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A Fundamental Guide to Running: Nutrition, Training & Supplements
A runner's diet is critical to achieving peak performance. The needs of a runner, or any endurance athlete, differ considerably from those athletes involved in more anaerobic sports. Carbohydrates, which need to be controlled by such athletes as bodybuilders, are more of a cornerstone necessity for the runner. Carbohydrates are the fuel of the body and as such are required in adequate amounts to allow peak performance.
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How Long To See Muscle Gain? - By Chris Chew
For a hardgainer, gaining muscle weight can be very difficult without professional help, where for some gifted few, they will put on muscle very quickly and easily. So if you are trying to figure out how long does it take to gain muscles, there is simply no direct answer. However...
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The Best Fat Burning Exercises - By Julie Barros
If you are like many other people you are searching for the best fat burning exercises. But like many people you have heard many different answers to the question of which exercise is best to burn fat. Some experts will tell you the low to moderate aerobic exercises are best for burning fat while still others will say it is the high intense workouts. Then there are those that claim strength training exercises are best for burning fat.
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Lab Proven Weight Loss Workout - By Ken Kashubara
Weight loss occurs when more calories are expended than consumed. The goal of any non-sport specific weight loss workout should be burning calories. A weight-loss workout will be full of exercises that increase heart rate. The best types of exercises to do this are multi-joint exercises, like squatting and pressing movements.
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Burn Fats Fast - By Chris Chew
High Intensity Interval Training or HIIT as it is
commonly called is one of the best exercise methods for excellent fat loss and
muscle retention. Most people know that long aerobic exercises like running is
catabolic (muscle loss). That is why long distance runners are….skinny. HIIT
will burn your fats and yet not losing as much muscles as other cardio
exercises.
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Those Stubborn Abdominals - By Joni Hyde, CPT
The abdominal muscles are very stubborn. Other parts of your body, such as your legs, will reveal your training efforts and muscle tone much more quickly, since they are much less prone to storing fat. If you're like most women, your "pooch belly", as we so affectionately call it, is one part of your body that is major struggle and it's usually the last thing to go. As cruel as the truth may be, the fact remains that as women, we are designed to store fat in the abdomen.
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Why Do You Not Have Killer Abs - By Chris Chew
Ask any woman what is the most attractive part of a male body and most of the time, they will tell you it's the six pack abs meaning that your abdominal muscles showing up with beautiful definition. The abs is considered by many as a sexy muscle and is a symbol of a fit and healthy man.
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Persist With Passion - By Nancy Georges
The flavor of the month is PERSISTENCE!!!! I have come in contact with this much needed resource quite frequently in my own life in my training as well as personal life. You know what I mean. You start a new program a few weeks later you look in the mirror and things seem to look the same, and so you say to yourself, what's the use, what's the point, I may as well just quit, nothing is happening. Then you keep at it for just another week or two and miraculously major shifts happen and you forget you were even belly aching about it in the first place.
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Training Splits: Which One Is Best? - By: Jim Brewster
The split system of training, in general, has been around almost as long as bodybuilding itself. Nonetheless, most beginners train, or at least are taught to train on a full body routine three times a week, usually M-W-F. This may be ok for learning the exercises and developing an initial foundation, but it has real flaws as far as promoting muscle gains. Why?
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How To Avoid Exercise Injury For Boomers, By - Chris Chew
As over forties baby boomers get older, their susceptibility to sports injuries rise proportionately. As people age,
their body degenerate along with their age, although exercising regularly is supposed to slow down this
very degeneration process.
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Home Gym Equipment Training Routines - By Hugo Rivera
This week we will discuss how you can set up
different routines by using the minimum equipment
of a bench with a good leg extension/leg curl attachment and a pair
of adjustable dumbbells.
There are many ways that you can implement a body sculpting or
bodybuilding routine using this limited equipment. Below are a few
examples of how this could be accomplished:
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Berardi's Top Ten Tips - By John Berardi, PhD
In this installment of the "Top 10" series, it’s John Berardi’s turn to bat.
Read on as JB lays out ten lessons he’s learned during his 14 year relationship with the iron. If you want to see some jaw-dropping, holy-cow changes in your body in the next few months, then you better listen up!
