Training
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Weight training isn’t a picnic or a walk in the park, it’s sweaty, gut busting work that if done correctly, has you treading the thin line between growth and injury. If you train intensely - the only kind of training that stimulates growth - you continually flirt with muscle damage. Rubbing up against the danger [...]
The New Visualization Breakthrough: Mental Training
Monday, July 14th, 2008By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS
Understanding the mind’s role in motivation and behavior is one of the most critical elements in fitness success. If you struggle with changing habits and behaviors or if you can’t get motivated, then even the best training and nutrition program is not much help.
A fascinating fact about your subconscious mind [...]
An Interest In Strength Training Is Building Among Women
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Britt McDermott has no trouble picking up her 7-year-old, 53-pound son. Carrying loads of groceries for her four children isn’t a big deal either. Running up hills is easier than it used to be, too.
The reason is simple: muscles.
Not big, bulging ones, but strong, supple muscles that she’s developed through a regular routine of strength [...]
When Building Muscle, Your Body Doesn’t Know What Day It Is
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008We’re told over and over that in order to be successful at something, we need to be consistent. But consistency not tempered with intelligence is as bad as inconsistency when we are being intelligent. You can run east looking for a sunset and no matter how consistent you are, you still won’t find a setting [...]
What Causes Overtraining?
Monday, June 30th, 2008Bodybuilders always tell newbies to watch how many workout sets they do, to avoid overtraining. The word gets thrown around so much, without anyone describing the cause of overtraining. Many bodybuilders don’t even believe in overtraining. Some bodybuilders have claimed that there is no way to overtrain, just that some people are undereating. I believe [...]
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