Archive for June, 2010

Reap the Advantages of Regular Exercise

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When asked if regular exercise is beneficial, everyone immediately answers yes. A myriad of reasons automatically comes into play. From personal experiences to whatever people have read. You can be amazed with why people exercise. The good old physical activities are a part of your life more than you expect. With its rudimentary [...]

Managing Stress With Exercise

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“Stress” is becoming one of those words that is more frequently being used in every day conversation. We all know someone that is having problems coping with stress. We have been told on numerous occasions the benefits of controlling stress with exercise.
Life will never be stress free. It helps us to perform better [...]

Six-Pack Abs Exercise Workout

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The Key to a successful six-pack abs exercise workout is to be realistic. What is realistic? Well its not staring at a calendar with a marker, checking off the days to a new you. It is more than a New Years affirmation. It is setting clear goals and being consistence and monitoring your [...]

The Truth About Lactate and Exercise

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For years exercise scientists and physiologists have preached that lactate/lactic acid build-up in the muscle is the direct cause of muscle fatigue and a decrease in performance. It is proposed that lactate builds up in the muscle cells during intense exercise and literally “poisons” them, essentially shutting down activity biochemically by reducing the [...]

Will Hard Exercise Damage Your Heart Muscle?

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To improve for athletic competition, all athletes must suffer skeletal muscle damage. Without this damage their muscles will not grow and they will not become stronger. World-class competitive bicycle racers ride at close to their maximum heart rate for five to seven hours a day. Many researchers have been concerned that this very [...]