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 …
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 …
People have many reasons for working out: to build and tone up muscle, get rid of excess fat and lose weight, strengthen limbs or even get rock-hard abs. Whatever the goals are, are you achieving them? If not then you may be making basic fitness beginner mistakes that are preventing …
The most popular protein powders are the ones derived from cow’s milk: whole milk, casein and whey protein. The whole-milk protein powders have lactose and fat filtrated out of it, while keeping casein and whey (the ratio of 80 % casein and 20 % whey) intact. The full digestion of …
There is a popular opinion that tall guys have a huge disadvantage when it comes to building muscle size. Are muscle size and height really so tightly related? Have tall guys a problem in bodybuilding? The answer is not very straight forward and might surprise quite a few of you. …
People like to have fun comparing a couple of relatively similar things. For example running vs swimming, Pepsi vs Coke, McDonald’s vs Burger King etc. How about having some fun with barbell and kettlebell comparison? Off course, these kind of debates are never going to end and there will not …