back spinal […]
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Does Muscle Really Burn Fat?
It wasn’t too long ago that exercise programs seemed to emphasize cardio workouts more than any other type of exercise. By doing aerobics several times a week, people were told, they could lose or maintain weight and remain healthy. Today, though, it seems that exercise programs have undergone a paradigm shift. The emphasis now seems […]
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Get Strong Anterior Delts With These Exercises
The anterior deltoid muscle is one in which you should focus on developing as it is responsible for a wide range of shoulder movements, including keeping the shoulder girdle strong to prevent shoulder injuries. Shoulder injuries are a common occurrence, especially among athletes so preventing this is going to be well worth your time and […]
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Benefits of Strength Training
With the multi-million dollar industry associated with weight loss, you’re sure to have heard about weight lifting and how it can help you lose weight. You may have heard a lot of hype about strength training and its many benefits, but you’re unsure of what those benefits are or how they’ll improve your quality of […]
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Exercise Tips to Prevent Recurring Patellar Tendinitis
Anyone who has experienced knee pain knows that it can really put a dent in the progression of a regular exercise program, and if left unchecked, may result in more serious injury. One particular knee injury that seems to affect exercisers who do a lot of running or jumping is patellar tendinitis, which is characterized […]
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Build Core Muscles While Brushing Teeth
Finding the time to properly work out is not always possible, but there are some simple exercises that can be done while accomplishing the daily routine. These exercises can help to strengthen muscles on those days when a full workout has to be put on the back burner. Core Strength Building While Brushing Teeth Building […]
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3 Common Myths in Women’s Fitness
There are three prevailing fitness misconceptions that are often the roadblocks to women achieving their fitness goals. First is the belief that intense training of the muscles can bulk a woman up, making her look masculine. Secondly, is the belief that those flimsy “trim-and-tone” exercises and light cardio are enough to get one in good […]
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The Difference Between Fast And Slow Twitch Muscle Fibres
When performing a strength training routine there are some things you should know about the different muscle fibre types. Since each muscle fibre type has various properties it is important to understand which ones you are using when you train. This allows you to make the most out of your workouts. Muscle Fibre Type 1 […]
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The Correct Strength Training Methods
If you are looking to build muscle then one of the most important things you are going to have to do with your workout routine is provide an overloading stimulus. The reason why an overloading stimulus is so important for building muscle tissue is because in order for your muscles to get stronger, they have […]
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Peptides In Bodybuilding
Peptides are referred to a family of substances whose molecules are built from the remnants of α-amino acids, connected in a chain by peptide bonds. Speaking of the peptides, it is necessary to represent natural or synthetic compounds consisting of hundreds and thousands of monomeric units – amino acids. This class of drugs is very […]
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Romanian Deadlift Variants for Hamstring Flexibility and Strength
According to weightlifting lore, the Romanian deadlift was named when American powerlifters spotted Nicu Vlad, a champion Romanian weightlifter, performing the exercise prior to winning an Olympic medal. The movement deals primarily with hip extension, and is one of the best known and most effective exercises for the hamstrings and glutes, increasing strength and flexibility. […]
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5x5 Training For Size and Strength
5×5 training has been in around in various forms for the best part of a century. It allows for trainees to progress in both size and strength at the same time. It can also be adapted to cater for those of all levels of training experience from the weight-training novice all the way up to […]
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Insulin After Steroids Cycle
It is not a secret that insulin for sale is popular and relevant in the world of bodybuilding, so its use is due to a real effect by increasing athlete’s muscle mass. The drug is used in the form of a regular cycle and can be placed either as separate injections or combined with steroids […]
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Prohormones
Because steroids are illegal in the United States, people in the bodybuilding world are always looking for ways to get similar results without the legalities involved. That is how the popularity of prohormones was born. They are considered dietary supplements. After they started gaining popularity, however, the purchase of prohormones has become illegal in the […]