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.

What Areas of the Body Do Sprints Work?

Have you ever noticed the difference between a runner’s physique and a sprinter’s? Sprinters typically have more definition to the tone in their legs and abs than distance runners. This is because sprinting targets six specific muscle groups: hamstrings, quadriceps, glutes, hips, abdominals and calves.

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Common Reasons for Weight Loss & Muscle Wasting

Weight and muscle loss can result from various conditions. Because they can result from serious health conditions, anyone experiencing sudden changes in weight or muscle mass should see their physician.

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Fun Workouts for Kids

Children need to be active for optimal health, but many are leading sedentary lifestyles due to TV, computers, video games and the lack of physical education in many schools.

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Gym Exercises to Make You Taller

No amount of exercise will cause your bones to lengthen, but stretching and strengthening exercises can improve your posture so you stand up straighter. Sitting throughout the day is common to a fairly sedentary lifestyle.

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Workouts to Increase Bat Speed

Bat speed is important for baseball or softball players. It's not only is critical for power, but it also allows batters to catch up to faster pitches and wait longer to start their swing, allowing for better pitch recognition. Bat speed can be increased with several different exercises.

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Speed Parachute Workouts

Speed parachute workouts are designed to improve an athlete's speed, power, strength, and explosiveness. The added resistance provided by the chute will help to strengthen calves, quads, glutes, and hamstrings.

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Are There Benefits to Wearing Sweat Pants While Exercising?

No matter what your workout goals are, you probably want to maximize the efficiency of your workout, particularly by increasing the calories you burn. Turning up the heat by wearing sweat pants can help you burn a few extra calories, but the difference is a negligible one.

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Deep Abdominal Exercises

According to bodybuilder Karen Sessions, the deep muscles in the abdominal wall, such as the transversus abdominus and lumbar multifidus, form a belt around the vertebrae that supports posture and helps to control breathing.

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Exercises to Do on a Vibration Plate

A vibration plate is a machine offering whole-body vibration, a training methodology that helps increase bone density and build strength. The plate vibrates according to specific frequencies and amplitudes, set by the user, for 30 to 90 seconds at a time.

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Exercises to improve Pushups

Pushups are a classic test of muscular endurance and doing pushups on a regular basis is a good way to get better at this exercise. However, if you really want to excel at pushups, you should do exercises that address the muscular weak links that may be stopping you from doing more pushups.

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Deep Neck Flexor Exercises

The deep neck flexors are a group of muscles on the front of your neck that function to perform simple movements such as nodding and turning the head. However, poor posture over a long period of time weakens these muscles and allows the head to move forward.

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Easy Jump Rope Tricks

Jumping rope is an effective and convenient cardio workout. You can jump rope almost anywhere and anytime. Jump ropes are cheap, long-lasting and readily available. If you want to shake up your jump rope routine, try these basic tricks once you have mastered two-footed jumping on the spot.

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Military Ab Exercises

The U.S. Military uses four exercises to help develop core strength. This exercise, titled "4 for the Core," can be conducted in about five minutes.

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Knee Patella Dislocation Exercises

Your patella, or kneecap, connects your quadriceps muscles to your shine bone via tendon and ligament. You have a groove in the end of your thigh bone to accommodate your moving kneecap. Knee patella dislocation occurs when the tendon that holds you patella in place slips out of this femoral groove.

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How Does Exercise Affect Heart Rate?

With all the attention paid to the effect that aerobic exercise has on heart rate, you might think the only requirement for an effective workout is to increase your heart rate. If that were true, watching a scary movie would do the trick. Effective exercise occurs when the lungs, heart and muscles work harder together.

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Ankle Resistance Band Exercises

Resistance bands are one of the pieces of equipment you can use to strength train. Unlike other modes, resistance bands provide tension for the muscles throughout a movement. Resistance bands are color coded -- each color indicates a certain level of resistance.

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Different Kinds of Jump Ropes

Jumping rope is a full body workout that will burn a lot of calories and get you in excellent fitness shape. Jumping rope for 10 minutes gives similar cardiovascular benefits as swimming for 20 minutes or jogging for 30 minutes. The type of jump rope you need depends on what kind of jumping you'll be doing.

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