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- Add Some Weights to Your Mixed Martial Arts Training - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2011 from Alex MillerMasutatsu Oyama’s Expirament with Mixed Martial Arts and Weight Training Decades ago, the late Mas(utatsu) Oyama, founder of Kyokushinkai Karate, and arguably the undocumented godfather of mixed martial arts, once conducted an informal test between two of his students to determine what kind ...
Views: 1169 - Sleep—The Forgotten Recovery Aid - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2011 from Alex MillerIf you have been bitten by the weight training bug, sleep may be the last thing on your mind. You have probably devoured all reading materials that instruct you how to efficiently tear down muscle cells. In fact, you search for new methods for this form of constructive self-torture, don’t you? ...
Views: 668 - Super-Size Me: The Search for the Secret of Supercompensation - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2011 from Alex MillerThe goal of your body is not one of supercompensation. The body’s goal is to continue its survival by staying in a state of homeostasis (balance). Your goal as the “driver” of the body, who wants to constantly physically improve, is not to be balanced or to remain the same. As a weight ...
Views: 685 - Sports Nutrition FAQs - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Alex MillerWhy is Sports Nutrition Important? Athletes need to focus in on sports nutrition including what kind of supplements to take if they are to be competitive and on top of their game. They not only need to know the required ratios of organic nutrients such as proteins, carbohydrates and fats but ...
Views: 748 - The Significance of Nutrient Ratios - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Alex MillerWhat are the best nutrient ratios of carbohydrates to proteins to fats? Before delving into that let’s first see what these nutrients are all about: The Importance of Carbohydrates in Nutrient Ratios Eating in our society today revolves around diets that are high in carbohydrates and ...
Views: 739 - Exercise and Hydration: Fill ‘er Up - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Alex MillerMost weight trainers and exercise enthusiasts underestimate the importance of hydration. You can’t live a week without staying hydrated. Water helps to regulate temperature, protects/buffers vital internal organs and is useful to our digestive system. It is in well over half of our bodily ...
Views: 693 - Planning Recovery for Strength Training Workouts - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2011 from Alex MillerThere is more written about how to perform strength training workouts than about recovery. Most everything you read about weight training is about how to get a good workout, what is the best method to work a particular muscle group, how to get a good pump, etc. Although it is true that the ...
Views: 835 - Shoulder Injuries and Weight Lifting - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2011 from Alex MillerOf all the places on your body to be injured, shoulder injuries in weight lifting will render your upper body strength next to useless. If your shoulder is badly hurt, you will have a challenging time pulling or pushing anything heavy. According to a particular study with elite powerlifters, ...
Views: 884 - Elbow Pain When Weight Lifting - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from Alex MillerFeeling elbow pain in your weight lifting endeavors can be very annoying and frustrating, let alone maybe downright excruciating. Usually the pain becomes chronic, that is, it seems to never go away. You may be given the advice by a health care professional to rest completely by not lifting ...
Views: 4008 - Weight Training Injuries: A Bummer for Your Gym Life - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from Alex MillerHow Do Common Weight Training Injuries Occur? The 3 usual areas particular to weight training injuries are the shoulders, the back and the knees. The shoulders can have rotator cuff issues. The lower back can have a bad sprain or possibly a bulging disk resulting in the sciatic nerve being ...
Views: 862 - The Six Best Shoulder Exercises - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2011 from Alex MillerThere are about a half dozen of what may be called the best shoulder exercises. Powerlifters, Olympic weight lifters, and bodybuilders work on their shoulders for somewhat different reasons. Bodybuilders want to get that wide-at-the-shoulder look tapered down lats to a slim waist V shape. The ...
Views: 971(1 vote) - Barbell Exercises –Some Variations Of The Big Five - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2011 from Alex MillerThe Big Five lifts are the Squat, Deadlift, Bench Press, Press, and the Row. Some variations of The Big Five are listed below. They are done as either additional exercises, assistance exercises or to be done just for a change. Press Variations 1)Incline (bench) Press: Back in the day, ...
