I see people spending a lot of time on cardio equipment. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but weight lifting is just as effective to burn calories. As an added bonus, when you build muscle, you’ll naturally burn calories as muscle consume calories to remain strong. When I talk to people about weight lifting for
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No Comments » My house is located in what I like to call “gym no-mans land”. There isn’t an affordable gym located near my house. I say affordable because there are a couple private gym/studios close, but I don’t have that kind of dough. The most affordable gym near my house is the corporate giant…24 Hour Fitness. I’m
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It is very difficult, as an average joe, to find a workout out program that works and makes sense. The difficulty in choosing a program is that there is so much information out there. There are close to as many workout out programs as there are diets. How do we solve this problem? Here are
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I have learned something very valuable recently. I have learned that no matter how much my muscles burn, or how tired I am, I can always do more. We are trained to stop when our muscles tell our brain that its over. But the reality is that our brain controls everything. See, the problem is
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Chest, shoulders and Triceps is Disc 9, and is the beginning of week 5 / phase 2. It is my second favorite p90X workout (first is Plyo X). Unlike most of the weight-training workouts in the phase 1, the exercises do not repeat. You work chest, shoulders and triceps in that order without repeating a
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Lets face it; all workout programs/routines get boring. This is one of the reasons why so many people fail to achieve their goals. When people get bored, motivation and morale dips which leads to quitting. To keep morale high, I like to throw in an additional exercise to the routine. I love riding my mountain
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I just completed my week 2 / day 13 workout…..Kenpo X. This workout is what Billy Blanks wishes Tae Bo was. Albeit, Kenpo X doesn’t go into the same technical kickboxing moves that Tae Bo does. Kenpo X is a fun workout that goes by quickly as you are always on the move. My only complaint
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