Fitness Mastery: Hypertrophy, HIIT & Running Optimization

Comprehensive fitness involves a mix of strength training for hypertrophy, HIIT for metabolic health, and corrective exercises for postural alignment.

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Pushups & Tendinitis

Push-ups are a common exercise, but when done too often or with poor form, they can strain your joints.

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The Best Diet and Exercises for People Over 50

Regardless of age, diet and exercise can benefit everyone by reducing the risk of many chronic diseases, improving mood, boosting energy and maintaining the ability to complete day-to-day activities. There are, however, a few special considerations for people over 50.

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I Get Dizzy, Light-Headed and Nauseous After Exercising

If you've ever stepped off the treadmill or elliptical trainer and experienced light-headedness, dizziness or nausea, you know how it can have a damper on your desire to exercise in the future. A number of different factors can play a role in your post-workout discomfort.

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Will Lifting Heavy Weights Make You Grow Bigger?

Your muscles grow in response to stress. Heavy weights are one of the ways to introduce this stress and to encourage muscle growth. You can't go for just one heavy-lifting session and hope to come out looking bigger and feeling stronger. Muscle growth is a complex, gradual process that requires regular training.

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My Muscles Are Weak After Lifting Weights

Weightlifters push themselves hard to maximize their strength gains. Rigorous workout schedules test their limits, and they routinely increase the amount of weight they use so that they're continually challenging their muscles.

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What Should or Shouldn't I Do to Be Fit & Healthy?

Staying fit and healthy will help you feel good and protect your health. There are many things you can do to maintain a healthy weight, boost your immune system and prevent a wide range of debilitating illnesses and diseases.

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What Kind of Nerve Damage Can You Get From Lifting Weights?

Strength training provides health benefits beyond those of regular exercise. Lifting weights develops muscle and bone mass, tone and strength. It also burns calories and helps with weight management. Weight lifting can help to reverse the decline in muscle and bone mass people naturally experience with age.

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Deep Burning in Chest Wall Due to Ruptured Hernia

A hiatal hernia is an anatomical abnormality that occurs when a portion of your stomach pushes upward through the hiatus, a natural opening in your diaphragm. Hiatal hernias are common -- especially in adults over 50 years old -- and often cause no symptoms.

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Raised Blood Pressure and Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding puts strain on the entire body and cardiovascular system, causing a temporary raise in blood pressure. With a safe exercise program, this is normally not a problem for a healthy person.

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Weight Lifting to Build a Big Gluteus Maximus

The gluteus maximus, the largest and strongest muscle in your lower body, is responsible for extending your hips or driving your legs back behind you. With consistent weight-training workouts designed to build muscle, you will see significant development in the size of your glutes.

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Workouts for the Nordic Track Treadmill

The popular Nordic Track treadmills provide a convenient way to work your cardiovascular system as well as the muscles of your lower body. Because running and walking are about all you can do on a treadmill, many people find them boring.

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The Best Lat-Targeting Pullups

Just about every pullup engages your lats. Unlike chinups, which exert biceps more, pullups primarily target lats. Other muscles such as your triceps, shoulders and core play supporting roles. For a lat workout, try standard, wide, narrow or sternum pullups.

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What Exercise Machine Works the Triceps?

When it comes to arm muscles, the biceps at the front usually get all the attention. Biceps are the glamorous muscles displayed in the classic “show me your muscles” pose, but your triceps make up the bulk of your upper arm size.

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Can I Lose 20 Kilograms of Weight by Doing Yoga Regularly?

If you perform any exercise regularly it can help you to lose weight, and yoga is no exception. Exactly how much weight you lose will depend on your current weight, the type of yoga you do and how often you work out. For maximum benefits, combine exercise with a calorie-controlled diet.

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Exercises to Stop the Knees from Clicking

Knee problems are common among all age groups. A clicking sound in the knee may indicate one of several issues. Overuse of the knee may irritate the bands of synovial tissue in the knee, called plicae, which can cause plica syndrome and clicking.

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What Heart Rate Monitors to Use With Life Fitness Treadmills

Some Life Fitness treadmills have metal hand sensors on the handrails to monitor your heart rate. But others use wireless technology that read your pulse from a chest strap you wear during the workout. Not just any chest strap will do, so select one that's compatible with your Life Fitness treadmill.

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Exercise Machines to Build Bigger Glutes

Along with being aesthetically appealing, a well-defined, strong butt helps you to move with greater speed, agility and power. Building up your butt requires training all three muscle heads of the glutes: the gluteus minimus, gluteus medius and gluteus maximus, the largest muscle in your body.

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What Happens If You Do Push-Ups All the Time?

Push-ups are one of the most popular body weight exercises, and are commonly used in a variety of sport and fitness training programs. Push-up form is adaptable to all skill levels, so you can implement an effective training program whether you are a soccer mom or a Navy SEAL.

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How to Use the HealthRider Total Body Aerobic Fitness Exercise Machine

The ExerHealth company, and later Icon Health & Fitness, have manufactured a line of exercise machines called HealthRiders since 1989. The HealthRider Total Body Aerobic Fitness machine was an early model that’s no longer manufactured, but you may still find it in gyms or on the used equipment market.

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