Simple steps to take you from basic to advanced exercises–building new muscle along the way Variety keeps your workouts fresh, but there are limits. If you try the reverse Canadian windmill extension before you’ve mastered the basics, you’ll end up kissing the mat. That’s why we asked Houston-based personal trainer Carter Hays, C.S.C.S., to develop [...]
Unleash Your Abs 7 Steps to a 6-pack that will get you noticed By: Scott Quill, Forget for a moment that the shape of your midsection largely determines how good you’ll look on the beach this summer — and how well you’ll play volleyball. We’ll get back to that in a minute. The pursuit of [...]
It’s the great debate in gyms everywhere By Tim Scheet, PhD Is it better to do cardio or weight-train first? It depends on whom you ask, but most experts agree that if you have to do both in the same session, weights first and cardio second is the best way to go for several reasons. [...]
Boost Your Workout 10 ways to supercharge a boring gym session By: Myatt Murphy We should have a “”refresh”” button for everything: a bitter coworker, a lame bar scene, the National Hockey League. Just a click or two could give us instant improvement. Same with tired workouts. Maybe yours has frozen up like a gym version [...]
The Workout That Travels With You No excuses that you can’t get to the gym. You can do this workout anywhere. * Warm up for 5 minutes. Two options: Jump rope. If you’re a novice jumper, do as many jumps as you can, then swing the rope alongside you as you hop up and [...]
One at a Time… A variation of a shoulder move to add more roundness–in the place where it counts.Broaden your upper body and improve your backhand in 4 weeks When training their shoulders, some guys just grab heavy dumbbells and flap their arms like a bird. That type of exercise is worthless–it relies on [...]
Get Wet Here’s one reason why your weight loss might have stopped.. Have another one… another tall, ice-cold…glass of water. When you’re trying to lose weight, water is your workout partner. You need it to flush the waste products your body makes when it breaks down fat for energy, or when it processes protein. You [...]
HOW TO BEAT FATIGUE by Dr. Clayton Hyght DC, CS Has your step lost its pep? Has your get-up-and-go got up and went? If so, then you’re among the majority of adults who periodically suffer from fatigue. Although your goal probably isn’t having enough energy to play hopscotch and hide-n-go-seek like you did when you [...]
Great Squat! Build the perfect body with this all-in-one exercise Researchers at Auburn University found that men who performed full squats–bending their knees and lowering their bodies as far as possible–for 8 weeks didn’t decrease their knee stability. The researchers also observed that men who squat long-term have tighter, stronger knee ligaments than guys who [...]
How to Get Your Family Fit and Eating Right By Michael Sokol Scheduling family events is a great way to unite a family and create closeness and unity. Wouldn’t it be even better if you could get the family fit at the same time? The tips below can help accomplish this. With obesity reaching epidemic [...]
