November 2012 ~ Pro Bodyweight Workouts

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Friday, November 30, 2012

Creatine Supplements for Women

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Creatine, the most popular supplement for building muscle around, is sort of a fixture in modern gyms. If you're going through a resistance training phase, I strongly recommend adding creatine to your stack to maximize your muscle gains. But most of the people using it are guys. What's the deal with creatine supplements for women? Women can safely use creatine because...

Lose Weight and Build Muscle at the Minneapolis Boot Camp

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Image Source: http://www.sxc.hu/profile/maedi Kick your workouts into high gear with a fitness boot camp. If you've been having trouble staying on track with your workouts (don't worry, it happens to all of us) you can start heading in the right direction again by joining a local boot camp program near you. The Minneapolis Boot Camp is one of the top rated fitness programs...

Push Up Variations – The Ultimate Upper Body Workout

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We've talked several times about the benefits of push ups on this blog, so I want to talk about a few awesome push up variations – these are great ways to get a great upper body workout across your shoulders, biceps, and upper back. Spiderman Pushups If you want to get your core into the workout, you can try the Spiderman pushup variation. Get into the regular push...

The Zuzana "Bombshell Butt" Bodyweight Workout Routine

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Who here doesn't like Zuzana Light, also known as the BodyRock girl fromYoutube? Show of hands? Nobody? Nobody....?? Didn't think so. Now, you would think that all the views Zuzana gets on her videos are from guys, but believe it or not, women watch her workouts just as much. My ex girlfriend couldn't get enough of her. And here's why: She actually has incredible...

The CRUNCHER Plyometric Bodyweight Workout Routine

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How do you build explosive speed? How do you get a higher vertical jump? How do you work out fast twitch muscle fiber? Only one word, fellas- PLYOMETRICS If you don't know what plyometrics are, open this page about plyometrics in a new tab, read it, and then come back here. The CRUNCHER Plyometric Bodyweight Routine works the arms and the legs. If you're...

Get Fit and Lose Weight At a Yorba Linda Fitness Boot Camp

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Image Source: http://www.sxc.hu/profile/just4you You've gotta lose that weight, but everywhere you look is just one distraction after another. And then there's the whole problem with motivation; you want to get out the door and go running, but just can't find the energy. You're facing the same thing that millions of people all over the globe face. Lack of motivation is...

Physical Rehabilitation Centers Are Making More Progress with EMRs

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Image source: http://www.sxc.hu/profile/betacam You're out for your morning jog, the air is crisp and cool and you're feeling great, when suddenly you feel it. Torn ligaments are some of the worst things that can happen to an athlete, and almost always require extensive physical rehabilitation to bring you back to peak performance. But every cloud has a silver lining,...

Can Exercise Offset the Damage From Smoking?

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Image source: http://www.sxc.hu/profile/wax115 Everybody knows that smoking isn't exactly the healthiest decision you can make, but can exercise reduce some of the damage your lungs suffer from lighting up? Say you smoke a pack of cigarettes every few days, but still run a few miles before work every morning. Does that make you a healthy smoker, or an athlete who's making...

The Bodyweight Workout Routine- What is a Launch Up?

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Also known as a clapping push up or a plyometric push up, the launch up is a pushup in which your hands leave the ground on the upward thrust. You are literally launching your body into the air. This is a plyometric exercise that really gives some explosive power to your arms, chest, and shoulders, which is a perfect bodyweight workout routine for boxers who need that...

The African Mango Diet- Natural Weight Loss

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What's the best natural weight loss aid? It's a hard question to answer because there are so many supplements out there that all provide their own unique take on weight loss. A lot of mainstream attention has turned to superfoods in the past few years as a tool for added weight loss. Superfoods by definition are packed with antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals that...

ZMA Stacked with Exercises for Athletes- What's the Deal?

