Fitness

Working at a desk or table creates a shoulders-hunched-in, chin-jutting-out posture that is anything but ergonomically correct. Although posture exercises can’t completely undo the damage of poor workplace mechanics–or ignoring your mother’s advice to sit up straight–they strengthen the muscles…
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The importance of strengthening the neck is well-known to contact sport athletes, such as football players, wrestlers and boxers. These athletes will receive incredible numbers of high-speed impacts to their head, with only the strength of their neck to prevent…
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Strength training stresses your muscles so they can grow larger and stronger. Nutrition plays an important role in recovery by giving your body the materials in needs for energy and growth. Even when you are eating all the right foods…
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Overview Watch your fitness level improve in two weeks by performing cardiovascular and muscular strength and endurance exercises. Adhering to a healthy diet and practicing your exercises every day will definitely increase your stamina and strength. Be sure to take…
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Bodybuilders want to enlarge their muscles as much as possible. According to a 2007 article in Sports Medicine, this requires weight training 2 to 3 times per week for each muscle group with single- or multi-joint exercises. Bodybuilders can do…
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Gym balls are training tools made out of durable rubber material. They get inflated to diameters of 55 to 85 cm, and can be used in a number of applications. When it comes to training the abs, multiple exercises can…
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You don’t see fancy fad exercises for building the pectorals or lats, but there are plenty of gizmos for toning the abs. It seems like every week there’s a new advertisement for a strange device that will flatten your stomach…
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The benefits of strength training are numerous and well known. For women in particular, strength training can bring about important physical and psychological benefits. If you are a woman who is not currently engaging in a strength training program, there…
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“Pecs” is a common abbreviation for the major muscles of your chest—the pectoralis major and minor. Men often want to build their pecs for a muscular appearance. According to the website “Get Body Smart,” however, these muscles also have many…
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Hand weights, or dumbbells, provide you with a versatile workout option. They can be used almost anywhere and can be easy to travel with. Hand weights also help you achieve your workout goals by providing the overload necessary to build…
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Adequate strength in the butt muscles is necessary to successfully perform many athletic movements and daily living activities. The butt consists of three different muscles: the gluteus maximum, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. They work to extend our hips, commonly…
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Your spine is made up of five vertebral sections: your cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine plus your sacrum and coccyx. Your lumbar vertebrae make up your lower back and are, according to Mel Cash in his book “Sport & Remedial…
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1. Maintain a Clean Energy System Kundalini is an ancient practice that combines yoga moves–similar to those seen in Hatha yoga–with meditation practices for the purpose of spiritual growth. It is said that Kundalini syndrome can occur in a person…
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Combine muscle toning exercises with intense cardiovascular interval training to flatten your tummy fast. No amount of crunches will burn belly fat. You will need exercises that engage your cardiovascular system and burn calories, resulting in fat loss. However, crunches…
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The muscles of the abdomen form a flexible wall that holds in the internal organs. If this flexible wall is weak, it bulges under the pressure. If it’s strong, it holds the organs in tightly. While exercising the abdominals will…
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According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, almost everybody experiences back pain–severe enough to affect their activities of daily living–at some point in their life. NINDS notes that Americans spend $50 billion each year on the management…
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Muscular endurance is one of the many parameters of fitness. People who make repetitive muscle movements for extended periods of time need to have high levels of muscle endurance. This would translate into sports like basketball, football, soccer and tennis….
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The lower abdominal muscles are tightened by performing consistent exercises that require abdominal stabilization to support the torso and lower back and with exercises that flex the lumbar or lower portion of the spine. Flexing the lumbar spine means to…
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The abs can easily be worked lying on the floor or seated, but standing exercises work your legs, too. Exercises that have you standing on one leg will strengthen your abs and your entire core to maintain your balance. The…
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Overview To get a flat stomach, look at the three elements involved–cardiovascular exercise, diet and overall strength training. There is a common misconception that you can lose weight or fat in certain areas of the body by working them out….
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The waist, hips and thighs are centrally located regions of the body that can be toned with the right blend of exercises. To get the best benefit, you can include exercises that work more than one of these areas simultaneously….
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Overview You can do hundreds of different kinds of exercises and strategies in circuit training with free weights or with any tools. You can use dumbbells, kettlebells, clubbells, medicine balls, barbells, and other similar tools for training different aspects of…
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Overview Athletic trainers are sports medicine professionals who are the front-line of defense and emergency care for athletes during competition or practice. They work primarily for college or professional sports teams, although some high schools and physical therapy clinics also…
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Getting active can sometimes be difficult when you’re at a loss to find a variety of exercises to do. Joining a gym can be a way to solve that problem. Gyms offer a myriad of different workout options, from cardio…
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Multiple pieces of equipment can be used to perform abdominal training, including a decline bench and a flat bench. You can use this exercise equipment to work your whole abdominal area–the lower abs, obliques and upper abs. Executing proper form…
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Isometric training involves muscular actions in which there is no change in muscle length and joint angles remain constant while force is exerted. Isometric exercises can be done for general strength conditioning and for rehabilitation when strengthening the muscles without…
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Exercising in the water can be a fun and effective way to tone and build your abdominal muscles. The resistance created by the water, combined with the range of motion provided by swimming, allows you to train your abs in…
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Overview Different types of exercise provide your body with different benefits. To develop all-round fitness and health, you should combine both aerobic and resistance training into your weekly routine. You can do this in a couple of ways: either perform…
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Overview Neck strain is a common problem for beginning and experienced exercisers who perform abdominal exercises using improper techniques. To perform them correctly so as to avoid injury, you need to properly place your fingers and do fewer, more intense…
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Using rubber exercise bands or tubes is a way to strengthen and tone the muscles of the body. Bands challenge the muscles by providing resistance throughout the full movement of an exercise. Whether you are in the gym, at home…
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