Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Total-Body Exercises | Men's Health

Total-Body Exercises | Men's Health: "F IT WEREN'T FOR MIRRORS AND WOMEN, MANY men wouldn't bother building muscle. But for all their bench presses and biceps curls, few guys see consistent results. The reason: all those bench presses and biceps curls. "To stimulate new growth, you need to mix things up every 4 to 6 weeks," says Jeremy Frisch, U.S.A.W., owner of Achieve Performance Training."

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Pocket : Build Stronger Shoulders with This Exercise

Pocket : Build Stronger Shoulders with This Exercise: "If the overhead barbell shrug isn't part of your exercise library, it should be—starting today. That's because this movement might just save your shoulders.

You see, the classic barbell shoulder shrug targets two muscles: (1) Your upper traps, which rotate your shoulder blades upward; and (2) your levator scapulae (the rope-like muscles that run down the back of your neck), which rotate your shoulder blades downward."

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Sunday, August 25, 2013

PUSHUP CHALLENGE | My Men's Health

PUSHUP CHALLENGE | My Men's Health: "It might surprise you to know that the pushup wasn’t invented in the U.S. We can’t say for sure, but we’re guessing it comes from India, since it’s really a classic yoga exercise. And it’s not the only version of the pushup that comes form foreign soil. Strength coach Martin Rooney traveled the world and found all “new” variations, including the knee-to-opposite elbow pushup (Thailand), the triangle pushup (Brazil), the uchi mata pushup (Japan), and the staggered hands, single-leg pushup (England). You can see them all in the video, but better yet, take Rooney’s pushup challenge for a workout that’ll blast your upper body."

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The Perfect Workout - Military Fitness - Military.com

The Perfect Workout - Military Fitness - Military.com: "Many people like to do calisthenics based workouts using pyramids and super set routines. In fact, with the right mix of exercises you can create a perfect workout that balances the entire body. Here is a question that prompted the following article:"

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Workouts & Exercises List | Workout-X®

Workouts & Exercises List | Workout-X®: "The workouts and exercises contained in the Workout-X program are listed below. The workouts are available to non-members free of charge. Members have the added flexibility to add the workouts to their fitness calendar and edit any of the details. Members may also report results to track their workouts. Members also have the ability to have the Fitness Engine create a totally customized personal workout plan. The workout routine is built with the members age, gender, weight, fitness goals, exercise experience and available equipment all factored into the program. There are an unlimited number of workout permeations available that progressively challenge the member to develop strength, endurance, flexibility, agility, and power."

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

When to Take Creatine - Muscle Building Supplements - Men's Fitness

When to Take Creatine - Muscle Building Supplements - Men's Fitness: "From boosting strength to building muscle to improving productivity, there are plenty of science-backed benefits linked to the popular workout supplement creatine. And according to new research published in the Journal of International Society of Sports Nutrition, whether you take the supplement"

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▶ AB WHEEL AB WORKOUT (home workout for your entire body!) - YouTube

▶ AB WHEEL AB WORKOUT (home workout for your entire body!) - YouTube: ""

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▶ Cannonball Shoulder Workout - YouTube

▶ Cannonball Shoulder Workout - YouTube: ""

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▶ Top 9 Six Pack Shortcuts Workouts - Mike Chang - YouTube

▶ Top 9 Six Pack Shortcuts Workouts - Mike Chang - YouTube: ""

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▶ 44 Best Bodyweight Exercises Ever! (High Def) - YouTube

▶ 44 Best Bodyweight Exercises Ever! (High Def) - YouTube: ""

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▶ Shred Your Lower Abs With This Hanging Knee Raise Technique - YouTube

▶ Shred Your Lower Abs With This Hanging Knee Raise Technique - YouTube: ""

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Pocket : New drug mimics the beneficial effects of exercise

Pocket : New drug mimics the beneficial effects of exercise: "A drug known as SR9009, which is currently under development at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), increases the level of metabolic activity in skeletal muscles of mice. Treated mice become lean, develop larger muscles and can run much longer distances simply by taking SR9009, which mimics the effects of aerobic exercise. If similar effects can be obtained in people, the reversal of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and perhaps Type-II diabetes might be the very welcome result."

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Pocket : Joe Manganiello's Workout

Pocket : Joe Manganiello's Workout: "The Easy Way to Big Arms

Add True Blood star Joe Manganiello's five-exercise circuit to your weekly routine to make every muscle pop

Joe Manganiello's Workout Routine"

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Pocket : Get a Vise-Like Grip!

