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Monday, 18 April 2011 06:33
iPhone applications for training
For those of you on iPhones, you’re probably are aware of numerous applications to make life a bit easier and more organized. I have tried a few fitness applications to see if anything could help me log my workouts. As I have pointed out in numerous articles, keeping track of your workouts in terms of weight and reps is vital for progression in your weight training.After living with a few apps I found Gym Buddy to be excellent for the…
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Monday, 28 March 2011 07:48
Biceps - Some tips on training the guns.
Biceps are small muscle in the big scheme of things and easily isolated and yet many people struggle to grow them. They are also a great muscle group to learn and apply some resistance training principals to. One can dig deep into the biceps muscle group but I’ll keep it simple here;Tip 1 - Where do biceps fit into the big scheme of things.Biceps from part of the secondary muscle groups used in back exercises so train them after you…
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Tuesday, 28 December 2010 06:10
Chest routine
Here is quick but sharp routine to beef up your chest. remember that you should always train to failure, Focus on form and never use momentum to lift the weights. Stick the routine for at least six weeks so you can track your progress, once you hit your target reps you must increase the weight by a manageable amount. Stronger muscle means bigger muscle! 1. Warm your chest and shoulders up properly before you start. 2. Flat-bench bent arm flies,…
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Tuesday, 28 December 2010 06:04
Heart Rate Training
Understanding heart rate will take you a long ways towards structuring your overall training program. You need to think of your heart rate as the rev counter for your body. To understand the importance of heart rate you need to first understand the inner working of the body and its hear rate zones and how to use them to your advantage. One of the reasons pure heart rate training is valuable is because if you train based on heart rate…
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010 06:37
Cardio before weight training
Cardio before weight training? This morning I heard a ad for Virgin Active ad on the radio. It’s quite scary that they actually put something on the air like that, proving that they have no clue when it comes to exercise.Still it is quite a common question I get, do I do my cardio before weight training or after? Most people do it before for some reason. So here is the explanation of why you should do it after your…
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010 06:34
Training to muscular failure
The concept of training to failure is a simple one but it becomes more complicated when one looks at some of the factors that affect your ability to activate all your fibres inside a muscle or group of muscles. The traditional method for measuring muscle ability was contained in what was called the “one rep max” or how much weight the muscle could lift once. But lets not get too confused on that for the moment. Lets look at practical…
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010 06:21
Phil's leg routine
A number of years ago I started a high intensity-training program devised by Arthur Jones, the original inventor of the Nautilus equipment. The program taught me one important thing: progression. My routine went something like this. I started my leg routine with a Smith Machine Squat, a single set followed by a drop set (reducing the weight by half immediately following the first set and then doing the same reps on a second set). The reps where high, 20 for…
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