Category Archives: Health & Fitness
Five Tools That Will Take Your Physique To The Next Level
Whether you have been in the gym your entire life and you consider yourself an expert athlete or if you are someone who has only been training for a few months and are still relatively a novice trainer, it can be extremely frustrating when your body plateaus and you stop noticing improvements. After all, nobody wants to put all that effort and hard work in, only to maintain the same results. Luckily, there might be some things you can do to kick things into high gear. Here are five tools that will
I’ve Been Working Out and Not Losing Weight, WTF?!
Have you seen that person at the gym go over to the scale every 15 minutes, grinning like a Grinch with each visit?
Oh yea, the perfect workout…pounds just melting off by the second!
Of course these gym patrons aren’t losing fat, but a substance made up of zero calories that will actually cause dehydration and fatigue if not replaced and in fact lower your metabolic rate: water.
Believe it or not, almost everyone’s weight will fluctuate around five pounds or more per day. If you’re
Throw another shrimp on the barbie
As we bolt our doors and huddle around the fire this winter, it can be very heart-warming to look ahead to the summer and think about all of the things that we want to do once the nights get lighter and the temperatures start to pick up once more.
One of the classic summer activities is the garden barbecue party. If you are looking for inspiration, you may need to look all the way on the other side of the world, but it will be worth it as the Aussies have made the BBQ part of their culture.
How to Maintain Your Independence in Your Golden Years
Welcome to the golden years. You are in the midst of a fight with the age curve. Every year you will become weaker and more debilitated. Only a scheduled exercise program can help to maintain your fitness level. It may not be feasible for you to perform squats or an overhead press anymore; however it is important that you maintain your independence.
Older populations should train for power. If you lose your power, you won’t be able to get out of a chair or get up from the ground; you
What to Know About Power Lifting
In a series of articles that will be written on this website, I want to describe the purpose, applications and benefits of different types of training. It is commonly understood that some people train for endurance, while others train for strength; furthermore, bodybuilders have a different type of lifting pattern that promotes hypertrophy (muscular growth). Unfortunately, most people don’t understand the differences between these exercise routines.
I want to begin today by talking about power
