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Keep Exercise Journals For Real Results


Always make sure to keep a detailed training journal. By keeping a journal of your training sessions, you will have a detailed log of your every exercise you perform along with reps, sets and how much weight you lifted.

Stay Mentally Focused When Training


When you decide to exercise, try to really stick to your training routine and don't get sidetracked by too much socializing. When you socialize with friends, your mind usually starts to wander off and you really start to lose focus on your main objective, which is to train hard and get out of there.

Have a Detailed Exercise Plan Before Training


You would never build a house without a site plan, would you? You would never just pick up a hammer, some nails and start pounding away hoping your dream home will be built perfectly. Just like building a house, when you build your body up, you need a plan to adhere to and follow.

Try Different Forms of Exercise for Success


If you have always used free weights, then switch it up and try training with machines like "Hammer Strength" or "Nautilus". These are excellent weight resistance machines and they will really work your muscles from different angles and different intensities.

Monitor Your Body Fat Levels For Results


A very important aspect in really finding out if you're on the right track or not, is to monitor your body fat levels. Go to your local sports store and buy some body fat calipers to test your fat levels.

Forget Exercise - Go Play


Can't seem to get the energy or motivation to exercise? Forget exercise - go play. For most of us exercise is a chore.

5 Little Known Benefits of Warming Up & Cooling Down After Exercising


While working out in the gym, I have noticed that many exercisers tend to skip two very important parts of their workout. It is crucial that exercisers starts with a warm-up and ends with a cool-down.

Great Exercises To Tone & Tighten Your Butt


A question I am frequently asked by females is, "What is the best exercise I can do for my butt?" In my opinion, there is nothing better you can do for your butt than lunges. They target your glutes, hamstrings and quads, and can easily be modified for beginners to advanced exercisers.

Elements of Exercise


Warm upWarming up before exercising has physiological and psychological benefits. If you begin vigorous exercise without warming up, it can stress muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints and the heart, which can lead to serious injury.

Calf Cramps - How To Get More Gain For Less Pain!


I cannot imagine that there is anyone past the age of about 10, that has never had calf cramps. Let's face it, they are horrible.

When Exercising Right Looks Wrong


For most of us we live in a black and white world. Good vs.

Triathalon Racing, It Starts At The Beginning


Long before you can enter into triathalon racing, you will need to prepare. You will need to prepare your mind and your body for the competition and the fight.

The Cool Down - Recover Faster & Avoid Injury!


Many people dismiss the cool down as a waste of time, or simply unimportant. In reality the cool down is just as important as the warm up, and if you want to stay injury free, it's vital.

Professional Triathlon Training Taking You To Your Best


There are hundreds of different programs for professional triathlon training that will work for you. There are even more that won't.

Exercising for life - The magic is in the synergy!


Synergy: the working together of two or more things, people, or organizations, especially when the result is greater than the sum of their individual effects or capabilitiesMomentum toward your goals is generated when all components of fitness are incorporated into your workout program." Heart-through cardiovascular workout" Skeletal muscle-through strength training" Joints-through flexibility exercises.

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