Pocket : Get a Vise-Like Grip!: "Grip strength is essential to both lifting power and stamina. Find out how your mitts fare with the hanging arm test
Want to lift more weight? Focus on your mitts. "Strengthening your grip improves both the amount of weight you can lift and the length of time you can hold it,” says BJ Gaddour, C.S.C.S., owner of StreamFit.com and creator of Men's Health 10-Minute Torchers. Read: The stronger your grip, the stronger you’ll be—in almost every lift. Gauge and improve yours with the hanging arm test"

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Pocket : The Best Move to Pump Up Your Power

Pocket : The Best Move to Pump Up Your Power: "Use this stop-and-go squat variation to increase explosiveness and spur muscle growth
Press pause during your body-weight squat for more power. "Stopping at the bottom of a squat adds extra resistance to the move by interrupting your momentum," says David Jack, owner of Activ8 in Phoenix, Arizona and creator of 30 Days to Ripped."

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Pocket : The Toughest Exercise You Aren't Doing (but Should)

Pocket : The Toughest Exercise You Aren't Doing (but Should): "You say your workout checks all the boxes? You’ve got the strength of a linebacker, the endurance of a marathoner, and a physique that belongs on the cover of a romance novel? So you should have no trouble with the L sit: Set two boxes or benches shoulder-width apart and parallel to each other. Sit between them with one hand on each. Straighten your arms and lower your shoulders so your butt comes off the floor. Lift and extend your legs straight out in front of you. Hold. Oh, and keep your back straight as you do this"

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Pocket : Automatic Abs

Pocket : Automatic Abs: "Chisel your obliques with this challenging 30-second BOSU ball drill
Doing repetitions of the bicycle crunch for 30 seconds is tough. Cranking out the reps on a BOSU ball is pure torture. The rotational exercise hits all of your abdominal muscles, especially your obliques, the muscles on the sides of your torso. "

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Pocket : The Move that Builds Powerful Legs

Pocket : The Move that Builds Powerful Legs: "Build explosive strength and the ultimate lower body with one simple (and tough) exercise
Squats and lunges can give you strong legs, but for an explosive and powerful lower body that blows past the competition, try training like a speed skater. "The skater hop trains each leg individually, and increases coordination, balance, endurance, strength, and power at the same time," says David Jack, owner of Activ8 in Phoenix Arizona and creator of 30 Days to Ripped. "

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Sunday, August 18, 2013

How You Can Use Cheat Meals To Lose Fat Faster - SixPackFactory

How You Can Use Cheat Meals To Lose Fat Faster - SixPackFactory: "Looking to lose fat and get ripped? If so, you aren’t alone. Considering this is one of the top goals that many people have as they go about their program, you can find a lot of information out there on how to slash calories, burn more calories, and as a result, lose fat more quickly."

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Pocket : The Move that Builds Powerful Legs

Pocket : The Move that Builds Powerful Legs: "Build explosive strength and the ultimate lower body with one simple (and tough) exercise
Squats and lunges can give you strong legs, but for an explosive and powerful lower body that blows past the competition, try training like a speed skater. "The skater hop trains each leg individually, and increases coordination, balance, endurance, strength, and power at the same time," says David Jack, owner of Activ8 in Phoenix Arizona and creator of 30 Days to Ripped. "

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Pocket : Get Stronger Instantly

Pocket : Get Stronger Instantly: "Get powerful mitts and increase your strength with these grip-challenging dumbbell handles
Old-school dumbbells boasted thick, meaty handles. Today, however, the handles are only about an inch in diameter. The same goes for barbells. Unfortunately, that's not much of a challenge to your grip. A heftier handle pries open your fingers, challenging the muscles in your hand and forearm, and increasing your grip strength. The stronger your grip, the more you can lift and the longer you can hold it."

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Pocket : Pike Handstand Push-Ups and Horizontal Push-Ups

Pocket : Pike Handstand Push-Ups and Horizontal Push-Ups: "But the bottom line is, as effective as it is, the handstand push-up is also one of the hardest and more dangerous exercises to perform! If you don't have the strength to perform it correctly, it'll drop you right on your head, which is rarely a good thing."

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Pocket : Can You Swing It?

Pocket : Can You Swing It?: "Crank up the intensity of a classic move to carve a strong core
Doing 100 kettlebell swings in a row is tough.

Doing them on one leg at a time—as this month's challenge, the kettlebell spider swing, requires—will light your muscles on fire and strain your willpower. "The instability of the exercise calls more muscles into play, increasing the intensity of the workout," says BJ Gaddour, C.S.C.S., creator of the new DVD series, 10-Minute Torchers. "To complete 100 reps, you'll need not only strength and stamina but also total-body coordination.""