Views: 966 - Barbell Exercises: The Big 5 - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2011 from Alex MillerBoth beginning and advanced weight training programs alike utilize 5 basic barbell exercises. All you need is a barbell with various amounts of plates, a bench and some kind of squat support. The Big Five Lifts The big five lifts are Squats, Deadlifts, Flat Bench Press, Overhead Press and ...
Views: 1736 - Do you need a Weightlifting Belt? What Do YOU Think? - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2011 from Alex MillerData on Weight Lifting Belts are Many Times Anecdotal There was once a study made with airline baggage handlers and weightlifting belts. They had different control groups meaning, there was a group given belts to wear during their regular lifting activities, a second group was not given ...
Views: 996 - Benefits of Kettlebell Training–The Cannon Balls with the Handles - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2011 from Alex MillerKettlebell Training originated in Russia. They were used in strong man competitions for sport and/or entertainment. Some say they’re just the Russian version of a dumbbell. Decades ago when some American coaches saw what their superior Baltic counterparts were training their athletes with for ...
Views: 998 - Bodybuilding Workout Routines-Some Guidelines - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Alex MillerMany bodybuilding workout routines are very rich in techniques and principles such as doing slow negatives to increase hypertrophy or doing supersets which help work opposing muscle groups more thoroughly and at the same time decrease workout time. Unlike powerlifting and Olympic weight lifting, ...
Views: 893 - Become a Personal Trainer and Call Yourself Jack - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Alex MillerInterest in becoming a personal trainer has grown rapidly along with the general public interest in being in better physical shape. If you want to pursue this occupation, you must like working with people and not be shy. As far back as 1936, one of the first (if not THE first) personal ...
Views: 738 - Free Weights Exercises versus Machines - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2011 from Alex MillerIn the world of fitness today there’s an issue about free weights exercises versus machines. This is about whether or not training with free weights exercises is superior or inferior to training with weight machines or other high-tech apparatus. This old argument has in fact been going on for ...
Views: 803 - Speed Strength Training—To be Fast, You Need to be Strong First! - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2011 from Alex MillerTo explain Speed Strength Training it is first necessary to explain the nature of strength. There are many people who are naturally strong but for most of us, strength is a learned skill in which we have to condition our central nervous system and motor units to become stronger by using ...
Views: 818 - Maximal Effort Training-Once More, With Feeling! - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2011 from Alex MillerIf you want to get stronger and faster you might want to fit maximal effort (ME) style training into your strength building program. This is when you try to regularly increase the maximum amount of weight you can do for one repetition in lifts such as the Deadlift, the Squat and the Bench ...
Views: 781 - High Intensity Training FAQs - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2011 from Alex MillerAnyone a least a little bit knowledgeable about High Intensity Training has heard the names of Arthur Jones and Mike Mentzer, to name a couple proponents. Nautilus founder and exercise promoter Arthur Jones made high intensity training popular in the 1970s. Later on, a bodybuilder named Mike ...
Views: 916 - A Beginner’s Strength Training Routine - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2011 from Alex MillerThere is no such thing as a beginner’s exercise because an exercise can always be made harder in order to perform it. Most exercises serve some purpose. The value of an exercise is dependent on the goals you set for yourself. One interesting note: A beginner’s strength training routine for ...
Views: 824 - Circuit Training Versus Traditional Weight Training - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Alex MillerEven if you are new to weight training, you have probably heard of the debate between circuit training versus traditional weight training. You may be confused as to what protocol to follow. Do you lift light weights or heavy weights? How long do you rest in between sets? Which exercises ...
Views: 1215 - Gym Workouts with Etiquette - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2011 from Alex MillerSo, you’re thinking about joining a fitness center for some serious gym workouts? One main reason why serious bodybuilders join gyms is so they can move quickly from one machine to the next to work out with more intensity in less time. There is something called super-setting when you perform ...
Views: 730 - Strength Training for Beginners—Are You Tired of Calisthenics Yet? - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2011 from Alex MillerStrength training for beginners can be filled with a lot of misconceptions. You might think that after 6 months you will look like a fitness model with rippling chest, back, and bicep muscles, legs like tree trunks and a washboard waist. Then you think about it a while longer and think, “No, ...
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