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Friday, November 28, 2008
Tar Heels Workout
The idea of completing an entire total-body workout using nothing more than an 8-pound medicine ball may not seem intimidating. But consider: This 10-exercise routine is the same one that University of North Carolina strength and conditioning coach Jonas Sahratian uses to whip the Tar Heels into championship-game shape. It's designed to help you build a rock-solid core, burn fat, and improve your sports performance. Sahratian calls this workout the Med Ball 400. The 400 represents 400 repetitions -- the number players like Tyler Hansbrough (shown here) complete when they perform the routine. However, Sahratian suggests you start with 200 reps. (Call it the Med Ball 200.) The best part: All you need is a medicine ball to do this workout any place, any time.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Children Should Skip for Stronger Bones
Children should be encouraged to jump and skip as often as possible to improve their bone health, according to a new Australian study. 80 per cent of bone mass is accrued in the first 20 years of life and especially around puberty because of the circulating hormones. Physiotherapists at the Griffith University in Queensland asked children with an average age of 14 to perform a tenminute warm- up of star- jumps, side lunges and skipping twice a week before their PE lessons. At the start of the eight- month study, the children could manage only around 50 jumps; by the end, they could do 300 and their bone and muscle strength had improved significantly.
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3 Exercise Myths
MYTH 1: You should perform cardio in your “fat burning zone.”
TRUTH: Step into any gym and you’ll hear personal trainers preaching that the best way to lose weight is by exercising in your “fat burning zone.” While this might sound good in theory, the “fat burning zone” is actually based on faulty interpretation of research showing activities performed at a low intensity (60 to 80 percent of max heart rate) burn a greater percentage of fat calories than higher intensity activities.
Fact is burning a greater percentage of fat doesn’t equate to burning more total fat calories. High-intensity exercise burns more fat calories on an absolute basis than lower intensity activities, making it the preferred choice for those looking to optimize fat loss.
One of the best fat-burning forms of cardio is interval training, where you intersperse periods of high-intensity exercise with periods of low-intensity exercise. This not only maximizes fat burning during the activity, but also increases a phenomenon called excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) — the amount of calories burned once the activity is finished — which helps keep your metabolism elevated long after you’ve stopped working out.
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TRUTH: Step into any gym and you’ll hear personal trainers preaching that the best way to lose weight is by exercising in your “fat burning zone.” While this might sound good in theory, the “fat burning zone” is actually based on faulty interpretation of research showing activities performed at a low intensity (60 to 80 percent of max heart rate) burn a greater percentage of fat calories than higher intensity activities.
Fact is burning a greater percentage of fat doesn’t equate to burning more total fat calories. High-intensity exercise burns more fat calories on an absolute basis than lower intensity activities, making it the preferred choice for those looking to optimize fat loss.
One of the best fat-burning forms of cardio is interval training, where you intersperse periods of high-intensity exercise with periods of low-intensity exercise. This not only maximizes fat burning during the activity, but also increases a phenomenon called excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) — the amount of calories burned once the activity is finished — which helps keep your metabolism elevated long after you’ve stopped working out.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle
This manual will reveal to you all the secrets of permanent fat loss. It is written by a man who has discovered these secrets the hard way - through long years of trial and error. Using the information in this manual will allow you master the art and science of losing body fat by a shorter and less costly route; by "modeling" those who have gone before you and learning from an expert. The primary goals of this manual are to help you lose fat permanently without drugs, supplements or gimmicks and to educate you in the process of losing fat. In other words, my goal is to turn you into a "fat loss expert"… to teach you the reasons why and help you to understand the process…and to do so without bias or ulterior motive.
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Animal Training
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"Guns... To survive in this game, ya gotta have 'em. To make your mark--to be a legend, you need a badass set of arms. Wanna know how I built mine? Follow me." -- Wrath
The long awaited first installment of the Animal Training Series, "Animal Arms", is finally here. Featuring none other than Wrath from "The Journey", "Animal Arms" gives you a unique glimpse into Wrath's world. It's raw, uncensored and ugly... Follow Wrath as he goes through his actual workout, blasting his guns. Find out what he does, how he trains, and what it takes to get the job done. It's time to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. If ya need insights or you need a ~Censored~ dose of motivation, you've come to the right place.
"Chest day. Let's pack on the plates and go to work. The best day of my week? Shit this is the best day of my life. This is why I love this sport..." -- Wrath
Volume 2 of the Animal Training Series follows Wrath as he tears through a draining chest routine. Pack on the pies and prepare for the pain... This is what Animal is all about. Inclines, flat bench, flyes and crossovers, Wrath does 'em all. Motivating, educational and hardcore down to the last frame of celluloid, "Chest” follows the footsteps of its “Arms” predecessor and sets itself apart from every other bodybuilding training video ever made.
