By Kieran on August 4, 2010
People who go on a diet do so for a few main reasons: to lose weight, to improve their overall well-being or both. Many people who diet for weight loss fail to lose weight or, if they do lose, fail to maintain the weight they lost. As any fitness expert will tell you, losing weight [...]
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By Kieran on July 15, 2010
Many people that are seeking to lose weight do not understand the vital role that strength training plays in helping you to keep excess weight off permanently. Most people focus on diet and tend to ignore the exercise element. Even those that do develop the habit to exercise tend to only focus on aerobic exercise [...]
Posted in Strength Training | Tagged aerobic exercise, low calorie diets, muscle burns calories, Strength Training, weight training equipment, weight training program |
By Kieran on July 10, 2010
The benefits of lifting weights, also known as weight training, strength training or resistance training, include stronger muscles, a stronger heart, a leaner physique, and a body better able to support your everyday needs and activities. However despite its many benefits women, still tend to shy away from this beneficial form of exercise because of [...]
Posted in Strength Training | Tagged resistance training, Strength Training, weight training, weightlifting |
By Kieran on May 28, 2010
For a long time, weight training was seen as an activity performed by macho men in sweaty gyms. The times have changed, as many men and women are learning the benefits of weight training for everyone, not just the men with big biceps and sculpted torsos. Strength training can prevent injuries, promote stamina and increase [...]
Posted in Strength Training | Tagged free weights, Strength Training, toning muscles, weight training for women, weight training program |
By Kieran on May 9, 2010
You want to lose weight so how does strength training fit in the picture? Using weights is a fantastic complement to cardiovascular exercise. But there are some misconceptions about strength training you should know about. Myth #1: Weightlifting will get rid of my unsightly bulges. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as “spot reduction.” Lifting [...]
Posted in Strength Training | Tagged aerobic exercise, cardiovascular exercise, dumbbells, free weights, lifting weights, light weights, muscle growth, Strength Training |
By Kieran on May 4, 2010
Is strength training part of your workout? Combined with a good cardiovascular workout, strength training is a great way to reduce stress, build muscle, and lose weight. There are many different alternatives to get a great resistant work out in. You can do Pilates, lift weights, sit ups, push ups, and many others. As you [...]
Posted in Strength Training | Tagged calories, cardiovascular workout, healthy eating habits, metabolic rate, Strength Training |
By Kieran on April 24, 2010
Fact – Proper strength training exercise will trim your body not bulk it up. It is strange that someone who is overweight would choose to believe the opposite when their body is already “bulked” up from excess body fat. A proper exercise program that includes strength training exercise is the only long term permanent solution [...]
Posted in Strength Training | Tagged body fat loss, exercise program, metabolism, muscle tissue, restrictive diet, Strength Training |
By Kieran on March 24, 2010
Losing weight without exercise is one of the most widely used statements in the weight loss industry. Is diet better than exercise? Is it possible to lose weight and keep it off without any kind of activity at all? Well, the answer to that is NO. Exercising is a very important factor and dieting alone [...]
Posted in Exercise | Tagged calorie reduction, cardiovascular exercise, cardiovascular health, diabetes control, losing weight, metabolism, Strength Training, weight training |
By Kieran on March 15, 2010
Golf is a much more strenuous activity than non-golfers believe, when you play golf you are using most of the muscles in your body, and you are using them in ways that they were not necessarily designed to be used. If you are intent on learning to play golf then the first thing you should [...]
Posted in Strength Training | Tagged dumbbells, green vegetables, Strength Training, strenuous exercise programs |
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 [...]
Posted in Strength Training | Tagged calories, Strength Training, Weight Loss |
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