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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Lose Weight Immediately! – Well, At Least Look Like It!weight

Would you like to have a healthier body and look ten pounds thinner immediately?  Then listen to your mother. That’s right. How many times have our mothers told us to stand up straight . . . Too many to count? As always our mothers were right – correct posture will give us a pain-free spine [...]

Strength Training: Why 10 Reps Really Means 9 and a Half or Eleven Reps!

When I first started training, I’d follow a workout plan which told me which exercises to follow, how many sets to perform and how many reps per set. I’d be using free weights amd if the exercise called for 8-10 reps, I’d do 10 and feel like I’d completed the set – even if I [...]

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