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Max Contraction Training
The breakthrough new fitness program for readers who want big gains in little time
"I had one little miniworkout. I couldn't believe how short the workout was, and how good I felt afterward. . . . This technique is going to change your life." --Tony Robbins, author of Awaken the Giant Within
This is the ultimate high-intensity training system that is revolutionizing bodybuilding. John Little reveals how you can reach your full bodybuilding potential in the shortest time possible. Imagine a 10-second workout (you read that right!) performed but once a week that can stimulate up to 30 pounds of muscle growth! The Max Contraction System reveals why you do not need to spend hours a day and multiple days per week in the gym to build a muscular body. Inside the pages of this incredible, new and revolutionary book you will learn:
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Muscle and Fitness Training Videos
Introducing the revolutionary Muscle & Fitness Training System - your ultimate guide to unprecedented lean mass gains. Muscle & Fitness has brought the industry's best training minds and athletes together to create a state-of-the-art Hollywood production with the most advanced combination of training information, graphics, animation, and DVD technology. This amazing five-DVD package tells you exactly how to turn your arms, chest, shoulders, back, legs - whichever muscle group you want to grow - into a magnificent, chiseled physique even the pros will envy!
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Bigger Biceps
3 Things You Don't Know About Your Biceps
1. The visibility of your cephalic vein, which crosses your biceps, has nothing to do with how many curls you can perform. To make this vein pop, you need to drop your body fat below 15 percent. Don't be surprised if the vein is more pronounced on one arm than the other: Genetics also play a key role in determining its prominence.
2. Under a microscope, some muscle fibers look pinnated, or feather shaped. But the biceps's long parallel fibers give them the ability to bulge. This means that devoting just a little attention to your biceps, especially compared with other muscle groups, goes a long way toward making them grow.
3. The average guy's biceps are composed of about 1 pound of muscle. For both of your arms combined, that's just 3 percent of the amount of muscle mass in your entire body. Remember that number: It's a good way to keep a perspective on how much you train your biceps compared with your other muscle groups. Read More......
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Defining Lower Biceps
Your arms will appear cartoonishly blocky if you don’t develop the long-head portions--the upper peak of your biceps and the inner part of the “horseshoe” of your triceps. Hitting these crucial yet neglected areas defines the arms at the shoulders and improves your overall proportions.
At the end of your upper-body routine, do two or three sets of 12 to 15 repetitions of each of the following moves. Keep your shoulder blades pulled back and down to stabilize your shoulder joints, and take 1 second to lift the weights, pause for 2 seconds, then take 2 to 3 seconds to lower them.
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Bigger Triceps Trick
You probably know your triceps comprise more of your arm than your biceps do, but most men still pay their triceps less attention. The equalizer: Recast exercises like pushups and core moves as arm builders. You won't skip exercises you already do, and these variations will help you build bigger, fuller arms.
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Top 5 Physiques
These are my top ten picks for the best male physiques that are not necessarily freaky bodybuilders. These men were chosen for aesthetic beauty and achievability. Basically, when I look at them I can say two things"I wanna look like that" and "I CAN look like that".These guys are a bit taller (at least 5'11" or so), more muscular than most men and male models, are close to my age (not some young baby hopped up on steroids), and do not appear to be genetically freaky (meaning it looks like they earned what they're sporting). They also have very balanced physiques; all these guys have nice legs as well as upper bodies (and, of course, abs). And they are consistently in shape and look good in every photo taken at any moment. Oh yeah, I've also met most of these guys in person and was impressed by how nice they were - good manners always help a person look better!
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Aamir Khan "Ghajini" Workout
The buzz everywhere is about the Aamir Khan’s 6 pack abs and fighter like physique he has built for his forthcoming movie ‘Ghajini’. I read in an article how he worked hard in order look like this. I have mentioned some of the excerpts in this post.
It took Aamir Khan almost a year from March 15, 2007 to April 21, 2008 with three hours of workout every day to build that lean yet muscular physique.Aamir Khan is so intent on acquiring a chiselled set of six-pack abs that he has taken personal instructor Satyajit Desai with him to Namibia (Africa) Read More......
Daniel Craig "James Bond" Workout
In Casino Royale, Daniel Craig boasts a body that is worthy of Bond status. If you want to sport a rock-hard physique similar to Craig’s, follow the steps in this article and you’ll be there before you can say “Bond.”
Diet
The first thing you must take into consideration is the food you put into your body. There is truth to the saying “you are what you eat,” and Daniel Craig is no exception. He definitely didn’t get into that shape by eating chips, candy and fast food, so you should seek to eliminate those foods from your diet. Whether you need to gain muscle to reach his size or lose fat to achieve his level of leanness, you should be consuming between five and eight meals a day -- no exceptions. If you starve yourself, your metabolism will shut down, which means that if you are smaller, your body won’t grow, and if you are overweight, your body will hold onto fat.
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Brad Pitt "Troy" Workout
Brad Pitt had seven months before Troy started filming to get into shape. During the shoot he maintained his physical appearance because the scenes weren’t shot chronologically. Pitt maintains that his workout for Troy was the most aggressive he had ever done. Through interviews and rumors on set we get some hints of Pitt’s workout. The rest we can reverse engineer.
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Celebrity Trainer Mike Ryan's Interview
CLIENTSSTONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN, THE ROCK, EDWARD NORTON, JOHN ABRAHAM....
Celebrity personal trainer Mike Ryan is one health and fitness expert that walks the walk, demonstrated by the amazing physical shape he maintains in light of his all-encompassing position as consultant to Hollywood's elite.
Currently working with high profile Bollywood actors, Mike, who also runs a thriving training business in California, where, additional to his celebrity clients, he assists busy executives get into their best shape, has effectively used his knowledge, gained over his 25 years in the health and fitness industry. The results are often seen on the big screen.
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