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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Pocket : The Toughest Exercise You Aren't Doing (but Should)

Pocket : The Toughest Exercise You Aren't Doing (but Should): "You say your workout checks all the boxes? You’ve got the strength of a linebacker, the endurance of a marathoner, and a physique that belongs on the cover of a romance novel? So you should have no trouble with the L sit: Set two boxes or benches shoulder-width apart and parallel to each other. Sit between them with one hand on each. Straighten your arms and lower your shoulders so your butt comes off the floor. Lift and extend your legs straight out in front of you. Hold. Oh, and keep your back straight as you do this."

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Pocket : The Best Protein Powder for Your Smoothie

Pocket : The Best Protein Powder for Your Smoothie: "Egg-white protein powder knocks it out of the park. Unlike many powders, it is close to “real food,” says certified nutritionist Christine Avanti, R.D., author of Skinny Chicks Eat Real Food. (And no, it doesn’t taste eggy!)"

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Pocket : 10 Positive Health Effects of Weight Training

Pocket : 10 Positive Health Effects of Weight Training: "Staying fit is known to ward off certain lifestyle diseases, and weight training plays an important role&#8212especially as we age. Following are 10 conditions that weight training helps to prevent, or which are useful in the management of a condition, or during recovery and rehabilitation."

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Perfect the Hanging Leg Raise | Men's Health

Perfect the Hanging Leg Raise | Men's Health: "The hanging leg raise may be the holy grail of core training. You probably know it: As you hang from a bar, you curl your hips and knees up to your chest. If you can do these for double digit reps, you have some serious core strength—and a way to build your abs that's unrivaled. The question is, how do you get to double digit reps?"

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The Tabata Torcher | Men's Health

The Tabata Torcher | Men's Health: "Most guys abandon the pushup for the bench press sometime in high school. But the old-school move can be a muscle-blasting, calorie-igniting challenge when done using the Tabata Protocol. Here's how the fast-and-furious Japanese training technique works:"

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Fat-Burning Workout: 10-Minute Torchers | Men's Health

Fat-Burning Workout: 10-Minute Torchers | Men's Health: "Sweat pours from trainer BJ Gaddour, C.S.C.S., as a timer signals the end of his workout. He bends over, hands on his knees. "I need a nap," he gasps, collapsing onto his exercise mat with an exaggerated grimace. "That workout demolished me!""

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Monday, August 5, 2013

Friday, August 2, 2013

Easy ways to build muscle | PureLifts

Easy ways to build muscle | PureLifts: "Ergh, I hate having to do articles like this, and I hate seeing them online because to be honest there is no easy ways to build muscle. Think of it logically, you will get websites promising you the world and telling you everything they can do to give you the body of your dreams."

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Do push ups build muscle | PureLifts

Do push ups build muscle | PureLifts: "Want to know the correct and truthful answer to this? Hell yeah they do, and the push up deserves more respect honestly.

Sure if you can bench press over 200lbs, you’ll find pushups to be pretty useless, unless you get a really heavy weighted vest and use this.

But there is so many ways to use the push up to build muscle that you can still use no matter how strong you are."

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Top 20 Bodyweight Exercises For Building Muscle & Strength | How to Build Muscle | Strength Training Workouts | Mass Gain Diet

Top 20 Bodyweight Exercises For Building Muscle & Strength | How to Build Muscle | Strength Training Workouts | Mass Gain Diet: "Bodyweight exercises need to be part of your program if you want to get jacked.

But not just pushups, sit ups and high rep calisthenics.

That’s beginner stuff that won’t build any real muscle."

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

A Diet and Exercise Program to Build Muscle Fast

A Diet and Exercise Program to Build Muscle Fast: "So you want to build muscle? It's not just about trying to lift the heaviest weights. Building muscle and obtaining that oh-so-flattering definition is all about a dedicated plan. Read on for a how-to on planning a muscle-building routine and what (and when) to eat."

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How To Build Muscle Tone Fast - Building Muscle Tone Fast | BodyBuilding eStore

How To Build Muscle Tone Fast - Building Muscle Tone Fast | BodyBuilding eStore:

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10 Exercises That Build Muscle Without Bulk via Health.com – Simply Stated Blogs | Real Simple

10 Exercises That Build Muscle Without Bulk via Health.com – Simply Stated Blogs | Real Simple: "I am starting to regret not sticking to my New Year’s resolution workout plan, especially now that it’s shorts and t-shirt weather! At least my summer beach trip is not for another few months—plenty of time to start these 10 excercises that build muscle without bulk, from Health.com."

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How to build muscle for women | PureLifts

How to build muscle for women | PureLifts: "Believe it or not it is the exact same way as if you had planned to start training and build muscle mass for men.

Let me explain, women do not have anywhere near the required hormones naturally to get huge, or anyway near the level men do. If you want to do this unfortunately you will need anabolic steroids."

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