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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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The Right Beginner Training Mindset

November 5, 2009
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As a beginning trainee, regardless of your age, goals and background, the smartest thing that one can do is to adopt good practices from the start. Very often, this is not the case. I attribute this mainly to the fact that adverse reactions from training are not seen until years later. For example, the High [...]

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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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Men vs Women: How Different

September 27, 2009
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Clearly, anyone who thinks that a man and a woman are equal must be living on Mars. Sure, we have equal rights, blah blah, but when it comes to fitness training, nature designed the male and female body in pretty different ways. As you would guess, this has some implications on how a female should [...]

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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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The Most Basic Beginner Routine for Sedentary Folks without weights

July 26, 2009

Alright, so let’s just give a super simple program to get anyone started off with resistance exercise. It does not have to be hard like in the picture. It does not have to be complicated. It does not have to be time consuming. This is not for anyone who has any training experience and it [...]

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The Need for Resistance Training

July 24, 2009

Research Cited: (all are available for free download via the links) Effects of aging and resistance exercise on determinants of muscle strength The underappreciated role of muscle in health and disease Influence of muscle strength, physical activity and weight on bone mass in a population-based sample of 1004 elderly women Effect of combined exercise training [...]

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