Fitness

Overview A fishing lure known as a jig is relatively easy to make with scrap lead and simple tools. Basically, molten lead is poured around a fishhook in a special mold that casts the lead in a specific shape, such…
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You don’t have to dance ballet to enjoy the benefits of ballet stretching exercises, which are great all-around stretching exercises for the entire body. Ballet and ballet stretches help improve posture, grace and fluid movements for some, and help those…
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Thighs are often a tough area to tone, especially for women, because fat seems to gather on the upper legs. You can perform a number of targeted exercises at home to shape and tone your thighs, typically working your glutes…
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The muscles of the chest, abs and arms help in maintaining good posture. Training these muscles is important your overall fitness. Training your muscles using compound movements that activate several muscle groups is an effective way to train your abs…
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When it comes to playing golf, the expression, “drive for show, putt for dough,” is as meaningful today as it was the day it was coined. Overhitting conceivably causes more golf swing errors and inflated scores than any single mechanical…
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Overview For anyone who plays the position of pitcher in baseball, one of the key elements for success is stamina. Whether you are a situational relief pitcher or a starter who needs to be able to work deep into a…
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The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommends exercising three times per week. Working out more often may be beneficial if you are looking to lose weight or are very serious about your training, but for the majority of the…
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Japanese martial arts traditions have, in some cases, been passed down from family to family, from teacher to student, over dozens of generations and hundreds of years. Japanese martial arts emphasize the union of one’s physical, mental and spiritual aspects,…
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You don’t have to be a competitive bodybuilder to want to gain muscle mass. Few would argue that the best way to achieve this goal is by performing resistance exercise; however, there are many factors you should consider when designing…
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Shooting a basketball is a simple act, but even professional basketball players spend years trying to perfect the technique. Proper shooting form requires specific body positioning, from your feet to your head, focusing your momentum and power toward the hoop….
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Whether you are playing a casual kids’ softball game in your backyard or on the school playground, or participating in an official league team, you’ll want to follow the rules to make sure everyone has fun. The rules are different…
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Back flab can cause your self esteem to take a hit, especially in the summer time when you take your first dip into a pool. If you want to get rid of this posterior fat, you need to create an…
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Overview The backcountry entices advanced skiers with the promise of untracked powder, solitude and freedom. Although the “great white open” is tempting, it is potentially dangerous and exhausting. Powder-skiing skills, strength and aerobic endurance, knowledge of safety measures and proper…
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Overview Resistance machines can be used by any type of individual, from a beginner to an elite athlete. These types of fitness instruments have three major advantages. Machines create a safe platform for resisted movements. Machines adjust to the biomechanics…
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Overview During baseball’s early years, its batters went from swinging sticks to whittling their own bats to buying one from somebody who knew how to make bed posts. Then, in 1884, Hillerich & Sons, a company in Kentucky that made…
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When you have fat in one area, such as the hips, the only way to truly get rid of it is to lose weight throughout your entire body. That being said, you can perform exercises to build muscle and tone…
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Overview When watching a pro hockey game, you often see numerous sticks break. However, more often than not, they are the same types of sticks that continue to snap like twigs. Some types of sticks are more durable than others,…
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Basketball was designed to be played five-on-five, but sometimes you just can’t get enough people to field two whole teams. There are a whole host of basketball games that can be played with only a handful of players, all of…
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The Bosu ball or Bosu trainer introduces an element of instability to already challenging core exercises. Many of the exercises can be done with the trainer laid flat-side down, with the dome up. You can also do both versions of…
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When training the abdominal muscle group, there are three distinct areas that must be targeted: the upper abdominal group, the lower abdominal group and the obliques, or sides of the abdominal group. By exercising each area separately, with area specific…
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The ability to jump high and far comes in handy with sports like football and basketball. If you are a participant of these sports, or if you just simply want to improve your hops, you can do so by performing…
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Medicine-ball exercises have become integral in preparation for many sports, including baseball. Speed and power development are just a couple of the areas improved with medicine-ball training. Pitchers depend on shoulder and arm strength and power to deliver fastballs. Outfielders…
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Overview Burn more calories, increase your cardiovascular fitness and build muscle in a circuit-training workout that keeps you moving. Circuit training takes traditional strength-training exercises and stacks them back-to-back with minimal rest. This method results in similar post-exercise oxygen consumption–and…
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Stott Pilates was designed by former City Ballet of Toronto dancer Moira Stott Merrithew, according to PilatesInsight.com. Following a neck injury, Merrithew developed a Pilates-themed approach that she termed Stott Pilates. The Pilates system is based around five basic principles…
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Adding medicine-ball training to an exercise program for children and adolescents is a safe, fun and effective way to improve their fitness levels. Medicine balls can be used to improve many components of physical fitness, including muscular strength, muscular endurance,…
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The shape of the human body is predominately determined by genetics. However, the most noticeable buttocks muscle, scientifically known as the gluteus maximus, is one of the largest of all of the skeletal muscles in the body. The buttocks comprises…
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When it comes to training your chest, you can use machine resistance, body-weight resistance or free-weight resistance. Using free weights, such as barbells and dumbbells, causes you to engage stabilizing muscles to balance the weights. This can lead to maximal…
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The triceps are the muscles that extend along the back of the upper arms. Targeted strength training and regular cardiovascular exercise can help you burn the fat in the area and tone the triceps muscles. Although some pieces of equipment…
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If you want to improve your strength and sports performance–or are more interested in aesthetics–there are exercises out there to help you get the muscles in your butt stronger. The gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus are the major…
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When you have spindly legs, it may not be as big of a concern as a fat belly, but it can still cause low self-esteem. If you want to bulk up your thighs and butt, you need to do a…
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