Comprehensive fitness involves a mix of strength training for hypertrophy, HIIT for metabolic health, and corrective exercises for postural alignment.
The seven basic bodybuilding poses are also known as compulsory poses, because competition rules usually require that you perform them. You perform the seven basic poses for the judges panel in early competition rounds. Women may not need to perform the front or back lat spread poses.
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Trying to clear up a case of acne can be frustrating, but exercise may help speed up the process. The idea may seem counterintuitive because of the sweat you produce while working out, but as long as you wash after exercising, and take a few precautions, the activity should do your skin more good than harm.
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Tennis players need plenty of complex carbohydrates before and after tennis matches to fuel their activities and recover from the demands of the sport. Unlike with aerobic exercise, your body burns mostly glycogen while you play tennis, so a higher percentage of your pre-match calories should come from carbs.
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Two popular deadlift variations -- the Romanian deadlift and stiff-legged deadlift -- both work your lower back and hamstrings. Since they are very similar exercises, the differences in technique are minor, but the differences in application remain significant.
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Slipping into that sleeveless party dress or tank top can make any woman nervous about exposing flabby arms. As you get older, it is natural to lose some muscle mass and tone in the arms, especially the back of your arms or the triceps.
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Even if you are a die-hard bodybuilder, you may still lack core strength. No matter how much strength training you engage in, it's important not to neglect your core by doing isometric exercises, such as the plank.
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Squatting increases your leg strength and power while burning fat. Like all forms of intense resistance training, the strain of squatting actually increases your bone strength, with no negative effects on growth.
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While a broken finger may sound like a minor injury, it can actually be quite serious. The bones in your fingers allow you to perform many everyday tasks and hold various objects, and breaking them can cause great discomfort.
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Ketosis, the dietary state where you burn fatty acids as your primary fuel instead of sugar, presents certain difficulties when attempting to work out. Glycogen, the preferred fuel for muscular contractions, remains in short supply in the absence of dietary carbohydrates.
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The bench press is an exercise performed to strengthen the muscles of the chest, arms and shoulders. It can also lead to injury or pain over time. The pain can be the result of improper form, excessive and repetitive use or lifting too much weight.
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The best approach to working your abdominals when dealing with a sensitive back is probably to avoid fully sitting up from a lying down position. There are far more effective and safer exercises to work your abs while safely supporting your back. You can still get a great abdominal workout in spite of back issues.
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Belly fat, or visceral fat, lies deep inside your abdomen, surrounding your internal organs. Excess visceral fat produces hormones that can increase your risk of serious health problems, including strokes, heart disease and some forms of cancer and diabetes.
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When your outer thigh hurts as you stand after running and after sitting, you may have one of two common conditions. Iliotibial band syndrome is the irritation and inflammation of a large tendon in your thigh. Meralgia paresthetica is a pinched nerve in the thigh.
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If you walk into a gym or health club, you'll see a number of different floor surfaces: concrete, hardwood, mats and tile are just some of the common types. However, many would-be athletes work out on carpet for the simple reason that it's what's covering the floor at home.
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Running is a surefire way to get a lean and shapely butt. But some running workouts are better for weight loss, while others are better for building muscle.
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Pushups are an effective upper-body workout that strengthens your chest, shoulders and arms, while also tightening your core. Performing pushups will increase muscle size but won't specifically reduce fat on the arms. To lose fat anywhere on the body, you need to expend more calories than you consume.
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Many people limit their carbohydrate intake because they think it will cause weight gain and/or prevent weight loss. However, you need adequate amounts of carbs to function properly at rest and during exercise. The body breaks down carbohydrate into glucose and can store it in the muscles and liver as glycogen.
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Sprinting is an intense anaerobic workout that recruits more muscle fibers than traditional light or moderate aerobic cardio workouts. Because of this, sprinters often exhibit more muscular, powerful physiques than distance runners.
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The gluteal muscles make up the largest muscle group of the body and are one of the most frequently exercised muscle groups of the body, according to Mark Anders of "ACE Fitness Matters."
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Although a stair-treadmill ergometer sounds like a high-tech piece of exercise equipment, it is actually another name for a stair climber or stepmill. An ergometer is an exercise machine that can measure your work output. A stair-treadmill is the combination of a standard stepper and a treadmill.
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