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How to get the Maximum Benefits from Stretching

April 21, 2010
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The topic of stretching is like flossing your teeth, everyone agrees that it’s good for you, many people don’t practice it, and if they do, they may not actually do it well. I do not claim complete knowledge of the topic of stretching, and we will see that different contexts call for a different approach [...]

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Bodyweight Strength Training: 6 Reasons That It’s NOT The Path to Your Goals

April 11, 2010

I make it very clear that I’m a big proponent of resistance training for optimal health. In particular I believe that the most effective and practical method of training is through lifting weights. However, one cannot ignore the tremendous physiques built by some athletes (especially gymnasts) solely through means of bodyweight strength training. In this [...]

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On Being a Commuter Cyclist

March 20, 2010
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Today’s post is going to be long and anecdotal in nature. However, I will promise a list of what I learnt from the experiences I am about to describe at the end of the post. This is a post about cycling, specifically, cycling to work/school/etc. Background I learnt to cycle when I was 6, and [...]

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Building a Home Gym

March 13, 2010
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Having worked out at various gyms over the years, from the high school gym to many public gyms, I finally decided this year to make the switch to a home gym. Note, that this home gym I’m speaking of is specific to strength training purposes. It addresses my needs perfectly, and leads to much more [...]

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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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Sports for Life

January 26, 2010
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All too often we see fitness enthusiasts recommending dedication to a certain lifestyle. But their missing the point. The point is: The Goal of Sports training is to become good at the sport, Not to get healthy [1] Remember that, and never claim that your sport is the path to being healthy. There are other [...]

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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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Training For Yourself

January 8, 2010
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Often people train to impress, but lifts often regress. Trying to find the ultimate secret, yet never looking inward. The fact is that you live your life, make your own decisions, bask in your own achievements. Take people’s advice, but charge forward own your own device. Charge forward, Show Yourself what you can do.

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