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Sometimes, in fitness exercises, the exercising individual would have to raise a part of their body (body submass) as an exercise. Eventually the body submass raised can be associated with an extra free weight to add intensity to the exercise. A typical problem is to log this type of exercises properly.

When facing what seems to be a problem, we nearly always cure/fix the symptoms and not the core issue itself. Distinguishing symptoms from the problem itself is however quite simple. Symptoms, a necessary alarm There is nothing more natural for a person than wait for symptoms to come up so as to identify a given problem. For example, many dentists and doctors will agree that most patients are brought to ...

Capoeira is the essence of fitness and balance. It's all about a fine harmony of flexibility, strength, control, speed, rhythm, playfulness and community sharing. Look at these beautiful videos. One the most aesthetic video I found so far: Another one in the same fashion: And an excellent extract of a movie featuring almighty Muay Thai expert Tony Jaa in a fight with almigthy gymnast and Capoeirista Lateef Crowder: All apologies to the ladies, ...

Most training programs suggest to perform at least 3 sets of the same exercise. This advice has been consistently repeated from the top trainers and bodybuilders over the past 50 years. Recently only, research started questioning the importance of the 3 sets, by comparing the results with one, two, and three sets on large sets of volunteers. The research clearly demonstrates that results are the same with one ...

In strength conditioning (weight-based) the one rep max (1RM) refers to the maximum weight you can do ONE and ONLY ONE repetition with. In a previous article, I listed the many reasons why this number should be kept as an indicator for strength assessment. One shall avoid however pulling that weight because it is heavy and straining, while the same result can be achieved with less weight and few ...

NB: This article is obsolete, use the Two-set 1RM prediction method instead of the calculator mentioned below. This article will intentionally not be very comprehensive due to the vast amount of information available online. I will therefore insist on what I NEVER find on workout websites. SUMMARY THE GYM TOUR MOTIVATION: HAVE PRECISE OBJECTIVES DOCUMENT THE EXERCISES SPECIAL: WHAT WEIGHTS TO START WITH? HAVE A PROGRAM AND LOG NUTRITION: Conditions 90% of your workout's results ADOPT A ...

Having been working out for now about 8 months, I've come across about 6 common types of individuals that hit the gym fairly frequently: Type 1 By far the most common : "I have been rather skinny so I want to gain muscle" Type 2 Still quite common : "I am (or have some extra) fat, and (I live in the illusion that) pulling weights will burn my fat" Type 3 The sportsman :"I ...

Posture is the way you hold yourself, it's the way you stand, the way you sit, any other common still position. I have seen quite a number of people hitting the gym because they to develop their chest, shoulders or back, to have the so aimed-for "V shape". Then you would just look how they stand and you would realize their arms and shoulders are too much backwards, spine is ...

There is a number of seducing aspects of being an entrepreneur and running you own company. As for any other job, one is how it is IMAGE. For most jobs there is no real danger or risk in giving a lot of importance to the image you are giving through your job. But when it comes that of entrepreneur, you should really avoid trying to fit the perfect image ...

Very insightful content. I used to like to convince myself that I am too busy and have to many things to do. This article helped me realize how to save time, reduce stress, and handle more stuff and better! I particularly suggest the Parkinson's Law. You well read it and say "Yeah, that's so true...". Also, if like him and I, you need to WRITE DOWN everything because you have a ...