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If you’ve ever known a workout-fanatic, you’ve probably heard the word creatine, once or twice in your lifetime. Creatine is a supplement for those that workout on a regular basis. It is one of the highest selling sport supplements ever and is used worldwide. Creatine is known to help athletes increase their energy and endurance [...]

Copyright 2005 Lori Radun
I want you to think about your body as one of your children or someone else you love dearly. When was the last time this person did or said something that really made you mad? In that moment, you might have been thinking “I really don’t like this person right now.” However, [...]

Why Shaolin Kung Fu? True, Shaolin Kung Fu is the oldest of the martial arts, arguably dating back to 527 A.D. when an Indian Buddhist Prince came to China to preach in the Shao Lin Temple. But in this day and age, in the Western world, why are the marital arts important at all?
Indeed, looking [...]

Copyright 2005 strength-training-woman.com
Strength training dominates most athletes’ fitness and conditioning programs through out the year. In particular, volleyball players are well-known to have one of the highest levels of strength training dedication. These elite athletes realize the benefits of a proper periodized strength training program.
Volleyball pushes players to the extreme. Each athlete is expected to [...]

The range of gym fitness equipment available these days is staggering, and it can be hard to know which type of home exercise equipment you really need. What’s best for weight loss? Toning? What’s the best for cardiovascular health? Let’s focus on cardio exercises here, because it’s one thing everyone should be concerned about. Maybe [...]

Yoga as we all know is becoming very popular and with its increasing popularity you can make yoga a little easier. This can be done by including different accessories to it, as to get the synergy right to gain all the necessary value and energy from it. Even though it’s been centuries old it can [...]

After being in the gym business for the past 17 years I have seen my share of lifters getting hurt. A majority of the injuries are shoulder related from bench pressing. Others include lower back spasms from deadlifting and squatting, torn biceps from a preacher curl and sore joints. I had a few injuries myself. [...]

Many times, when one begins a new fat loss regime; they focus on dieting (hopefully intelligent dieting, not fad diets or very low calorie diets) and hopefully an exercise regime. Most of the time, to accomplish fat loss, people seem to believe that aerobic (aka. cardio) training in addition to a moderate reduction in calories [...]

The first two articles in this series discussed how your gym exercises should be structured for an efficient waist-slimming routine. In the last article of this series, I’m going to give you 5 practical tips to turn your body into a fat-burning machine – information that you can take with you and implement on a [...]

Lets face it everybody knows that strength training builds muscle but did you know that it does more much more for you in the health stakes. Lets have a look at these strength training tips one by one and you will see what a difference this valuable tool will make to your general health:
Weights Improve [...]