Posts Tagged ‘workouts’

Yoga for Athletes

July 13th, 2010 by DietGal | Comments Off | Filed in Exercise & Fitness

[ReviewAZON asin="B00006JXWC" display="inlinepost"]Athletes need the best ways to take care of their bodies to prevent injuries and improve performance. If you are looking to improve your overall athleticism and reduce injuries the benefits of yoga may be the answer you are looking for. Far too many athletes suffer from bad backs and sore knees which often mean giving up the sport they love. Adding regular yoga to your training will allow you to keep playing sports, live healthier, and injury free. Becoming a better athlete doesn’t require just using home gym machines try putting down the weights and strike a pose, a yoga pose.

Yoga can help athletes prevent aches and pains and improve performance by teaching proper breathing techniques. During physical activity exerted during sports the muscles in your body contract becoming extremely tight. Yoga teaches athletes how to breath using your stomach, ribs, and chest which increases the oxygen intake. Fuller breaths especially during sports increases lung capacity and VO2 max, pushing more oxygen to your muscles. More oxygen in the muscles means faster expulsion of waste products and faster recovery.
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Over 40 Workout – Five Great Over 40 Exercises

May 19th, 2010 by Inspector | Comments Off | Filed in Exercise & Fitness

[ReviewAZON asin="0399519009" display="inlinepost"]Folks who are well past their forties should give extra attention to doing the right kind of exercise program as this is the time when lifestyle diseases start to creep up on us. There are certain exercises that are found to have great benefits for those of us who are 40+. Here are some of the best Over 40 exercises:

Standing cable push/pull
This exercise is known to offer great results to the torso. It emphasizes strengthening the biceps, the upper back and posterior shoulder , as well as your triceps, chest and anterior shoulder.
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Don’t Squander your Workout Results with Bad Food Choices

May 6th, 2010 by DietGal | Comments Off | Filed in Health & Nutrition

It is important to mention how easy it is to squander your hard earned results in the gym with poor food choices, and especially with unhealthy snacks. Nutrition really is worth about 80% of your results – no matter how good your training program is, you can’t just eat whatever you want and expect good results. The truth is that most people would be shocked to learn just how quickly the calories stack up with just a normal amount of snacking on junk food through-out the day, and they would be even more shocked at how much exercise it takes to burn those calories off again.
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Mens Weight Loss – Weight Training for Muscle Gain and Weight Loss

March 7th, 2010 by DietGal | Comments Off | Filed in Exercise & Fitness

If you have been a chubby guy all your life, you might have been making do with compression undershirts for men to hide your love handles and fat rolls.  However, isn’t it just time to get that body you deserve?  If you’re single, forget the great personality bit.  Just like you scoping out the opposite sex, a first impression matters a lot – and then there comes the time of the great “unveiling”.  What will you do if she finds out that you’ve been wearing a mens girdle all this time?
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