THE BENEFITS OF WEIGHT TRAINING WEIGHT TRAINING AFFECTS THE NUMBER OF CALORIES YOUR BODY BURNS IN THRE DISTINC WAYS. FIRST, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, EXERCISE OF ANY KIND UTILIZES CALORIES TO FUEL THE WORKING MUSCLES. THE HARDER AND LONGER YOU EXERCISE, THE MORE CALORIES YOU EXPEND. SECOND, EXERCISE CAUSES AN INCREASE IN YOUR METABOLISM [...]
Have you ever noticed that when someone in the gym lifts a heavy weight, their face will turn red from exertion and holding their breath? It’s a well known fact that exercise raises blood pressure temporarily. Blood pressure is determined by the force of your heart contracting, times the resistance provided by the blood vessels [...]
Less Time, More Muscle: Pulling the Growth Trigger Arthur Jones, the creator of Nautilus machines, is considered the father of high-intensity training, and he had some great ideas. But, unfortunately, many people just didn’t respond well to his abbreviated programs. Why? We think we’ve discovered the reason. It could be because a key point he [...]
The ACSM Conference Review – Part II by Chris Mohr In hopes of presenting the most up to date scientific happenings around the world, I have summarized some of the recent studies presented at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting (ACSM). In Part I of this article, I summarized the post-workout nutrition sessions. [...]
How to Beat Fatigue… 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 were a kid, it would sure [...]
The following is the first part of a 2-part report on the findings at this year’s exciting American College of Sports Medicine’s Annual Meeting….. by Chris Mohr I have summarized some of the recent studies presented at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting (ACSM). For those who are unfamiliar with this organization, ACSM is [...]
Dr. Alan R. Zimmerman, CSP Importance of Attitude I make my living by flying across the country and speaking to all types of groups and all kinds of people. So I spend a lot of time on airplanes. While I’m on the plane, I seldom take the time to talk to my seatmate. But I’ll [...]
KILLER ABDOMINALS Developing a great mid-section is a function of two factors: a) Building the abdominal muscles up b) Stripping away body fat so that the abdominal muscles are visible and prominent. Developing a great mid-section is not difficult, but it requires discipline. The routine that I’m going to show you doesn’t take long to [...]
Training the Forgotten Muscle: Your Heart by Dr. Clay Hyght When we think of training to improve muscular performance, we’re probably all guilty of thinking of the skeletal muscles, particularly the more showy ones. But contrary to popular dogma, neither the pecs nor the abs, nor the delts nor the glutes are the most important muscles to [...]
