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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Weight Training Workout Routines for Kids

The IDEA Health & Fitness Association states that children can benefit from weight training programs. However, strength training should only be a way for your child to increase muscle endurance and strength. It is not meant to body-build or bulk up.

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Exercises to Flatten the Stomach for Senior Citizens

Between the ages of 30 and 80, your muscle strength steadily declines anywhere from 20 to 40 percent, according to “Fallproof!: A Comprehensive Balance and Mobility Program” by Debra Rose. However, many daily chores, such as lifting grocery bags, require a strong set of stomach muscles.

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Types of Weight Training Sets

Performing weight training workouts on a regular basis gives you a wide variety of benefits, including increased bone mass, improved strength for everyday activities, elevated metabolism and increased muscle tone.

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What Muscles Does the Stairmaster Work?

The Stairmaster provides a cardio workout, while building muscular endurance and toning lower-body muscles. Doing three Stairmaster sessions a week helps tone and slim the legs, reports "Fitness" magazine.

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Benefits of a Power Plate Machine

The Power Plate is a brand of machine offering whole-body vibration training. The unit consists of a platform upon which you sit or stand. You adjust the frequency and amplitude of the vibration to create instability in your body.

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Wobble Board Exercises

Wobble boards can be helpful pieces of workout equipment for anyone, but they are particularly useful for those wanting to improve their sense of balance and increase strength in the feet, ankles and core. It is important to have the proper surface under the wobble board to prevent injury.

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Exercises Using Ankle Weights

Ankle weights are fitness tools that get fastened to your lower legs to create resistance while working out. Ankle weights are used in walking or running to increase the intensity. However, doing so can change your normal gait, which may cause you to lose your balance or hurt yourself while you're walking.

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Wrist Exercises After Surgery

Rehabilitation is crucial following surgery, including surgeries for wrist fractures, carpal tunnel syndrome and other wrist-related problems.

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Workouts to Increase Sprinting Speed

Tom Green, an eight-time All-American athlete, emphasizes that your sprinting speed will increase if you learn how to spend as little time as possible touching the ground with your feet. The idea is to explode from the starting line, and keep the explosive movements throughout the sprint.

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Ankle Range of Motion Exercises

After an injury, it is important to regain range of motion (ROM) in the ankle. Any stiffness or swelling in the ankle can affect your gait (the way you walk), and will affect you in your sport. Your entire kinetic chain can be affected, leading to knee, hip and back problems.

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Exercises to Tighten Inner Thighs & the Butt

Targeted resistance exercises can help you achieve a tighter, more defined physique. If it's your inner thighs and butt that you're most concerned with, you need the right exercises for the major muscle groups in these areas.

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The Best Underarm Exercises for Women

If you refer to your underarms as bat wings or bingo wings, know that you are not alone. The common complaint of flabby underarms led the American Council on Exercise to sponsor a female-only study in 2011 to determine which exercises best tone the triceps.

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Weight-Training Exercises for 15-Year-Olds

Despite common safety concerns, it’s perfectly safe for teenagers to participate in strength training. Focus should be on mastering exercise technique, form and building strength, rather than trying to put on muscle.

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The Neck and Jaw Exercises

The neck and jaw muscles are subject to tension daily, especially if you use a computer all day long or if you routinely carry a heavy load from your neck or shoulders. Neck and jaw exercises firm, tone and relax the muscles in your head and neck.

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The Best Pushups For Muscle Mass

Push-ups are effective strength exercises for the shoulders, chest and arms, and they also can increase muscle mass in those areas. The keys to turning your push-ups from a conditioning exercise to a muscle-building movement is increasing resistance and changing body position.

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