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How to Avoid Overtraining

fitness guy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:46:20 +0000

Almost anyone that’s picked up a set of weights has or will experience symptoms of over-training at one point in there muscle building program. Over-training can lead to serious injury, chronic fatigue, and even muscle loss. Over-training is very common amongst athletes and particularly bodybuilders, since they figure that training as much as possible is the [...]

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How to Avoid Overtraining

Hard short workouts are best

billyboy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:35:51 +0000

I found a couple of posts around the internet that spoke of a study at McMaster University that showed that hard exercise for a shorter period of time is better than a long workout at a lower level of intensity. I found the article at the Journal of Physiology but you really need to be [...]

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Hard short workouts are best

Fitness Boot camps hit the mainstream

fitness guy — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:44:23 +0000

I have been seeing a lot of ads and seeing people around me joining short term fitness bootcamps. The fitness bootcamp idea is generally 5 weeks, 2 to 3 times a week workouts with a trainer in a small group for a couple of hours a session. A couple of nights ago Desperate Housewives (the [...]

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Fitness Boot camps hit the mainstream

New Study – Metabolism raised with quick exercise

fitness guy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:55:01 +0000

So oftern I find that I do not have time or am interested in long workouts and I always like those intense short workouts that kill you but also make you feel great a little while afterwards. Well apparently I am not the only one. The study below shows that this is a great way [...]

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New Study – Metabolism raised with quick exercise

Stretching before you run

fitness guy — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:25:51 +0000

I have long believed that stretching was something that was very good to do before you did any exercise and I would do my best to pull on my muscles as hard as I could to make sure that I was very well stretched before I started to run or to do weights. Well a few [...]

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Stretching before you run

New Nike+ Plans

fitness guy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:33:49 +0000

Apple and nike are working together to make big changes to the Nike+ program in the future. If you are not yet aware of Nike+ it is a system where you have a sensor in your shoe (doesn’t have to be a Nike shoe) and and iPod. I do not have one yet but the idea [...]

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New Nike+ Plans

Calorie burning exercises

fitness guy — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:02:54 +0000

For an individual who is overweight, exercising to lose that weight is one of the most rewarding activities he/she will ever embark upon. However, there are literally thousands of activities you can do to burn calories. It can be intimidating, to say the least, wondering where to start with such a varied array of exercises. There [...]

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Calorie burning exercises

Fitness fads that just do not work

fitness guy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:53:29 +0000

Newsweek has an article this week called 7 Silly Get in shape Gimmicks. The list is strange and includes the following: Weighted Hula Hooping Strippercise The Bodyblade Cirque du Soleil-Inspired “Aerial Aerobics.” Wind-Relieving Asana Wii Fit Ski-Jump Dorm Room Workouts So what do you see in all of these different faux-exercises? Well to me it looks like they are all bad ideas that [...]

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Fitness fads that just do not work

Turbulence Training for Obese people

fitness guy — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:16:11 +0000

I occasionally post articles by Craig Ballantyne from Turbulence training. What happens is he will send me articles and if I feel that one of them is good then I will post it here. Well here is one about getting started with high intensity training like Turbulence training suggests. I thought this was interesting because [...]

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Turbulence Training for Obese people

Diamondback Odyssey

fitness guy — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:58:52 +0000

For a few years I was riding a really crappy mountain bike but last year I finally bought myself a decent mountain bike, by decent I mean about $225. The new bike was good for a year but then I had trouble with the crank being loose and had to take it in to get some [...]

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Diamondback Odyssey

Jumping rope

fitness guy — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:52:55 +0000

This morning my wife bought my daughter and son a couple of jump ropes, the problem was they were really long ones that are to be held by two people. It is a snowy day today in Calgary and so of course the kids wanted to jump rope so we pushed the table aside in the [...]

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Jumping rope

Mayo Clinic lists 8 reasons to do 30 minutes of exercise

fitness guy — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:35:15 +0000

Moderately strenuous exercise, about 30 minutes a day, can lead to enormous benefits in terms of your mood, health, weight and the ability to live an independent and fulfilling life. The exercise doesn’t need to be athletic or difficult. Studies have shown that simply walking at a brisk pace for 30 minutes or more on [...]

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Mayo Clinic lists 8 reasons to do 30 minutes of exercise

10 habits of fit people

fitness guy — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:40:36 +0000

eDiets has an article telling us what fit people do. It is right on the mark 1. Sleep well and wake up naturally. Many fit people arise without an alarm clock feeling energized, rested and hungry. They have set fitness goals and a plan to achieve them. People who are fit fall asleep easier, have more [...]

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Wii feel the pain

fitness guy — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:46:08 +0000

I never did post about our new Wii and the relationship that we are beginning to have with the box of plastic and silicon chips. It has been a great time and all the family seems to be enjoying the Wii. On Christmas day we unpacked the box and hooked it up and just played a [...]

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Wii feel the pain

Politically Incorrect Christmas Eating Tips

fitness guy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:53:39 +0000

I got an email from Craig Ballantyne of Turbulence Training and today he dropped an article that he said I could reprint to my blog so here it is. The article is about all the ways that you can make sure that you do not gain any weight this holiday season. I hope you learn [...]

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Politically Incorrect Christmas Eating Tips

Music while you are running

fitness guy — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:49:16 +0000

Since at least the 80s people have been listening to music during their workouts while running and in gyms around the country hard rock music is always being played. If you are a runner I have just run across a piece of free software that will help you to choose music better for your workouts. [...]

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Music while you are running

Carb Cycling for better workouts

fitness guy — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:12:53 +0000

As you can imagine top athletes are very particular with what they eat and when. I was over at a running blog today when I ran across the following article about Carb cycling. Crib Sheet on Carbohydrate Cycling at Her Active Life The basic idea behind carb cycling is that you eat every day based on the [...]

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Carb Cycling for better workouts

20 minutes a day

fitness guy — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:40:19 +0000

How long should you exercise? Experts say that you should exercise for at least 20 minutes a day. I don’t know about you but 20 minutes is not a long time to exercise. If you get up just 10minutes early and get 20 minutes of exercise the you will have to rush around and still [...]

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20 minutes a day

Home Fitness Equipment

fitness guy — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:20:35 +0000

I have written quite a bit over the last week about what you need as far as home fitness equipment goes but thought I would just round out this week with an overview of what you should have for equipment. So here is what I think that you should try to accumulate over the [...]

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Home Fitness Equipment

Losing Belly fat – Is losing belly fat possible?

fitness guy — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:54:53 +0000

I was in the midst of writing an article about losing belly fat and how spot reducing does not work for losing belly fat when this email from the creator of turbulence training came to me. It seems that he has evidence that belly fat can be reduced through weights and circuit training but not [...]

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Losing Belly fat – Is losing belly fat possible?