Adrenaline-fuelled Muscle Building – The Ultimate Board Sport?

Does running seem monotonous? Do gym sessions bore you to tears? Are weight lifting reps getting too . . . well . . . repetitious? If you’re like me, you relish some excitement and even a little danger in your workout sessions. As a self professed adrenaline junkie, I got hooked on a powerful way [...]

Seven Weight Training Myths Women Must Avoid

When it comes to Weight Training, we women continually hear wrong information about strength and weight workouts.  Much of the misinformation stems from peoples’ general discomfort with women performing traditional “male” sports and workouts.  While most of us realize that lifting weights will not give us big, bulky, unfeminine muscles, we are nevertheless subjected to [...]

Lose Weight & Get Fit By Having Fun!

All work and no play make jack a dull boy, and that is true of working out.  You have made the choice to follow a healthier life style, you want to follow a Fitness Plan to lose weight & get fit, you’ve  shown the determination to get out there and train, and maybe you’re just [...]

Can Stretching Before a Workout Routine Help or Harm You?

Back in high school, right before gym class, our phys. Ed teachers made us perform a series of stretches that often left us feeling sore, stiff and fatigued.  I once arrived late, hoping I could join the fun and skip the warm-ups. But no such luck. A coach pulled me out of the activity and [...]

How To Think Yourself Thin!

What if you could just tell yourself to lose weight and it worked? What if you could think yourself thin? Could it really be as simple as that? Well, research seems to show that it could be!  It all comes down to whether you believe what you’re doing has an effect on your fitness.
Let’s take [...]

Get In The Gym And Make the Most of Indoor Training

When it’s just too cold or wet to train outdoors…
If you are a ‘fair weather trainer’, or you live where you don’t get many opportunities to get outside to train during the winter months, don’t worry.  You can keep your fitness plan on track, and reach your fitness goals, and do the majority of your [...]

Make The Squat a Core Exercise in Your Workout For Fast Results!

If you were new to the gym that I go to, you would be forgiven for thinking that squats were not in most people’s workout routines and that the squat rack, or power rack was some kind of exotic sculpture!  In my gym, just like other gyms I have been a member of in the [...]

Best Strength Training Exercises For Legs

When trying to figure out the best leg exercises for your fitness routine, you’ll need to first assess your fitness goals. Do you want stronger legs for running or cycling, do want to improve your flexibility and balance, or do you simply want toned thighs and shapely calves for looks?
But of course, not all exercises [...]

Training Your Abdominals – Part 6: Mixing It Up

Your abdominals and your core play such a varied role in our everyday lives. Almost everything we do involves core stability to a certain extent – even sitting upright involves core stability. Core strength will heavily influence your athletic ability, and can also make you less likely to suffer from lower back problems. I’d be [...]

Strength Training – Fitness versus Form

When we start out on a new training regimen, whether it’s to lose weight, get fitter, or be able to compete better at our favorite sports, we tend to focus on training hard to get stronger, faster, or fitter. We are ready to put in the hours, the miles, and the sweat to get to [...]

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