What You Need To Know About Calisthenics Training If you don’t have the money to get a gym subscription or can’t build your own at home because you don’t want to spend a fortune on exercise equipment, calisthenics might be the right solution to all of your problems. One of …
A Lazy Mom’s Fitness Guide: How to Get in Shape for Summer Being a parent is a full-time job all on its own, and once you add a career on top of it, sometimes it becomes rather difficult to be able to focus on anything else – like hanging on …
Trust me when I tell you that German Volume Training, GVT, is very hard. However, nothing worth having comes easy and I have found it to be a very effective way to pack on muscle fast!. To the best of my knowledge, this training system originated in Germany, hence the …
How Personal Trainers Can Reduce Injuries and Increase Fitness Summer weather is just around the corner, along with swimsuits, sundresses, tank tops, and a strong desire to lose weight, increase fitness levels, and hit the gym. So many people make their New Year resolution to go back to the gym …
There once was a time when Batman was portrayed as an average-sized human being, with nothing particularly super about his physique (think Adam West in a leotard in the 1960s TV series). However in comic books, his body would give real-life body builders a run for their money, but when …
PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) stretching is one where muscle group is passively stretched, then isometrically contracted against resistance while in the stretched position, and then is passively stretched further on. Basically, it is a combination of passive and isometric stretching. PNF is the most effective currently known way to increase …
I’ve discussed dynamic stretching in the previous post. Let’s see what static stretches are. First of all, they are great for cooling down after weight training or other kind of intensive training. Static stretching – can be classified to active, passive, isometric and PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) stretches. Active static …
Flexibility training is such training when you stretch your muscles in order to: Get more flexible Maintain your flexibility level Warm up and loosen up before intensive workouts Improve muscle recovery after resistance training Quicken muscle healing when it has been pulled/sprained or is chronically tight Dynamic stretching – controlled …
Typical daily water needs figures for a sedentary individual are: • Urine – 1.2 litres • Feaces – 0.75 litres • Skin evaporation – 0.4 litres • Respiration – 0.15 litres • Total – 2.5 litres An hour of exercise uses another 1-2 litres of water, depending on training …
Creatine is used by body to produce energy, ATP (Adenosine triphosphate – transports chemical energy within cells for metabolism), within the first few seconds of high intensity effort before the ATP generation occurs at any appreciable rate from glucose breakdown. More creatine stored in muscles means you can keep the …