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Swiss-Ball Alternating Dumbbell Extension
2007-09-18 13:52:00 Grab a pair of dumbbells and position yourself on your back on a Swiss ball, your feet on the floor and knees bent, so that your body forms a straight line from your chest to your knees. Hold the dumbbells over your forehead with straight arms, your palms ... More About: Extension , Ball , Alter , Alterna
Incline Zottman Curl
2007-09-15 15:37:00 Set an incline bench at about a 60-degree angle and grab a pair of dumbbells. Lie on your back on the incline bench and let the dumbbells hang at arm?s length straight fromyour shoulders, your palms facing forward. Curl the weights up as high as you can without moving your upper arms forward. At the top of ... More About: Bodybuilding
Fitness Class
2007-09-13 09:58:00 You can think of a fitness class as you think of a Physics class for example, but the great difference is that you’ll enjoy for sure, more a fitness class than any other class at school. We can offer you through our best trainers, moments of happiness at the thought that you’ll ... More About: Fitness , Class
Squat Press
2007-09-11 15:04:00 Hold a barbell with an overhand grip so that it rests comfortably on your upper back (not on your neck). Set your feet shoulder-width apart and keep your back straight, knees slightly bent, and eyes focused straight ahead. Slowly lower your body as if ... More About: Press , Bodybuilding , Squat , Quat
Single-Arm Unsupported Concentration Curl
2007-09-09 16:54:00 Grab a dumbbell with your left hand and stand with your feet shoulderwidth apart. Keep your back flat and bend at your hips and knees until your upper body is almost parallel to the floor. Let your left arm hang straight down from your shoulder and place your right hand on your right thigh. Curl ... More About: Single , Bodybuilding , Concentration
Pump That Body
2007-09-07 07:10:00 Hanker after muscle tone but have no intention of hanging out with the grunting meatheads in the weights room? Prefer your exercise to be set to motivational music with clear instructions about what to do? That doesn’t sound so unreasonable, in fact it sounds a lot like Body Pump . Lots of us are looking for more ...
Seated Alternating Dumbbell Press
2007-09-05 09:07:00 Grab a pair of dumbbells and sit on a bench, holding the weights at jaw level, just outside your shoulders. Your palms should face forward. Starting with your weaker arm (probably your left if you’re righthanded), lift one dumbbell overhead until your arm is straight. As you lower it, raise the other— that’s one repetition. Alter nate until ... More About: Press , Alterna
Twisting Standing Dumbbell Shoulder Press
2007-09-04 07:57:00 Stand holding a pair of dumbbells just outside your shoulders at jaw level, palms facing in. Press the dumbbells overhead as you twist to your right. Lower the dumbbells to your shoulders as you twist back to the center, then twist to the left as you press the weights upward again. If you end ... More About: Bodybuilding , Standing , Stand
Santana T-Pushup
2007-09-03 07:13:00 Get into pushup position with your hands resting on the handles of hexagonal dumbbells that have been placed shoulder-width apart. Do a pushup, and as you come up, rotate your body so that you raise your right arm and the dumbbell straight up over your shoulder and your body forms a T. Lower the dumbbell and ... More About: Bodybuilding , Santana , Push
Female Bodybuilding
2007-08-29 13:48:00 The idea The idea of female body building started when contests took place like as the Miss American and Physique in 1960s. The real female bodybuilding contest held in 1978, was the real female body building contest which was named as the U.S. Women’s National Physique Championship organized by Henry McGhee ... More About: Female , Bodybuilding
Bodybuilding Diets
2007-08-22 17:34:00 One should be careful of the diet along with the exercise. Nutrition should be adequate and appropriate. After the physical exercise is completed, people lose out on rest and sleep, which contributes negatively in gaining weight. The body muscles are composed of water and protein. Proteins are rich in amino acids ... More About: Diets , Bodybuilding
Vitamin B - Benefits and Food Sources
2007-08-16 12:05:00 What is Vitamin B? Vitamin B is the very important vitamin for human body. B-Complex vitamins are a mixture of eight essential B-vitamins that our bodies require ever day. Each member of the B-complex has a unique structure and performs unique functions in the human body. The B vitamins work together to ... More About: Food , Vitamins , Benefits
Strength Training Principles And Practices
2007-08-04 06:27:00 Almost any form of exercise will stimulate some degree of strength and muscle development. Unfortunately, misconceptions, myths, and misunderstandings plague the fitness industry, especially in regard to strength training. There is a huge attrition rate among those starting a strength training program primarily because most people are not taught the principles essential for a safe ... More About: Training , Strength Training , TRAI , Principles , Raining
Static Crackle
2007-07-29 15:21:00 Sit-ups, crunches, reverse crunches - have you ever wondered if there was another way to a strong midsection without all the bobbing up and down? Well there is, and oddly enough it involves not moving at all. Time to get static. Moving light things very fast. Or simply moving yourself as fast or slowly as ... More About: Static
Vitamin B1 - Benefits, Dosage and Food Sources