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Cellulite Solution - By Joni Hyde, CPT
About 90 percent of all women
have some amount of cellulite on their thighs or buttocks. Strength training is an important element in reducing the
unsightly appearance of cellulite since it increases muscle tone and decreases
total body fat. But the way you strength train is even more important. A program
that targets fat loss in the lower body, specifically hips, thighs, abdomen and
buttocks is ideal for most women.
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Fit After 40 - By Joni Hyde, CPT
Our body is at its peak at about age 30. After this, the key components of fitness decline leading to a tendency to put on weight. Even more disturbing is what's going on behind the scenes.
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Still No Rippling 6 Packs? - By Chris Chew
Day in and day out, I am seeing people doing sit ups after sit ups, crunches
after crunches and yet after some months or even years, they still do not own
the 6 packs they have trained so hard for. Why is that so? Simple. They are
doing the exercises in the wrong form and techniques. They practiced what is
wrong until they perfected the wrong exercises.
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Train Like A Lady - By Joni Hyde, CPT
It's perfectly obvious that the ideal woman's body is very different from the ideal man's body. Also, men and women gain, store and burn fat differently and as we all know, women have a much harder time keeping fat under control than men. For many years, the fitness industry seemed not to notice these facts recommending the same routines, regardless of whether you are a male or female.
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How to Choose a Good Personal Trainer - By Hugo Rivera
Personal training is becoming a hot profession these days. As a matter of fact personal training is the fastest growing profession in the health and fitness industry! So it is a fair assumption that if you go to a gym, there will be at least one personal trainer offering his or her services. Now, if you are completely new to weight training and would feel more comfortable with hiring a trainer to guide you through the break in period, then you will be faced with the task of choosing the right trainer.
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No Time To Get In Shape - By Hugo Rivera
The biggest excuse for not getting in shape is that there is no time to workout. Think about this for a minute. How many hours do we have in one day? Unless I am wrong, I believe there are still 24 hours in one day of 60 minutes each. Granted, 8 of them we spend sleeping (or at least we should). Therefore, we end up with 16 hours left. Do you know what that means?
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Shape Up For Summer By - Warren Hopper
As we scrape ice off of our windshields in many parts of the country, it is hard to imagine that summer is just around the corner. Soon enough however, it will be beach season, and time to be in shape!
When it comes to weight loss, too many people wait until the last minute before starting to diet. How many times have we all heard in the gym "I need to lose 20 pounds, because I am going to the beach in a month"?
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How to Own an Attractive Flat Belly and Slim Wasteline - By Chris Chew
As we age, our metabolism starts to slow down and we start to gain fat in all
the wrong places. Most people will accumulate body fat around the belly and
others have love handles. To make matters worse, it is known that the older we
get, the more sedentary our lifestyle will be. This will be translated into
less fat getting burnt off and more fat being acccumulated.
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To Build Biceps, You Must Build Triceps - By Chris Chew
In every gym that you go to, you will see people pumping their biceps.
Biceps along with the pecs and abs are sometimes called vanity muscles because
they are the most visible and therefore commands the most respect. Invariably,
when you ask someone to show you his muscles, he will probably flex his biceps.
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Gain Confidence When You Lose Weight - By Chris Chew
How do I lose 5 kg or 30 kg? How do I gain some muscles and tone up sexily? It is simple. Yes, you heard it right, it is simple. All it requires is your commitment and discipline on your part. Do I hear you say "Yes" to that? If so, here goes.
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The Ultimate 20-Rep Squat Routine - By Jim Brewster
The 20 rep Squat is without a doubt one of, if not the most demanding exercises you can do. You will definitely know what pain is all about after just one set of these! It also is not all that common of an exercise anymore. Why? Who knows. Maybe it's just to tough.
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Ten Muscle Building & Fat Burning Tips - By Hugo Rivera
I am frequently asked what are some bodybuilding tips that I can share in order to accelerate musclebuilding and fat loss. As a result, I decided to put this small article with a few tips that bodybuilders from all levels can use to build muscle and lose fat
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