• Improve Your Agility With These 5 Exercises

    Athletes train for speed and love the ability to run fast. Speed is a God-given gift, but strengthening the specific muscles and doing speed drills can make anyone faster. Agility is more than speed. It’s the athlete’s ability to move rapidly from side-to-side or change direction quickly while running at a fast pace. This quickness […]

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  • Getting Rid of Back Fat

    It is hard to come up with a bright side when considering the problem of back fat. The bulge makes any idea of a smooth silhouette sound more like fantasy. The unwelcome rolls can also make it tough to wear some of summer’s slinkiest styles with confidence. Sure, we can’t see it but we know […]

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  • Gym-Goer Guidelines

    If you’re a frequent gym-goer, you have a good idea of what proper gym etiquette is. However, both veteran and rookie fitness enthusiasts can forget unspoken rules of the gym. So, if you’re clocking in time on the elliptical anytime soon, be sure to heed these basic guidelines, all of which you’d expect others to […]

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  • Using Exercise to Prevent Weight Gain, Not Weight Loss

    Time passes, and life moves on. Your daily grind at times seem too busy to fit in those workouts you once were so fiercely devoted to. But is the mountain size pile of paperwork each day, working overtime (again) and watching your favorite ABC network reality show worth the pounds that slowly creep up and […]

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  • Brutal Upper Body Exercises

    There’s workouts that burn fat, blast away those unwanted calories and even give you a surge of energy to carry you through your workout, and through your day. And then, there are the tried and true workout that really make a difference – ones that will perk up your torso, improve your chest, and in […]

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  • Do Strong Feet & Ankles Enhance Your Workout Strength?

    Your workouts can actually be enhanced with stronger feet and ankles. It should come as no surprise that workouts can be cut short quickly with a simple twist of the ankle or misstep of the foot. Often these injuries show up from a lack of strength and support in the ankles and feet. Did you […]

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  • Training In Extreme Summer Heat

    Your body goes through a lot when you exercise. The ingeniously designed and complex systems of the body all work together to balance and regulate the temperature of the internal and external systems. The more you exercise, the more heat your body is going to produce. Sweating helps cool the body and release heat. The […]

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  • Lift With Your Legs, Not Your Back, Myth or Truth?

    It sounds almost like a mantra we have heard it so many times. Lift with your legs, not with your back to avoid injury. But is the age old advice actually true? The short answer is, yes. Although there is some disagreement about the value of lifting from your back and your knees when dead […]

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  • How You Can Learn from Fellow Gym Goers

    We all belong to many communities. There are our professional and faith communities, neighborhoods, families and even some civic associations. The one thing all communities have in common is their ability to help us learn, grow and feel supported. This is also true of the fitness community. Whether you are very extroverted or the most […]

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  • Sweaty Beats: Creating A Workout Playlist

    If you’ve ever worked out without any music plugged in, then you can appreciate how awesome it is to workout with the right tunes playing. With no music to listen to, you are left to your own thoughts and perceptions. Some exercisers may like to workout this way, but the majority prefer to jam to […]

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