2007-07-23 16:03:00 What is Vitamin B1? Vitamin B1 is also known as thiamine or thiamin. It is soluble in water and insoluble in alcohol. It keeps your mucous membranes healthy and is essential for nervous system, cardiovascular and muscular function. Thiamin is involved in numerous body functions, including nervous system and muscle functioning. ... More About: Food , Vitamins , Benefits , Benefit
This Time It?s Personal - Personal Fitness Trainers
2007-07-16 17:15:00 Personal trainers-fashion accessory for the cash-rich and time poor? or failsafe route to fitness? At some point you will consider it, if not now, then later when you hit a motivation or performance plateau that you don’t know how to get over. So what will you get for your money? And how can you decide ... More About: Personal , Fitness , Time , Persona , Trainers
PABA - Benefits and Food Sources of PABA
2007-07-08 14:22:00 What is PABA? PABA stands for Para-aminobenzoic Acid. It is thought of a member of B complex and is not considered as a true vitamin. It is widely distributed in nature. It is a water soluble nutrient and the supply of PABA is needed daily. PABA is synthesized by intestinal bacteria and ... More About: Food , Benefits , Benefit , Sources
Timesaving Tips
2007-07-03 07:35:00 Too pressed for time to have time for presses? Try a few of these tips to maximise those fleeting moments in the gym. This is only natural. We’re all forever promising ourselves that we’ll do an extra long session next time just as soon as we’ve finished with this budget/school holiday/ international arms deal. Little ... More About: Tips , Saving , Ving , Mesa
Try a Tri
2007-06-23 15:44:00 Triathlons are deservedly popular as an all-round workout but seem to need a lot of organisation, kit and time. Doing your own in the gym, however, is easy, convenient and doesn’t even have to involve getting wet. Unlike traditional long-distance events, triathlon breaks up the race into three disciplines that work different parts of the ... More About: Fitness
Vitamin B2 - Benefits and Food Sources
2007-06-14 04:29:00 What is Vitamin B2? Vitamin B 2 is also known as Riboflavin. Riboflavin is a water-soluble vitamin. This vitamin involved in vital metabolic processes in the body. It is manufactured in the body by the intestinal flora and is easily absorbed, although very small quantities are stored, so there is a constant ... More About: Food , Benefits , Benefit
Walk On The Wild Side - Pole Dancing, Belly Dancing, S & M
2007-06-07 07:33:00 The good workout is the one you keep coming back for… and that means keeping the fun factor high. They crave something a little more challenging, exciting and above all fun. Gyms are increasingly offering a range of classes that emphasis the play value alongside the carb-burning. Belly dancing All the sensual mystique of the ... More About: Dancing , Wild , Side , Pole
Tackling Pain And Soreness
2007-05-29 02:13:00 When any workout or specific exercise causes you pain, pay attention. Knowing how to react can help you avoid a serious injury. Strength training can cause several types of pain including: Muscle Soreness When you use muscles you have not used for a while or try a new exercise or training technique, it is normal ... More About: Pain , Rene
Inositol Information - Benefits, Dosage and Food Sources of Inositol
2007-05-17 14:19:00 What is Inositol? Inositol is a vitamin that is utilized by the body for a variety of metabolic processes. It is a simple carbohydrate and is essential to human health. Inositol is found in the lens of the human eye as well as the heart. It is a simple polyol precursor in a ... More About: Information , Food , Vitamins , Benefits , Form
Stepping Up a Gear
2007-05-15 08:50:00 The choreography and clothing of step may look daunting but get over that and give it a try. Step is a full-on cardio workout to music that firms the thighs, shapes the bum and hones the hamstrings. This is a shame since it means that a lot of women, and almost all men, decide on ... More About: Gear , Ping
Vitamin A (Retinol) - Benefits and Food Sources
2007-05-10 12:43:00 What is Vitamin A? Vitamin A is an important for the human body. It is a fat-soluble vitamin. It is also known as retinol because it produces the pigments in the retina of the eye. This means you don’t need it every day because any of the vitamins your body doesn’t need ... More About: Food , Benefits , Benefit
Pyramid Power
2007-05-06 11:28:00 Lifting weights and pushing iron around quickly gets boring - both for you and for your muscles. To keep both you and,your body on its toestry varying the routine a little. When you could do all that comfortably, you upped the weight a notch. That’s been the theory of strength building since the days when samson ... More About: Power , Pyramid
Stretching The Point
2007-05-01 08:17:00 Stretching is one of those things we know we should do. don’t really know why and quietly forget about when no one’s looking. Types of stretching Pre-stretches These prepare your body for what’s to come. There’s a lot of argument about this since many people, including myself, think you run more risk of damaging yourself by ... More About: Fitness , Point , Stretching , Etch , Stretch
Vitamin C - Benefits, Deficiency and Food Sources
More articles from this author:2007-04-29 05:35:00 What is Vitamin C ? Vitamin c is also known as ascorbic acid. Vitamin C was first isolated in 1928 by the Hungarian biochemist and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi. Unlike most mammals, humans do not have the ability to make their own vitamin C. Therefore, we must obtain vitamin C through our diet. Water-soluble vitamins dissolve ... More About: Food , Vitamins , Benefits 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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