Why my Lactate Threshold Training is better than any other Strength Training System
April 25, 2007
It’s a very simple training system. Consisting of using your body in space with simple counts. Music is optional. With every position and exercise your concentration is focused on alignment, form, breathing, pacing, contracting or relaxing. You can move easily and flow from one exercise to the next with no wasted time or effort. Because it flows so well, you can make it cardiovascular or take designated controlled strength training time breaks.
Imagine you can do a whole hour of cardio without getting on the boring, dreaded treadmill or elliptical machines. At the same time you can tone and strengthen your core as well as every other muscle in your body. Strength training and cardio all in one!
How The Risk Of Golfer Elbow Injury Can Be Reduced
April 25, 2007
A golfer elbow injury has got to be one of the most dreaded injuries on any golf course.
And it is not too difficult to figure out why. To begin with a golfer elbow injury will usually take a long time to heal properly and quite often recurs shortly after a golfer gets back to the course. Golfer elbow injury is very similar to tennis elbow, which tennis players equally dread.
It is the sort of injury where a doctor will prescribe total rest well away from the course. For many a keen golfer, this may be even more punishment than the nagging, and often sharp pain from the golfer elbow injury.
The reason why a golfer elbow injury takes so long to heal and in some cases may never really go away, is because it is the sort of injury that involves a joint. Usually injuries on joints are troublesome. One of the reasons is that it is difficult to rest a joint completely and one ends up using the muscles whenever they make any slight movement.
Therefore any advice or tips to help reduce the risk of golfer elbow is extremely important to any golfer.
How to Avoid Using Your Home Gym as a Clothes Rack
April 24, 2007
So here’s the situation?
You have a home gym, treadmill, elliptical trainer, or some other piece of home fitness equipment. But it’s sitting in the corner of the room being used as a clothes rack. You haven’t gotten any use out of it for months, and you might be thinking of selling it off.
There’s a reason why you initially bought this piece of equipment, and I can bet that it wasn’t meant to hang your clothes on (there are much cheaper alternatives than that).
It was probably along the lines of "toning up" or "losing weight" or "getting fit" and so on and so forth.
You know it’s probably a good idea to start exercising again, but you might be thinking:
1. "I’m too busy with (insert your reasons here), and I just don’t have the time right now."
2. "I’ll do it later."
3. "I’m not too sure what exercises to do."
4. "I just don’t have any motivation right now. Maybe in the future when I get fired up I’ll start again."
5. "I’m feeling pretty tired these days with everything going on. I’ll get to it once I have some energy."
Appreciating Your Core Golf Strength Will Improve Your Game
April 24, 2007
The core golf strength, unknown to many enthusiasts of the game is the conditioning and strengthening of the muscles in your body, which you use to play golf. The weaker and unprepared this core golf strength is, the weaker your game of golf will be.
But let us explain why this should be the core golf strength of any player, whether amateur or professional. The game of golf involves extremely unnatural movements for the human body. This is one of the reasons why the golf swing is so difficult to master.
It is simply because even as you try you best to get your swing right, the natural; tendencies of your body and the muscles is against your efforts.
It therefore makes a lot of sense to exercise and condition those muscles because as you strengthen them to deal with the golf swing for example, the movement will come more naturally to you. The inevitable result is that your golf game will improve dramatically.
And it will all be because of your respect for the core golf strength.
Fitness Goals For Dummies
April 23, 2007
Health-buffs that have been using exercise equipments are surely no neophytes on this matter. But newbies on exercise equipment won’t have a hard time on knowing which to use. It’s just a matter of getting armed with the right info and sufficient determination to be at your fittest.
Choosing the best fitness exercise equipment to meet your needs could be a bit tricky and complicated. Equipments could cost you thousands of dollars. What’s worse is that they might just end up collecting dust in your basement. Surely you don’t want this to happen so here’s a few tips:
Decide on What To Work On. Are you a wheezing kiddo? Plainly stick thin? Could you qualify as an overqualified sumo wrestler? Blue baby? Just decide what you need to improve on. Consulting a physician might help. Or maybe simply looking at the mirror will do the job.
Canvass Through Friends. You might have a health enthusiast friend like you who have been using exercise equipments for quite some time now. It’ll be one fun activity if you could actually convince him to lend you his equipments. If you are close friends, you might even enjoy more bonding time while exercising. If you are just casual acquaintances, consider making the most out of your charm. Stealthily persuade him to lend you those stuff. By hook or by crook! All for the name of fitness.
