http://blog.amazingmuscle.com Bodybuilding, fitness and nutrition blog. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:07:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2182940http://www.feedburner.com Music moves us. Most fitness instructor's and gym owners know that pumping up the volume on music will pump up energy. However, aside from setting a pace and helping time to pass more pleasantly, research shows that music can actually enhance physical performance, increase health, and help in healing the ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmazingMuscleBodybuildingFitnessAndNutritionBlog/~4/361137785" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.amazingmuscle.com/sound-advice-for-your-workout/ First of all, this is not written against taking vitamins. This is written to help us better understand how vitamins act in our systems and how we do or do not gain from them. The intention is to help you determine if you should be taking a supplement or daily ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmazingMuscleBodybuildingFitnessAndNutritionBlog/~4/356498171" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.amazingmuscle.com/vitamins-should-you-take-them/ By Scott Abbett Probably nowhere is there more dubious information than in the fitness industry. Not coincidentally, it's doubtful there's an area of life mired in more confusion with conflicting information than the simple context of ‘getting in shape'. One person tells you to eradicate all carbohydrates and spend your free ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmazingMuscleBodybuildingFitnessAndNutritionBlog/~4/353031010" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.amazingmuscle.com/how-to-get-in-shape-4-crucial-keys/ Regular exercise can provide the basis for good health and wellness. In the past health meant only the absence of disease or illness. Today we define health in terms of physical, mental, social and emotional wellness. The health, fitness, and medical experts now regard exercise, practiced on a regular basis, ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmazingMuscleBodybuildingFitnessAndNutritionBlog/~4/350970904" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.amazingmuscle.com/physical-fitness-means-living-better-longer/ Most people have no idea how much water they should be drinking, and most Americans live from day to day in a dehydrated state. They don't drink enough water. Without water, we would be poisoned to death by our own waste products and toxins resulting from metabolism. Water is vital to digestion and ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmazingMuscleBodybuildingFitnessAndNutritionBlog/~4/349812387" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.amazingmuscle.com/are-you-drinking-enough-water/ Almost anyone can find the motivation to plan a workout routine and most people can even find the will power necessary to go out to the gym, buy a pass and begin working out. It’s that extra ounce of motivation and will power that allow you to go beyond these ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmazingMuscleBodybuildingFitnessAndNutritionBlog/~4/348664531" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.amazingmuscle.com/how-to-stay-motivated/ Do calories matter or do you simply need to eat certain foods and that will guarantee you’ll lose weight? Should you count calories or can you just count “portions?” Is it necessary to keep a food diary? Is it unrealistic to count calories for the rest of your life or ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmazingMuscleBodybuildingFitnessAndNutritionBlog/~4/347479861" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.amazingmuscle.com/counting-calories-and-weight-loss/ By Rob Poulos I was puttering around on the internet this morning and I saw something that caught my eye. It was the latest data regarding our current life expectancy as humans from the World Health Organization, along with a history of how that's changed over the years. This info went ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmazingMuscleBodybuildingFitnessAndNutritionBlog/~4/345788122" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.amazingmuscle.com/how-to-avoid-8-years-of-poor-health-in-a-fat-body/ We all face snack attacks, after work when the kids are hungry and we're frazzled from a hectic day, late in the evening while watching TV, on lazy weekend afternoons. We can control snack attacks with three easy steps: Be prepared. Make sure you have healthier snacks on hand, and keep cookies ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmazingMuscleBodybuildingFitnessAndNutritionBlog/~4/343955480" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.amazingmuscle.com/you-can-triumph-over-snack-attacks/ Weight 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. ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmazingMuscleBodybuildingFitnessAndNutritionBlog/~4/343033667" height="1" width="1"/> http://blog.amazingmuscle.com/pain-in-the-mass-ten-most-common-causes-of-training-injury/