What To Look For In A Personal Trainer
Personal trainers either work in health and fitness centers or they work privately, visiting their clients at home or the office. As you can see, it's not hard to find a personal trainer, but knowing what to look for in a personal trainer can be a bit more challenging. Before you hire one to help you reach your fitness goals, make sure the personal trainer you're interested in can pass the test before they try to push you to your limits. Here are some tips to help you know what to look for in a personal trainer: . . . keep reading
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Locker Room Etiquette
By Dustin Driver
The locker room: A steamy, sweaty powder keg of competitive pheromones, vaporized testosterone and Old Spice deodorant. One false step and the whole place could erupt into a frenzied and uncomfortably nude fistfight. Locker rooms dredge up the awkward anxiety of early puberty, which often includes the unsettling memories of childish ridicule, towel snapping, wedgies, and the inevitable comparing of various body parts. Distant memories of ill-executed locker room etiquette are enough to put anybody on edge and transform the most refined guy into a nervous dolt. . . . keep reading
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Hardgainer Grocery List
By Shannon Clark
Are you one of the many guys who struggle to gain weight? If so, take comfort in knowing that you aren't alone. Building muscle for anyone is not an easy process and for some, it can be remarkably hard. These individuals, who are often referred to as "hardgainers," are really going to have to push their dietary efforts to the limits to start seeing measurable progress. Here is the lowdown on a hardgainers diet and what a hardgainer grocery list needs to look like: . . . keep reading
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NFL Workout: Wide Receiver
By Jeff Bayer
Regardless of whether they play football or not, many men aspire to achieve the physique of one of the NFL's top wide receivers. These athletes train for multiple hours every single day -- which is impractical for most individuals -- but if you adopt some of the principles of an NFL workout, you can obtain a body similar to that of your favorite wide receiver. The main characteristics that professional wide receivers, such as Chad Johnson and Torry Holt, possess (and the ones you need to focus on when creating an NFL workout) include a high degree of speed, agility and quickness, all while being able to recover quickly without fatigue. That said, here is our NFL workout for attaining the physique of a wide receiver. . . . keep reading
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NFL Workout: Safety
By Jeff Bayer
When you're watching safeties in the NFL, two physical assets usually comes to mind: strength and speed. Plain and simple: To be a good safety in the NFL, you need to be quick, have good strength behind you and be able to jump aggressively. To create an NFL workout that would resemble that of a safety, focus on building up your fast-twitch muscles along with improving your reaction time. The final point you'll want to focus on when putting together an NFL workout for a safety is neck-strengthening. Since a great deal of neck injuries occur when playing this position, it's essential that you take preventative measures to strengthen all the ligaments and tendons surrounding the neck. . . . keep reading
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Healthy Barbecuing
By Dustin Driver
The temperature is rising -- and so is your primal urge to throw a hunk of bloody meat on a pile of hot coals. Before you dive into barbecue season, take heed; gobbling sausages, hotdogs and hamburgers can wreck your waistline -- and clog your arteries in the process. If you want to stay slim and trim (or even lose the winter weight), you'll need to grill wisely, which is the healthy barbecuing way. It'll take a little more grilling expertise and some cooking know-how, but it'll be worth it. Follow these simple tips and you'll be crowned a barbecue gourmet, the king of high-class and healthy barbecuing. . . . keep reading
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Workout
By Jeff Bayer
When you say the word "bodybuilding," the name that instantly comes to mind is Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold has been crowned the "king" by many in the bodybuilding field, as he really did take the sport to a whole new level. . . . keep reading
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3 Common Bodybuilding Myths
By Pete Sisco
I suppose every sport has its own supply of useless lore and half-truths that get passed on to newcomers. But I'd put bodybuilding up against any of them in a contest for which one has the most time-wasting and dangerous mythology of all. . . . keep reading
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Healthy Man-Made Foods
By Dustin Driver
Try deciphering the ingredients on any package of processed food and you'll probably abandon your hopes that any healthy man-made foods exist. Although those polysyllabic chemicals sound like they could strip the paint off a battleship, tear DNA asunder or even grant freakish superpowers, you'd be surprised to learn that many of those frightening ingredients aren't engineered by guys in lab coats. The truth is that some are all-natural compounds squeezed out of fruits and vegetables. Others are simply minerals or vitamins found in unpolluted soil. So, if you want to be savvy about pre-packaged, mass-produced factory food, you'll need to know which brands eschew questionable components and instead stick to all-natural ones. . . . keep reading
