Articles Posted in the Training Category
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Improve Your Running With Cross Training – FitMag’s Running Expert, Max Willcocks
Endurance sports all have one thing in common irrespective of their origin. They aim to push your body to complete depletion, that is exhaust your muscles and work your cardio system beyond what you might have thought you are capable of. So when it comes to training for an endurance event it seems that putting [...]
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4 Stage Plan For Powerful Pecs!
Every man wants a big chest (there are plenty of ladies who want the same, one might argue) and it is safe to say if there is one muscle group you couldn’t accuse a chap of skipping on it would be chest. The culture that bread the ‘’how much do you bench’’ crew means that [...]
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The Novice’s Guide To The Gym!
Starting your journey as an iron lumping gym addict can be very exciting yet it can also be quite daunting. Where do you start? Somebody told you to do complete body splits every day, someone else told you train your muscles once per week. The truth is there are several ways to go about it [...]
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Make Every Workout Count!
Ask yourself this question – do you get enough out of your workouts? Really do you, or are you guilty of floating through each session on cruise control? After the initial phase people travel through where every rep counts they fall into a lull whereby they coast and over time their workouts become half arsed, [...]
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Always Use A Full Range Of Motion – Gospel Or Not?
The weight lifting world is surrounded by opinions which outlaw people who don’t use full range of motion, possibly one of the most frowned upon gym crimes you can commit in the eyes of the ‘’gym police’’ but the question is this – are they right? In some instances yes they are, in others we [...]
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Get In And Get Out! Fast & Furious
Time and the lack of it is a common issue many people face today as they try and fit their exercise in around hectic lifestyles – family, work, socialising and sleep all have to fit in as well, not to mention eating! Whilst we can talk about fancy workout systems which combine high volume training [...]
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Ladies – Lift Iron & Look Sexy!
If there is one thing I would love to change in relation to people’s trail of thought and exercise it is this – ladies do very well lifting weights when trying to optimise the image of their physique. Gym instructors across the country will usually usher women towards cardio machines and tell them if they [...]
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Tricks Of The Trade – Triceps
To crown 2013 with some new super-hot material we have decided to do a “play by play” on every muscle group we as a collective team of gym bunnies love to train. If you are looking to improve a specific muscle group you may well come across some advice which helps you break through a [...]
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Skipping Leg Day – Lost Potential!
Leg training is brutal and it certainly separates the ‘’men from the boys’’ and the ‘’little girls from the ladies’’ that is for sure! If done right there is no denying or escaping the harsh burning sensation leg training causes within your thighs, this is a given! The reality of the situation is that the [...]
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Grip Hard Or Go Home – Forearm Strength!
Grip is something which a lot of people will overlook and it is also something many others will suffer from, well to rephrase ‘’poor grip.’’ There are several remedies to poor grip in today’s training world with the likes of wrist straps available (many variations), chalk and even sticky sap for your palms. However these [...]
