My Top 5 Best Core Training Exercises For Firming And Strengthening Your Core!
As a follow up on my last article “Core training and why you need it!” (click here to review that article if you missed it), here are my top 5 best core training exercises for toning and strengthening that critical area we refer to as the ‘core’. Your core encompasses your lower/mid-back muscles and all of your abdominal region. 1. Superman (for lower back) To start, lie on your stomach on the floor with your arms at 90 degree angles...
Recommendations: Post-Workout Recovery Supplements
We all know that muscle growth starts in the gym with a great workout. But equally important is the rest, recuperation, post workout nutrition and even the “recovery” supplement that follows it. The most important of these recovery supplements are BCAAs, or branched-chain-amino acids. These branched chain aminos (specifically isoleucine, valine, and leucine) have multiple functions that make them useful for anyone engaged...
An Introduction To Bodybuilding Supplements: What You Need To Know BEFORE You Spend Your Money!
As a self-admitted supplement junkie, I’ll be the first and pony up and say… Shopping for and buying sports / fitness / body building supplements is fun. It’s right up there with shopping for motorcycles, sports cars, electric guitars and plasma televisions. And it’s because it’s fun that you need to read this article before you stroll into your nearest GNC or Popeye’s, or surf over to your favorite...
Core Training: What It Is And Why You Need It!
The last decade or so the fitness world has been obsessed with what is known as ‘Core Training’. We have been inundated with everything from trainers and magazine articles to gym classes and fitness plans telling us how to build a stronger ‘core’. With all this talk of strengthening my core, I’m starting to wonder if I’m part apple! The question is though, just what is your ‘core’ and...
Beginning Body Building: Body Building and Weight Lifting for Beginners
I’ve wanted to discuss body building and weight lifting for beginners for some time now—simply because it’s important that beginning body builders receive an accurate “picture” of what they can expect once they participate in this great sport. There are, after all, plenty of discussions for more experienced body builders on the Net. As a body building beginner, your success will ultimately depend on 5...
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