Posts tagged: Strength

Pilates vs. Yoga

When people speak of the physical benefits of exercise, they tend to focus on the three S’s: strength, stamina and slimming. With this in mind, their training programs usually consist of weight lifting to build muscle.

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The Power of Pilates

An estimated 6 million people across the country are now strengthening their bodies and minds, and losing weight, with the help of pilates exercises, the fastest growing fitness trend in decades.

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30 minute fitness workout

People get bogged down with the detail,After a break from training, effective fitness regimes are best kept simple – do it regularly, work your major muscle groups (legs, back and chest) and push yourself.

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Strength Training Is For Every Body

Why all the sudden fuss about strength training? It’s really quite simple. Fitness experts have finally realized that there’s more to being “fit” than just cardiovascular strength. Muscle strength is an equally important component to overall health and fitness.

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Lift Weights To Lose Fat

Most people believe that if your goal is fat loss, you should start with aerobic workouts and lose the body fat first before adding weight training

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Real Muscle – Real Fast

Adding muscle seems to be a mystery to most, yet if you pick up a copy of any fitness or bodybuilding magazine and you’ll almost always see a headline like this: “Gain 15 Pounds of Muscle in 6 Weeks.”

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Four Keys to Successful Bodybuilding

As long as you have the desire to physically develop your body — that’s half the battle! How you feel about yourself is extremely important. Ask yourself how much bigger you’d like to be, then go after that goal! DO NOT let anything get in your way

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The Functional Training Craze

In the past few years I’ve seen a huge transition in the fitness industry. More and more people are using functional training, and some argue it’s the only way to train.

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How to spot a fitness scam

Washboard abs in just 5 minutes a day, Exciting new development, Research proven. How many times have you heard this? Yet, ads and infomercials can be so seductive, you really want to believe the wild claims.

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Which Pilates is Which

While Pilates was undoubtedly a man ahead of his time, the science of exercise has evolved throughout subsequent decades