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Athletes constitute a special breed of bodybuilder. They're not after just sheer muscle mass; they need speed and functionality to come with it. That's why most exercises for athletes are so intensive – it's a mixture of cardio and strength routines for maximum physical fitness. Now, if you're into gaining weight for any reason, you're going to eventually wonder what...

How to Do 100 Pushups

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Pushups are one of the most basic exercises out there, but if you're new to fitness then you may have trouble getting that first one in the bag. I know how you feel; I was that way once too. Rather than explain in detail how to build your way up to 100 pushups, I think I'll just send you to someone who knows what they're talking about much more than me. Scooby is a...

The Bodyweight Workout Routine- What is a Jump Squat?

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Jump squats. What are they? A jump squat is a squat where you jump as you come out of your squat. These are known as plyometric exercises for athletes who need explosive power or a higher vertical jump. Plyometrics work by stretching out the muscle before the contraction. When you jump, your muscles are contracting rapidly to send you up into the air. When you squat...

Happy Thanksgiving

1:12 AM Andrew No comments

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers, and to everybody else, great job on your workouts this year. Let's all find something to be thankful about today! If you're planning to stuff yourself with turkey and fixings, try to be mindful of the calories you're putting into your body. Have fun, but don't do anything you'll regret tomorrow. We'll be back with a post-Thanksgiving...

Is a Daily Workout Routine Actually Beneficial?

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This is a question a lot of people ask about fitness and exercise. Is it beneficial to work out every single day? Let me put it this way: Your body needs time to rest. Specifically, your muscles need to recover so they can repair themselves from each workout. I'm a firm believer in maximum recovery times. There are some who try to push themselves, sometimes only...

Boost Your Health By Regulating Your Body's pH

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The pH of your body – how acidic or basic it is – is a huge factor in your overall health. The majority of Americans have a low pH, meaning that their bodies are more acidic than basic, and that can have subtle but serious effects on your general health. Most of this is caused by the diets we eat. Common foods like coffee, tea, and sugar can contribute to an overall...

What's the Number 1 Workout Tip I Give Beginners?

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Form, Form, Form. The motto of everyone’s first workout trainer. Mine was my roommate, but his motto for me was more like “FORM!” “FORM!” “FORM!” with some not-so-PG-rated adjectives of my beginner self thrown in there. Although those special, albeit unnecessary, personal descriptions didn’t stick, his three-word motto did. The first goal is to get to the gym. The...

Crash Course for High-Intensity Interval Training -The Tabate Method

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The Tabata Method is considered by many, including myself, as the most effective routine of High-Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT, that being said it is the most rigorous an strenuous by far. Shockingly it has the shortest duration. It only lasts from anywhere from 4-9 minutes, thus depending on the amount of repetitions you choose to do. The results produced by this...

Crash Course for High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)

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This is an exercise routine that has interchanging intervals of brief, but intense anaerobic exercise with a reduced amount of recovery time. This is primarily for cardiovascular exercise. These short sessions go from 10-30, relatively short compared to your average run to the gym. The results from this type of workout are fat burning, extra glucose(sugar) metabolism,...

Supplements to Maximize Your Metabolism Part 4- Three-In-One

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One major aid to losing weight or maintaining a weight is boosting your metabolism. I am here to list some dietary supplements that should be in your diet in order to assist in boosting metabolism. Exercise is a great way to boost your metabolism but I am here to talk about supplements that can assist you in doing so.Supplements: A trifecta that produces similar...

Supplements to Maximize Your Metabolism Part 3- Green Tea

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Supplements to Maximize Your Metabolism Part 3- Cinnamon and Grapefruit Juice

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Supplements to Maximize Your Metabolism Part 2- Chromium

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Supplements to Maximize Your Metabolism Part 1- Vitamin C

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Get in Shape with a Fitness Boot Camp

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We all have trouble sticking to our diet and exercise goals. I know I do. The first week is never a problem – I'm hyped, I'm excited about making a positive change in my life, and I've got the motivation to keep going. The second week is a bit of a struggle, but I'm still sticking with it! The third week, now that's where things get tough for me. This is where...

