By Kieran on February 23, 2010
Strength training isn’t just for muscle men. It is the best way to help your body turn into a weight loss machine. That may not initially make much sense to you as muscle is very heavy (it is heavier than fat.) But each extra pound of muscle on your body will another 50 calories per [...]
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By Kieran on February 18, 2010
For years, we have been told to diet the excess fat from or bodies and throw in some fast walking to hasten the process. The trouble with this is that the low calorie restricted diet would throw the body into diet shock with the body holding onto the fat and using precious lean muscle tissue [...]
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By Kieran on February 8, 2010
Don’t for a minute think that strength training is not for you. You may not be an athlete about to compete in a sport or competition, and you may have no desire to be a body builder. Perhaps you are older, a senior even. What then would you ever need strength training for?
If you [...]
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By Kieran on January 24, 2010
Why Women need Strength Training
Women tend to forget about their muscle strength but every activity we do depends on them, from our everyday household tasks to our leisure or sporting activities. We need that strength even more if we wish have abundant energy to exercise on a regular basis and live an active lifestyle.
When [...]
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By Kieran on January 19, 2010
Once reserved for only competitive male athletes and bodybuilders, strength training should be an essential part of any woman’s fitness program. If woman strength trains she doesn’t have to torture herself with low calorie diets or spend hours on a treadmill trying to make noticeable changes in her physical appearance. With strength training, women can [...]
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By Kieran on January 9, 2010
If you want to feel stronger, get more flexible, achieve better balance and body harmony, and just be able to perform physical activities much better than you do at present, it’s time to get into strength training. Strength training exercises activates your muscles to work further than it is used to, which, in effect, is [...]
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By Kieran on January 4, 2010
Strength Training is any exercise that causes you to build lean muscle mass. This can be accomplished best with moderate weight lifting. While there is a definite correlation between gaining strength and building muscle, you can tailor your weight training program specifically for strength. Strength training routines are different than weightlifting routines designed specifically for [...]
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By Kieran on December 30, 2009
Most of us have been told that as we get older, we should just take it easy and that we should grow old gracefully. After all, we’ve worked hard our entire lives. We should be able to take it easy. Right? Wrong. In fact taking it easy could be the worst thing we can do [...]
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By Kieran on December 25, 2009
Strength training has several powerful benefits and it needs to be a part of any fitness program. Here are the top 5 benefits of strength training.
1. Reduces health risks. Strength training helps prevent cardiovascular disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, low back pain, and certain types of cancer. Even if you already suffer from one [...]
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By Kieran on December 20, 2009
Building a strength training routine can be one of the trickiest parts of a fitness program. Ask 10 personal trainers what the best strength training routine is and you will get 10 different answers. Below are 7 must-know guidelines to use when building a strength training program. Each guideline provides the basic foundation that all [...]
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