Debunking the Top Ab Myths
April 23, 2007
Ab training has been done to death but it’s time to take another look. Why? Because people are still training their abs wrong so all that ab training information must not be doing the right job.
Here’s a list of the top Myths about Abdominal Training that you should avoid at all costs…
1 - There’s no such thing as Spot Reducing - Endless crunches will not melt away the fat from your midsection. It just doesn’t work that way. And despite the “burn” of high rep ab exercises, you barely burn any calories while doing those endless crunches.
Your fat burning time is best spent elsewhere on more effective “cardio” training.
2 - The Abs are a Muscle and should be trained as such. You don’t need high reps and lots of sets to work your abs. This just leads to over training.
Now, abs are a more endurance oriented muscle so slightly higher reps may be more effective. However, you should keep the reps at 20 or lower and work on increasing the resistance and variety in your training.
The Two Greatest Myths About Abdominal Exercises
April 22, 2007
If you have ever read a fitness magazine…
If you have ever watched TV ads about latest machines that will magically reveal your abs…
If you have ever gone to a gym and saw tens of people lying on the floor doing crunches….
then beware because chances are you are a victim of the two biggest abdominal training hoaxes!
Myth No: 1
Just doing some midsection exercises can reduce your “love handles”.
Fact
You cannot reduce fat from a certain targeted area of your body just by using exercise alone.
And the abdominal area is no exception.
So if you want to get a flat stomach and to reveal your abs, losing the fat covering them is the way to go.
And the only way to do this is to lose fat proportionately from your entire body by burning more calories than you consume.
How? By doing these two things:
1) Have a healthy and balanced permanent diet: dark green vegetables, fresh fruits, whole wheat and whole grain products, non-fat dairy products, fish, poultry breast, lean red meat, egg white.
Play Better Longer - Peak Performance For Golf!
April 22, 2007
The golf swing is a dynamic movement that demands precise coordination of muscle contraction and relaxation, postural stability, strength, balance and body awareness. That is not to say that we cannot swing a golf club without these elements. The body does a great job in compensating for weakness and faulty movement. However, there is a downside to this compensation. The downside is inconsistency, loss of power, and muscle and joint pain. A well developed golf fitness program will help you develop the physical skills needed to consistently repeat a good golf swing, add power and distance to your shots, and help prevent, reduce and possibly even eliminate golf related pain and injury.
Here?s A Golf Training Tip To Boost Your Drives
April 21, 2007
Every golfer would like to have a golf training tip to increase their drives by 10, 20, 30 or even 40 yards. But what do you need to focus on to accomplish that?
Have you ever received a golf training tip that didn’t work? I think we all have. That can be very frustrating to say the least. But the key to implementing a golf training tip that’s effective is to look at your swing.
Do you lack a full, 90 degree shoulder turn on your backswing? Do you breakdown at impact where it really counts? Or do you have a hard time staying in your golf posture through out your swing?
You’ve got to take a deeper look at your swing faults AND physical limitations to determine what golf training tip will be the most effective in improving your driving distance.
Don’t just try any golf training tip your golfing buddies tell you. Give it some serious thought before you do one of the golf training tips in the magazines. There are hundreds golf training tips you can read about, but won’t work for you.
Have you ever heard of the "62 point check-list?"
Tips For Buying A Treadmill
April 21, 2007
Tips For Buying A Treadmill-Buy To Succeed
Among the best tips for buying a treadmill, the very best is to ‘buy to succeed’.
Whether you’re in fitness training or just want to feel fit, the correct equipment is the treadmill you will USE.
But which type of user are you?
Quality Is About You
If you’re a runner, you may need a treadmill with a longer running surface and a quality frame, and a more powerful motor with faster speed.
High-quality engineering will lessen wear-and-tear and need of repair. Quality programming features may be a good choice to measure your training.
Expect to pay considerably more for all of these equipment features.
Many users, though, purchase a treadmill, online or locally, for fitness and good health.
If this type describes you, your choice of treadmill will be different.
Still, review your own needs.
What is your weight? Your treadmill will have to carry it. Do you exercise often? Do you need an electronic display to tell you how you’re doing? How much quality can you afford?
Review all of these things about yourself, read equipment reviews online, and only then shop around to suit your own fitness goals.