How Much Protein to Consume

2:03 PM Andrew No comments

The amount of protein you should consume all depends on if you are trying to lose weight or be a body builder. Typically most Americans consume much more protein that they need which also increases calorie intake as a direct result. Protein is the most vital of the 3 caloric macronutrients(carbohydrates, fat & protein). There is a much wider range of acceptable protein intakes than there is of carbohydrates and fats, when it comes to dieting/bodybuilding. If your body does not get a sufficient amount of protein then your body will...

Can You Have Your Cigarettes and Your Health Too?

8:41 PM Andrew No comments

Photo by: http://www.sxc.hu/profile/vjeran2001 It's estimated right now that about 45.3 million people in the United States are smokers. Smoking, as we all know, isn't really that good for you, especially if you're trying to take an active interest in your health. Now, we had a post awhile ago that looked at the idea of smokers who also exercise, and came to the conclusion...

How To Make Your Butt Bigger – Exercise for a firmer bigger butt.

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First off the muscles of the butt are: gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus or glutes. You can make your butt larger and/or rounder by exercising these muscles. To make any of these exercises more difficult wear ankle weights or cables for added resistance and even greater results.Example: Repetitions (5-15) Sets (1-3) 10 Reps and 2 Sets = 20 total repetitionsChoose a lesser amount of Sets and Reps to start with an work your way up. 1 Set & 10 Reps Try to improve the amount you do on a weekly(recommended) or even a daily basis....

Resolve, Willpower and Determination - The keys to a successful weight loss routine

1:57 PM Andrew No comments

As with most diets people tend to get discouraged because they drop those 40 pounds in 4 weeks as the infomercials depict. A healthy weight and successful weight loss is approximately 3 pounds or less a week. Eating healthy proportioned meals and 30 minutes of exercise a day, can be all you need to lose weight. Here is a helpful guide to healthy proportional dieting. http://www.doterrasuccessmap.com/Slim_SassyLeanMealPlan.pdf Cutting out sugary drinks and drinking water instead is a good way to lower your Calorie intake. The mathematical...

How to Build an Excellent Chest Exercise Routine

3:52 AM Andrew No comments

If you ask a bodybuilder what part of his body he wants to work on most, chances are he's going to say his chest. The chest, or the pectoralis minor and major, is often the hardest muscle for beginner bodybuilders to get a handle on. Arm workouts are pretty easy, and so are ab workouts, but the chest and back really elude results it seems. Here are quick tip that you...

The Daily Workout Routine of Self Belief

9:26 AM Andrew No comments

You are your strongest supporter. You are your biggest fan. You're the one cheering the loudest from the sidelines, the one who's approval means the most after a game. You are the one who keeps you motivated to power through even the toughest workouts. Believing in yourself is a major part of bodybuilding. A lot of people really don't believe in themselves, and their progress in the gym suffers because of it. If you aren't fully backing your own efforts, who else will? If you're not doing this for yourself, who are you doing it for? Athletes...

Beginner Workout Plans: Starter Tips Part 10

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Tip: Find the common ground between workout plans No work out plan is perfect. Every routine is put together by a human being, and it's going to be affected by his own opinions and experiences. Not all of those experiences and opinions are going to apply to you. When you're looking at workout plans, try to find the common ground between them, the principles that they all try to use as a foundation. Those principles will be what helps you, not all the shiny gloss on top. If you change one workout in a "super weight loss program" you're...

Why You Can't Lose That Weight – Your Future Self is a Different Person

2:45 AM Andrew No comments

Weight loss isn't always the easiest thing in the world. If it was, well, nobody would be overweight! A regular diet or weight loss plan is always helpful for shedding some extra pounds, but what most people don't realize is that a huge part of weight loss is the psychological aspect. There was a study done recently in which scientists hooked volunteers up to...