Sports & Fitness: Performance Training, Rules & Recovery

Elite athletic performance and general fitness are sustained through structured hypertrophy strategies, sport-specific conditioning, and rigorous adherence to injury prevention protocols.

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Getting Cut Vs. Bulking Up

The idea that all weight exercises make you turn out looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger is just a myth. You can actually determine if you gain lean muscle mass or make big muscle gains and bulk up.

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Eight Exercises to Strengthen All the Major Muscle Groups

Strength-training exercises offer some impressive benefits, namely that they not only help you build muscle, but also burn fat. They also increase your metabolism long after your workout. You don't need a lot of different exercises to get the results you seek.

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Muscle Exercises for Archery

Archery is a sport that involves the use of a bow and arrow, This sport is hundreds of years old and is even featured in the Olympics.

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Muscles Affected by Sitting All Day

When you don't get enough activity and instead sit around all day, your muscles are at rest -- and this can take a big toll on your health. Your body was made to move and be active, so if you're spending the majority of your time at a desk or lazing around on the couch, you'll see the effects.

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What Parts of the Body Does Bicycling Work?

Bicycling is not only a popular, enjoyable activity, it's also a full-body workout, utilizing nearly all of the major muscle groups in your body. Although it primarily relies on the muscles in your lower body, your upper body also gets a workout.

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How to Build Muscle for a 50-Year-Old Man

Even when you hit the 50-year mark, you can build and maintain lean muscle mass. To build muscle, you need to create an appropriate workout plan suitable for your age.

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Squat Exercises for Men

Squats are an important exercise to include in your workout plan. Whether you`re a guy looking to gain lean muscle mass, bulk up, or you're just trying to get in better shape and lower your body fat percentage, squats are one of the most effective exercises a man can do for those purposes.

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Shoulder, Bicep & Back Superset Workout

Superset workouts maximize your results, increasing your muscle gains twofold. Whether you're trying to get more definition in your muscles right before a big competition, or you just want help building more muscle mass, supersets are one of your most effective options.

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Exercises for Fast Toning Above Your Knees

The upper legs are made up of two major muscle groups. The quadriceps, a muscle group consisting of four parts, is located at the front of the upper leg. The hamstrings, made up of the semitendinosus, semimembranosus and biceps femoris muscles, are located at the back of the thigh.

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Exercises to Trim Inches Off Your Legs

If your main goal is losing inches, keep fat-burning exercises as your primary focus. There's no need to get bored with your workouts, with so many different exercises you can include to help slim down.

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Activities For Flexibility

Building muscle and burning fat are both essential factors to creating a fit, healthy body, but flexibility is just as important. To maintain proper fitness, take part in different activities that help to stretch and lengthen your muscles.

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How to Build Tight, Lean, Strong Muscle

To get tight, lean muscle, you need to exercise your body. Strength-training exercises are most effective for getting those muscle gains you're after. However, without proper nutrition you're not going to see your tight, lean and strong muscles.

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Exercises to Extend Basketball Shooting Range

To excel in basketball you need agility and focus, but you also need a great deal of strength. Basketball works most of the muscles in the body, but when it comes to taking a shot, the arm muscles are most heavily relied upon.

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How to Get Ripped Abs for Teen Guys

Even if you're a teenager you can get ripped abs, if you're incorporating the right exercises into your routine. Although you do want to ensure you are working other muscle groups as well because, as the American Council on Exercise warns, otherwise you may find yourself dealing with "

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Wellness

Abdominal Muscle Stretches

It is always important to include stretching as part of your total fitness plan. Regular stretching not only helps to prevent muscle stiffness and soreness after a workout, but it also offers many other impressive benefits.

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Fastest Way to Build Pecs

It takes a lot of hard work and targeted exercises to gain muscle in any area of your body. If you're looking to build your pecs, you need the right combination of cardio to burn fat from your body, along with specific strength-training exercises for the chest to build toned, defined muscle.

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Resistance Band Exercises for the Neck

The muscles in the neck are often overlooked in exercise regimes. However, it's particularly important to work them, because they support the head. Building strength in these muscles can help to prevent injuries such as muscle sprains and strains.

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Cardio for Burning Chest Fat

Although the idea of spot-reducing fat from a particular area on your body is considered a myth, any cardio activity you include in your exercise regimen will get your heart rate going and help blast those calories away, reducing overall body fat.

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