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    [Article] Achieve Muscle Fitness

    Muscle fitness means having muscles which can lift heavy objects(increased strength) muscles that can work longer before becoming exhausted(endurance). Muscle fitness comes with benefits day to day tasks become easier such as ; being able to carry heavy grocery bags with becoming tired so...
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    [Article] Compound excercises

    Compound exercises are exercises that target and workout a complete group of muscles rather than just working out a single muscle by itself .Doing compound excercises saves you time in the gym and they also stimulat a huge amount of muscle fibres. One example of a compound excercise is a sqat. A...
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    [Article] Bodybuilding Terminology

    Pronation: You pronate your hand when you turn the palm down. Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF): PNF techniques are used to improve strength and flexibility. The technique attempts to use reflexes initiated by muscle and joint receptors to cause greater training effects. The most...
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    [Article] Bodybuilding Terminology

    Abduction: Movement of the straight legs, accomplished by contraction of the leg abductor muscles (the sarorius, primarily), from a fully abducted position back to one in which the legs are again pressed together. Advanced Trainee: An individual with at least one year of steady, systematic...
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    [Article] Bodybuilding Terminology

    Aerobics A low-intensity, sustained activity that relies on oxygen for energy. Aerobic activity builds endurance, burns fat and conditions the cardiovascular system. To attain an aerobic effect you must increase your heart rate to 60-80 percent of your maximum heart rate, and maintain that for...
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    List of exercises

    Abs ........................................Abdominal Crunch,Floor Abs ........................................Abdominal Crunch,Machine Abs(upper,obliques) ...................Sit-Up Abs(upper) ...............................Bent-Knee Sit-Up Abs(upper)...
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    Bodyweight Workouts: The No-Equipment Method for Fitness

    Bodyweight Workouts: The No Equipment Method for Fitness No gym,? No equipment?, No Money ? No Worries!!!. You are equipped with everything you need for a fitness program. While Bodyweight workouts are commonly referred to as a poor mans fitness program, which is not the case, many people from...
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    How to Find a Good Trainer

    How to Find a Good Trainer How to find a good personal trainer , what are some of the things that you should expect from a personal trainer , how to make the most of your experience with a personal trainer. They are some of the questions people ask when they are thinking about getting a...
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    How to Get Bruce Lee Like Strength Without Ever Going to a Gym

    Bruce Lee was a paragon of cool and an icon of the ultimate bad-ass. Not only were his martial arts skills incredible, but he had such an impressive physique that even bodybuilders in the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger admired him. What’s more impressive is that Bruce trained his body without...
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    7 Fail-proof Ways to Rev Up Your Fat Burning and Get Lean

    7 Fail-proof Ways to Rev Up Your Fat Burning and Get Lean If you’re like me, you can eat healthy much of the time, exercise a lot, and still find your fat-burning efforts at a plateau. It seems easier to lose the first 30 pounds than the last bit of fat around your middle. And if you’re like...
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    Whats a good rule/indication that im lifting the right weight?

    you will always have one bigger then the other its just the way the body works, in time they will both grow together
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    [Article] Hardgainers FAQ

    3.7 Exercise X is gaining like a demon, but exercise Y has stopped. Should I stop my cycle? -------------------------------------------------------------------- No. If one exercise is gaining a lot, and another is not, then stay with the cycle. Try to add 1lb to...
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    [Article] Hardgainers FAQ

    2.5 What does an example Hardgainer workout look like? ------------------------------------------------------- The 'classic' hardgainer workout is a full-body workout done at most twice a week, and in some cases once every 4-5 days. The routine might look something like this...
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    [Article] Hardgainers FAQ

    (1) Hardgainers --------------- 1.1 What is a "hardgainer"? 1.2 Am I a hardgainer? 1.3 What is overtraining / How do I know if I am overtraining? 1.4 What kind of results/gains can a Hardgainer expect? 1.5 What costs are involved? (2) The Hardgainer Method of training...
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    3 fruits and veggies a day

    2-3 servings of fruit and 4-6 servings of veggies. Fruit is the best natural source of complex carbohydrates
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    Oats?

    Fiber supplement, grape nuts, fiber cereal, high fiber veggies/fruits, etc.
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    Oats?

    They are a great source of complex carbs. They have lots of fiber, a bit of protien, and they are extra calories too 1 cup = 300 calories. Also they are just all around healthy
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    Before You Diet

    Many popular weight loss programs include substantial information about nutrition, food, and meal plans - but fail to address aspects of lifestyle. Without addressing these issues before changing your diet - even the very best program can fail. 1. What are your current eating habits ? Do you...
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    Importance of Water

    It's so simple, yet so often ignored. Water. The stuff of life. About 70% of the earth is covered in it, the same as the amount found in your body. Water is needed for every single metabolic process, including protein synthesis. So if your training intensity is high, one of the simplest things...
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    Nutritionally empty foods

    My #1 rule when it comes to nutrition is try to eat "whole" foods, and avoid nutritionally "empty" foods. Nutritionally empty foods are those that have had most of their nutrients processed away, and contain only carbs, sugars, fats, or even protein . A couple of examples would be useful...
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