exercise

Warming up for Exercise – A Layperson’s View

March 6, 2010
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Today’s topic ties in with a recent post of mine, ‘Can You Run Safely?’ Part of staying injury-free during exercise is to ensure that your body is prepared for the forthcoming exertion. This preparatory phase is known as the warm-up. Why I want to address this topic, is simply because the layperson doesn’t seem to [...]

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Can you run safely?

March 2, 2010
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When I say running, I am referring to middle to long distance running at a slow to moderate pace (which most people can sustain for a considerable period of time, from as low as 15 minutes, to as long as several hours). Jogging may describe the activity better, but most people like to refer to [...]

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Training with weights: Do it right from the start

January 21, 2010
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When I started out training with weights for my sport when I was 13, I had no clue about how to go about doing it. Unfortunately for me, my coach had no idea too. We hammered on with the notion that more is better, training 5 days a week, doing 10 sets on the bench [...]

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A Basic Weights Room Routine

January 11, 2010

This is a related post to my original post on “The Most Basic Beginner Routine for Sedentary Folks without Weights“ This time though, we’re going to bring in weights. While I support many routines like ‘Starting Strength’, they are largely catered towards people pursuing fitness goals. In this very long post, I describe a routine [...]

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The 1 Important Thing to Constantly Ask Yourself During a Workout

December 9, 2009
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This is a short post, because its only about one thing that everybody should be asking themselves during their workout. And the question is: “Is it safe?” Is the next rep going to be safe? Can I sustain another 5 mins at this pace? What does hitting my PRs today mean in the long run? [...]

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Body Mechanics – Why it is important to know your own if you want to lift safely

October 15, 2009
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Let me say first that the reason I write this post is because I have sub-optimal lifting mechanics for the kind of lifting that I do. This is also more relevant to those people who are actually involved in such activities, namely, weightlifting and related stuff like bodybuilding. The other reason why I write this [...]

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Self-Sabotage in Fat Loss Diets

September 5, 2009
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This is another series of articles centered around a central theme. This time, I argue that just like in many other pursuits, one must sort out one’s personal nuances to experience success in dieting. Losing fat isn’t an opinion. Aside from a few special cases (see End Notes*), all we need to do is to [...]

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Why Genetics Matter – the case of Usain Bolt

August 18, 2009

Genetics Matter. Period. I’m not the only one to share this viewpoint as this article in the Brisbane Times, proposing that world class sprinters will continue to get taller and heavier. It talks about a few factors, ranging from leg length to muscle composition. I want to make the point that there is a lot [...]

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How many calories are you burning?

August 12, 2009

This gadget over on the right is the Gowear Fit. It is a device which actually monitors various parameters of the body (explained in the science section of the product website) and calculates the caloric expenditure of the given individual. When I first saw this product, I was wondering how accurate it was. Fortunately, the [...]

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Give Up Watching TV for Better Health

July 31, 2009

I blame many heath problems on a sedentary lifestyle. Watching television is probably one huge contributing factor. Just some statistics, Aussies spend about 21.5hrs a week watching TV. Thats from the source: Roy Morgan Single Source Australia Jan 2008 – Dec 2008.  Representative sample of 20,865 Australians. So it is a recent figure. Heck, the [...]

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