Fitness

Stamina and physical endurance are determined by whether your body has enough nutrients to fuel your daily activities. Although physical activity uses more of some nutrients than others, it is important to start with a diet that meets your daily…
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Getting a ripped body means decreasing your body fat percentage to improve muscular definition and conditioning. Diet makes up a large part of your strategy for getting ripped. However, you can add some targeted training techniques to your current program…
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Strength training can be divided in three basic qualities–muscular endurance, muscular strength and muscular power. The type of training you choose is based on your desired strength goal. Muscular endurance is the ability to perform moderate to low level work…
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Your female body will carry a higher percentage of body fat than a male body. Therefore, the full-body exercises you choose should utilize those fat stores for energy and increase lean muscle mass, which boosts your metabolism. The University of…
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Overview According to the National Strength and Conditioning Association, there are 10 recognized components of fitness of which muscular strength and endurance are two. The other components of fitness include muscular power, flexibility, balance, proprioception, coordination, agility, aerobic fitness and…
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Developing fast hands is an essential part of most martial arts. Martial artists need to be able to quickly block oncoming attacks and counter with their own defensive strikes. Fast hand techniques can help martial artists win at tournaments. More…
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If you want to strengthen and tone your body without bulking up considerably, performing resistance exercises with light hand weights or dumbbells is preferable to lifting heavy free weights. Such exercises are very practical because you can do most of…
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Getting fit fast can be easier than you think. By combining resistance and cardiovascular training, you can build muscle and burn fat fast to change your body in a matter of weeks. By focusing on targeted training techniques and high…
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Yoga is often thought of as a calming way to stretch muscles and attain meditation. But yoga can also work for hardcore strength training, thanks to the control it takes to hold certain poses. Practicing yoga will increase your strength,…
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Overview Although you might only be in it for the flat stomach, exercise after delivery has several benefits. It gives you the energy to meet your new baby’s needs and helps enhance your mood, according to the American College of…
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Incline treadmills aim to mirror the realities of outdoor terrain by raising and lowering the treadmill track. Once the incline moves up a few inches, you’ll feel like you’re running on a hill. Though flat treadmills are excellent for calorie…
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Elliptical machines are a useful tool in any exercise regimen as they burn calories at a comparable rate to jogging, but without heavy impact on the joints. This makes an elliptical a low-impact cardio option that works the quadriceps, hamstrings…
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Breathing exercises help you slow down and relax. They have existed since the dawn of culture to re-energize the body and calm the mind. Today, many exercises, including yoga exercises, focus on ancient breathing techniques to bring some tranquility into…
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Resistance bands are strong, elastic bands that can be used almost anywhere and are portable and economic. Unlike most free weights, the resistance of the band changes with the tension applied to it because the harder you pull, the higher…
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Strong, toned abdominal muscles not only look good but also offer support to the back and upper body and help protect vital organs. You don’t need a gym membership or a machine to perform effective abdominal exercises. Grab a mat…
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When it comes to exercises, you have two kinds–open chain or closed chain. Open chain exercises allow your arms and legs to move freely when the exercises are performed, such as a bicep curl. Closed chain, on the other hand,…
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Beginning exercises for seniors can contribute to an improved, healthier lifestyle. Physical activity and exercise can benefit every area of life. Mental outlook will improve, as will strength, flexibility and balance. Whatever benefits seniors gain from these exercises will depend…
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While you’re busy working out the rest of your body, don’t forget to exercise the muscles in the face and neck. While a lot of people forget that, muscles in the face help support our skin. Healthy, exercised muscles help…
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Overview Slimming down the legs takes the same kind of effort and hard work that slimming down any other part of your body does. You need to promote weight loss, and you have to perform weight-training exercises to build muscle….
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Cosmetic surgery to enhance or augment the breasts may seem like a viable option, but cosmetic breast enhancement procedures can cost thousands of dollars and leave permanent scarring. If you’re looking for a simpler, noninvasive way to firm and lift…
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The desire to possess and show off a “ripped” set of abdominal muscles is a common one in most gyms. Despite the common knowledge that reducing body-fat levels is as important to visible abdominals as strengthening the muscles themselves, many…
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Overview Anyone who is familiar with late-night television infomercials has probably heard of the Ab Swing. The Ab Swing claims to work the entire abdominal region and to eliminate the need to get down on the floor to do crunches….
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Overview Teens can build muscle very fast naturally. Rather than turning to illegal performance enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids, focus on proper diet and training. During the teenage years, your natural levels of testosterone, growth hormone and other anabolic…
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Overview For you to get abs, you need to do the right exercises with proper form, while simultaneously following a healthy diet. When you do not have access to machines and fitness equipment that you would see at a gym,…
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Overview Building muscles in the gym can be easier than you think. Muscle-building requires two things: creating a growth stimulus by training against resistance and taking in the proper nutrition to allow your muscles to rebuild bigger and stronger. In…
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Flattening the stomach fast is best done with aerobic exercise. Core exercise can tighten and strengthen your abdominal muscles but don’t burn enough calories to flatten your stomach quickly. A person stores most unused calories in the belly, in the…
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Overview Seated ab machines, commonly found in gyms, place you in a fixed position where you perform trunk and hip flexion against resistance. This method, however, often puts some users at risk for injury in the spine and hips because…
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Few body parts can turn heads like a round, shapely butt. For some gifted women, this trait is simply a matter of genetics. The rest just need to put some work into it. While you may not have been blessed…
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Whatever you call it–turkey wattle, chin flab or double chin–they all describe that flab of loose skin under the chin that makes people appear older and out of shape. However, there are a variety of exercises that may help reduce…
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The underarm, or armpit, is referred to anatomically as the axilla. The axilla forms a triangle when viewed from above. Five muscles form the walls of the triangle: the latissimus dorsi, teres major and subscapularis muscles in the rear, the…
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