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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How to Increase Your Upper Arm Strength as a Girl

Regardless of the myth many girls and women fear: weight training will make you bulky -- building muscle is important for maintaining healthy bones and joints as you age, and to help burn calories and maintain weight.

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Hip External Rotation Exercises

External hip rotation occurs when your thigh bone turns away from the midline, turning your knee out. The muscles involved in external hip rotation include the quadratus femorus, piriformis, gluteus medius and gluteus maximus, as well as several smaller muscles.

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Exercises to Correct Internal Hip Rotation

When someone is knock-kneed, they may be suffering from internal rotation of the hips. Your hips internally rotate when your thighbones turn inward, turning your knees toward one another. The muscles involved in internal rotation are the tensor fasciae latae, piriformis, and gluteus minimus and medius.

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The Best Quiet Treadmills

If you’ve ever owned a treadmill, you know they can be loud. But running in peace and quiet doesn't have to be a farfetched dream. Quiet treadmills do exist. In 2014, some consumer websites compiled a list of the best and noted which ones also put an emphasis on low sound.

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Yoga Posture Exercises for Vertigo

Vertigo is the feeling that you or your world is spinning -- making you feel dizzy and unbalanced. For many people, vertigo happens sporadically and infrequently. Vertigo is usually an inner ear issue stemming from calcium or fluid build-up or even a virus.

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