Stock your fridge with an ample supply of cold water. Most people need to drink more water regardless of their fitness routines and one trick of how to get your body to take a little bit more in is by using cold water.
By drinking cold water, your body will be more satisfied and will be more willing to drink more than if the water was at room temperature. So make it a cold one next time.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Friday, March 7, 2008
Run More
If your goal is weight loss, you must burn more calories than you take in. The bigger the deficit (caloric deficit) the more fat weight you will lose. To optimize the time you spend trying to create this deficit, run. There are few things that burn as many calories as running does. Biking, sports, elliptical training, and many others certainly are good and burn calories, but they don't work as well as good old fashioned running.
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Cardio,
Cardiovascular,
Fat Loss,
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Personal Training,
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Friday, February 29, 2008
Let Go
Far too many exercisers hold on to the cardio equipment their using. Holding onto the machine is certainly good to do when changing speed or resistance, but let go whenever possible. By holding onto the supports, you minimize the efficacy of your workout by reducing how many muscles can be in action. You're essentially resting part of your body (at least a little bit) by holding on.
This is especially true on stair climbers or treadmills at a high incline. If you slow down or decrease your incline, and don't hold on, you'll get a much better workout and get fitter faster!
This is especially true on stair climbers or treadmills at a high incline. If you slow down or decrease your incline, and don't hold on, you'll get a much better workout and get fitter faster!
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Cardio,
Cardiovascular,
Fitness,
Health,
Personal Training,
Training
Thursday, February 21, 2008
SuperSet
To get over a plateau or to just change things up in the weight-room, try a SuperSet. Instead of resting in-between each set of your work-out, perform your repetitions for the set of one lift then move straightaway into the repetitions of another lift. The two most common ways to perform this is by either working the same muscle group back-to-back or by working opposing groups back-to-back. E.g. perform a set of bench press, then move right into a pec fly or to a bench press and move right into a row.
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Fitness,
Health,
Personal Training,
Power Lifting,
Strength Training,
Training
Better Balanced Dumbbells
When grasping a dumbbell, instead of holding right in the middle of the bar, place the little finger side of the hand nearer to the weight than the index finger side. This will create a more natural position and better balance for the dumbbell.
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Fitness,
Health,
Personal Training,
Power Lifting,
Strength Training,
Training
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