Showing posts with label Weight training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weight training. Show all posts

Thursday, January 21, 2010

What Makes A Good Fitness Program?

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This age is one of widespread knowledge about the part that health and fitness play in leading a more satisfying and enriched life. Therefore people all over the globe and from all professions are increasingly opting for fitness programs.

Fitness programs can be implemented at your residence or in a gym, and they have several benefits. Working out a personal fitness objective and attaining it becomes easy with a fitness program and the plans included in it. For example, if you are looking to reduce your weight by 10 pounds over the next 3 months, the fitness program will tell you which exercises you need to do on each day of the week, or what diet you need to follow.

You can remain enthused and concentrated on your current job through an effective fitness program. It teaches you to abide by the plan seriously without any deviation whatsoever. When you find after periodic intervals that you have made substantial improvement since you began with the program, it will eliminate all your doubts about its effectiveness, and you will be motivated to finish it in time.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Muscle Building: 8 Basic Rules You Must Know

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Sure it is great that you want to workout and build muscle up, but at the same time one bad injury, one forgetful moment can put you out of action for months and with possible health and financial consequences.

Many of the traumatic incidents you see in a gym can be avoided by taking the proper precautions. We recommend following the guidelines we've listed below so you can build muscle safely.

1) Barbell collars are more important than you think. Anytime before lifting make sure these are secure. You have to understand that one side can end up being heavier then the other, simply because the collar is loose. This ends up giving you a higher risk of having a weight disc slip off. Once the heavy side takes over, the barbell can swing through the air and cause serious damage.

2) Use a spotter if you are doing one rep maximums. This is a person who watches you and is ready to help you out if you start struggling. The last thing you want to occur is to have yourself stuck weighted down by a heavy barbell, you may laugh, but I've seen it happen.