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1). Powerlifting, The Ugly Sister Of Weightlifting
One obvious difference between weightlifting and powerlifting is the fact that weightlifting is an Olympic sport while powerlifting is still fighting it out to enter the Olympics.
Article tags: powerlifting, squat, bench press, deadlift, weightlifting, weights, strength, barbell, competition
2). Three Parts to a Successful Workout
There is more to exercise than jumping on a treadmill, lifting weights or playing basketball. To avoid injury and maximize gains, a warm up, stimulus (or conditioning) and cool down must be included in your routine.
Warm ups are needed to move your body from a resting to an exercise state. A good warm up gets you ready for exercise by increasing: blood flow to your muscles, body temperature and metabolic rate.
Article tags: health, fitness, exercise, workout, strength, coditioning, warm, up, cool, down, warmup, cooldown, stretch, sports, phase, heart, rate
3). How Does Alcohol Affect Exercise?
It’s finally Friday and you just got off work. Now you’re thinking about going out later and having a few drinks with your friends and relaxing. After all, you worked hard all week and you certainly deserve a little enjoyment and fun now that the weekend’s here so there’s nothing wrong with going out and having a few drinks with your friends, right?.
Article tags: exercise, muscle, strength
4). Tae Kwon Do is Excellent Exercise for Young and Old
Tae Kwon Do is Korean Karate. It means The Way of the Hand and Foot (punching and kicking). There are basically four sections to the art: Toning, Sparring, Forms and Self Defense.
Article tags: fitness, exercise, muscle, strength, calories, metabolism, aerobic, anaerobic, outdoor, weight loss
5). Life's Prayer
After I died the first time it seemed logical to stop and contemplate our status on this planet. We were 3000 miles from home when my heart gave up and over 50% of it died and scarred over, in other words could not pump ever again. For a Type "A" person it was time to take another look at myself and where my life was taking me. An engineer by trade and poetry was never in my mind.
Article tags: life, listen, courage, spirit, strength
6). What in the World Is BOSU?
You may have seen them in the gym: half of a large rubber ball that’s flat on one side. They’re often blue in color and look like a gigantic outtie belly button. “What are those things?” you wonder. Well they’re BOSU balls (or balance trainers). It’s the latest rave to hit fitness centers across America.
Article tags: fitness, exercise, muscle, strength, calories, metabolism, aerobic, anaerobic, outdoor, weight loss
7). Benefits of Strength Training
The benefits of a good strength training program are almost endless. Less disease, happiness and most importantly, showing off your muscles at the beach.
Strength training should be part of everyone's routine. Even if you are low on time, strength training, according to the ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine), only needs to be done 2-3 times per week with each session lasting no more than one hour.
Article tags: muscle, mass, building, strength, training, exercise, benefits, risk, bone, density, lower, back, pain, acsm
8). Learning About Body Core Conditioning
You rely on your body to get get out of bed, to lift your children, to perform your job and to take you places everyday. If you appreciate what your body does for you, you will provide it with nutritious food, hydrate with water and be sure to add some activity into your day.
Article tags: fitness, exercise, muscle, strength, calories, metabolism, aerobic, anaerobic, outdoor, weight loss
9). 5 Proven Ways To Lose More Fat In Less Time
If you're looking to lose some unwanted body fat, this article will show you 5 simple, proven ways to shed more fat in less time.
Article tags: fitness, exercise, muscle, strength, calories, metabolism, aerobic, anaerobic, outdoor, weight loss
10). Reduce Stress with Exercise
We have heard it so many times before that there are many benefits to exercise especially when used to lower stress. If everyone knows that exercise is important then why is stress, disease, and fatigue so prevalent in today's society? The answer is simple. We know what to do we just aren't doing it.
Article tags: fitness, exercise, muscle, strength, calories, metabolism, aerobic, anaerobic, outdoor, weight loss
11). Train for Muscular Strength, Not for Muscular Size
Train Muscular Strength, Muscular Power and Muscular Endurance for Functional Strength Performance... Not Muscular Size for "Appearance".
Article tags: muscular strength, strength training, physical training, fitness, strength, muscular size
12). RPG games for beginners
For the ones of you that don’t know RPG stands for Role Playing Game, and is one of the most played type of game nowadays.
You are the main hero, and you interact with other characters also called NPC-s ( or Non Playable Characters if you’re playing single player). They will give you quests to do, and you have to do them, in order to get experience and advance to higher levels.
Article tags: rpg games, tutorials, learn, experience, strength, life, mana
13). Why Women Should Strength Train
Women can and do benefit from regular weight training. The author explains why in addition to dispelling some old myths pertaining to women and weight training.
Article tags: women, benefits, weight, strength, training, muscle, myths
14). A Walk to Your Health
You can reap some benefits of exercise without joining a gym or running for miles a day. Not to say that doing so is a bad idea but altering your lifestyle to include more activity with your daily tasks offers you convenience and can help you reach the recommended amount of physical activity each day.
A few years ago, the Surgeon General released a report about the obesity epidemic facing this country.
Article tags: exercise, weight, training, strength, strong, muscle, running, cardio, cardiovascular, biking, swimming, activities, burn, calorie, healthy, lifestyle
15). How to Develop, Analyze and Evaluate Your Physical Training Program
These 10 guidelines will keep your physical training program on track and the physical improvements coming that will allow you to meet the challenges of sport, work and life with excellence.
Article tags: physical training, physical training program, workouts, exercise, strength, fitness, conditioning