Fitness

Pop ‘Em Out Muscles

Don’t you just hate those stubborn body parts that never seem to grow? This “stubbornness” is usually caused by underlying issues, or more accurately, underlying muscles.
You may not have considered it, but you can improve a body part by training deep muscles that you really can’t see. And no, I’m not crazy! I call these [...]

Diamonds in the Rough

It’s a very common problem; almost an epidemic, you could say. This may not be comforting, and it may be something you’ve heard before, but, “it happens to a lot of guys.” When did it first happen to you? When did you first notice the lack of size? How long has it been since you [...]

Aerobic versus Anaerobic

 
Aerobic versus Anaerobic
Aerobic and anaerobic are words originally applied by bacteriologists to bacteria. Aerobic the word applied to the bacteria requiring free oxygen in order to live. Anaerobic the word applied to the bacteria able to live and survive in the absence of oxygen or air.
Later, as exercise [...]

Target Heart Rate and Caculator

Heart rate is widely accepted as a good method for measuring intensity during running, swimming, cycling and other aerobic activities. Exercise that doesn’t raise your heart rate to a certain level and keep it there for 20 minutes won’t contribute significantly to cardiovascular fitness.

Target Heart Rate
The heart rate you should maintain is called your target [...]

How to Increase Your Family’s Physical Fitness

Exercise is essential to good health and fitness, and studies also have demonstrated that exercise contributes to overall happiness by improving our mood. In spite of the known benefits of exercise, physical inactivity has become a serious problem for adults [...]

Friendly Dips from Michi’s Ladder

4 Hearty and Healthy Dips
By Joe Wilkes
Beachbody
When aren’t we going on and on about how you need to eat more vegetables? They’re full of fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, and low in calories and fat. And one of the best ways to eat them? Raw. So you’re trying to be a good camper, with your bowl of [...]

Ultimate Smoothie Recipe

‘Chocolate, Banana, Almond Butter’
Ideal for breakfast or post-workout recovery!
With smoothies anything goes. You can just about add any ingredient you desire and blend it right in. The smoothie is also a great way to ingest many supplements in powder form. These particular ingredients were specifically chosen for their nutrition content. The [...]

Flax Seed Oil – Benefit of Flax Seed Oil Supplements

Flax Seed Oil Health Benefit and Information
Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of research and reading up on flax seed oil and its many health benefits. All the health benefits of flax seed oil had me convinced pretty quick, and I had bought myself a 6 months supply of flax seed supplement in no [...]

Homemade Creatine supplement

Homemade MuscleTech Cell Tech, EAS Phosphagen
Learn How make Your Own CellTech and phosphagen Dirt heap
I’m sure some ‘people’ won’t be happy about this, but I’m also sure regular
folks like you and I will enjoy this. Practically everyone’s heard of cell
tech, and many probably spend quite a big chunk of money buying some -
myself [...]

Protein: A Guide to Maximum Muscle

Confused? Let us separate the gristle from the meat.
By Samantha Heller, R.D.
If you want to build muscle or lose weight, there’s nothing more important you can add to your diet than protein. But the concept of “protein” can be confusing, even to me, and I’m a nutritionist. Between all those pro and con news reports, [...]