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Workout Success: Consistency
By Jeff Bayer
While you always want to be on a good diet and workout program, the specific program you're on isn't going to decide whether or not your goals are realized -- it's your consistency in following it that will get you the results you're after. The greatest factor regarding your success is how well you are able to maintain consistency in the program. After all, even the best-thought-out program in the world isn't going to get you any results unless you actually follow it with consistency. . . . keep reading
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Celebrity Workout: Brad Pitt in Fight Club
By Herve J. Duchemin
If you've seen Fight Club, you'd be crazy to think Brad Pitt's physique was anything less than stellar. It was far from big and bulky; the bloated power-lifter look went out of style with bell-bottomed pants. Rather than being monstrous, Brad's ripped physique was lean and cut. More and more men are seeking a borderline "not too big but not too small look," which Brad displays perfectly in Fight Club. If you'd like to have a killer body like his, I'll help you get there. . . . keep reading
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Fake A Beach Body
With the winter season coming to a close and spring quickly approaching, this only means one thing: Beach season is rapidly approaching, as well. For some, beach season simply means warmer weather and more time playing golf; for others, it's a time when they want to bare their bodies and show off what they've been working hard to achieve over the winter months in the gym. The problem that occurs for some, however, is that over the winter months, they've really let their diet slide and now have much more fat than they'd like accumulated over their freshly built muscles. . . . keep reading
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Top 10: Ways To Maximize Cardio Workouts
by Jeff Bayer
You know that you have to do cardio, but the thought of spending a significant part of your evening sweating on a machine, under fluorescent lighting, while staring at a boring TV show, leaves something to be desired. Being sympathetic to this, we've compiled the top 10 ways to maximize your cardio workouts with regard to time and results. Incorporating these tips into your workout will help you spend less time on the treadmill and more time watching sports from your couch. . . . keep reading
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Fast Workout Fixes
by Jeff Bayer
If you want to see continual results, it's essential to make changes to your workout program every so often. Doing so helps to ensure that the muscles you use are constantly exposed to new stimuli -- ones they aren't quite sure how to handle. The fast workout fixes presented here will help to spark growth in your muscles, making them stronger and changing the way your body looks. When it comes to changing your fitness plan, standard fast workout fixes include changing the type of workout split you're on, changing the order of exercises you perform, changing the number of reps or sets, decreasing or increasing the rest periods, and changing the type of exercises you do. However, there are some other fast workout fixes you can use that are often forgotten. It is definitely good to select a whole new exercise to include in your workout -- going from a row to a pull-up, for example. Making tiny modifications in some of the exercises you currently do can also help you see new gains from workout to workout. Since these fast workout fixes are a rather minor, feel free to do them at any point in your workout when you feel you need a little boost. Doing so will not only help to continually challenge your muscles, but it will also help keep you more interested in each workout session. . . . keep reading
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Summer Cycling Routines
by Jeff Bayer
Cycling is a great way to not only improve your conditioning this summer, but also to enhance your physique. Some of the best benefits you will see with cycling training are the body's enhanced utilization of oxygen, increased muscular strength and power in the legs, improved ability to buffer lactic acid buildup, and decreased body fat percentage. From a strength standpoint, cycling is preferable to running as a cardiovascular workout, since you will be constantly working against resistance. That said, there are some important things you should consider when coming up with a cycling plan that will help you maximize your training . . . keep reading
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Top 10: Core Exercises
By Jeff Bayer
A strong core is essential to correctly perform strength training exercises, to lift a maximum amount of weight and to reduce your risk of injuries. There are many different techniques you can use to vary your core training and avoid a plateau. Here are a few drills to incorporate into your workout. . . . keep reading
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4 Minute Workout
