Posts tagged: Lower back

All Abdominal Exercises are Not Created Equal

The fitness industry is replete with exercise devices designed to enhance fitness or sculpt the body. They are marketed to the unsuspecting and often gullible consumer, promising quick fixes and effortless results

Saturday March 7th, 2009 in , , , , | 1 Comment »

Lower Body Stretches

You should stretch both before and after your workout and make sure your muscles are warm (i.e., stretch after you warm up). Following are some common stretches for your lower body including your quads, hamstrings, glutes, calves and hips.

Saturday February 28th, 2009 in , , , , | No Comments »

Benefits of Flexibility Training

Flexibility is a joint’s ability to move through a full range of motion. Flexibility training (stretching) helps balance muscle groups that might be overused during exercise or physical activity or as a result of bad posture.

Friday February 27th, 2009 in , , , , | 1 Comment »

Tennis fitness

Tennis is a brilliant game and for a number of surprising reasons. For starters, it’s enormous fun. Secondly you can do it with friends and enjoy a bit of catch-up all at the same time and thirdly, it can help you build a rock-hard body, toned legs and firm arms.

Tuesday March 13th, 2007 in , , , , , | No Comments »

A mans workout

Studies have also shown that men are one step ahead of women when it comes to sticking with a diet or exercise program. Why? Because once they decide to shed fat and gain muscle, they do it.

Tuesday March 13th, 2007 in , , , , | No Comments »