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Archive for June, 2010

Use Proper Breathing Technique

June 29, 2010

   You have to breathe to live, right? Well I want to let you in on a little secret. You have to breathe when you exercise. Imagine that! Not everyone is guilty, but those who are definitely miss out on the benefit of a great workout.
   When you train a certain muscle area, you become [...]

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Moderate Your Alcohol Consumption

June 22, 2010

   Drinking has become an important supplement to social life. There’s only one problem. The impacts of drinking alcohol on health are always overlooked or under-exaggerated. The consumption of alcohol has three negative effects on the human body, which obviously lead to a deterioration in workout performance and thus long run fitness results.
   This is [...]

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Recover Actively

June 15, 2010

   If you have ever had a tough workout at the gym, you can probably relate to the sore feeling the following day. However, people sometimes mistake this sore feeling as being bad and tend to stop working out. While one gauge of a productive workout is to know when to stop, another is to [...]

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Make Your Nutrition and Workouts Consistent

June 8, 2010

   When it comes to making realistic goals, you are better off focusing on one at a time. Do you want to build muscle or burn fat? Keep in mind that your body will automatically burn more calories at rest with additional muscle tissue. Once you determine your goal, you have to make sure that [...]

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Motivate Yourself – Look Forward to Working Out Every Time

June 1, 2010

   One of my goals as a trainer is to get others to actually look forward to and like working out. The problem is the majority of the American population – let alone college students and professors – either do not workout at all or are faced with the problem of poor work ethic when [...]

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