As you follow your weekly weight lifting routine, it is likely that at some point you will experience annoying or even painful muscle cramps. Cramps, also called muscle spasms, are uncontrollable contractions of muscle fibers.
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When people talk about having a strong center of gravity, they usually mean good balance, although your center of gravity is only one part of the equation for balance and stability.
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For some, bicep size is an important part of looking and feeling fit. There are lots of things you can do to make your biceps bigger, but the most important factor is exercising with the right workouts, intensity and frequency.
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A weight vest is a piece of exercise equipment, usually made of canvas or other durable material, designed to carry extra weight that adds to the wearer’s body weight.
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Proprioception -- your body’s sense of the position and motion of your joints -- is one of the most significant factors in balance, graceful movement and injury prevention. It allows involuntary reflexes to stabilize and protect you by maintaining posture and balance as you move.
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Developing your shoulders and chest gives you the strength and endurance to improve performance in all manner of activities, from golfing and gardening to swimming and football.
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The lower back muscles, which are the lowest portions of the erector spinae, are an integral part of safely performing many exercises and navigating everyday life. We use these muscles whenever we stand or bend over, as well as during most aerobic exercises, including running, swimming, cycling and rowing.
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In circuit training, a person moves quickly between single sets of exercises, completing one after another with minimal rest in between. She repeats the entire circuit for a number of rounds.
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Whether your goal is to run a faster mile, look better at the beach or just improve how you feel about yourself, getting a toned, rock-hard body can make all the difference.
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VO2 and VCO2 are important variables in measuring your body’s metabolism and efficiency during exercise. VO2 stands for the volume of oxygen that your body utilizes each minute. Similarly, VCO2 is the volume of carbon dioxide that you breathe out after transporting oxygen through your body.
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Swimming is an aerobic exercise that works the entire body and burns lots of calories. Because swimming recruits so many different muscle groups for a prolonged period and those muscles work constantly against water’s natural resistance, the potential for fat-burning is high.
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Singers, wind-instrument musicians and athletes all rely heavily on lung capacity to perform their best. Good lung capacity allows musicians to take in a large amount of air to expel for a complex line of music or song and allows athletes to provide their muscles and brain with adequate oxygen during vigorous exercise.
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A lot of men and women struggle to shed the pounds of fat that accumulate around the stomach, and some exercises are more helpful than others. It’s not going to melt away with crunches, for instance, because they simply don’t burn enough calories to reveal the muscles that crunches target.
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