17 June, 2010 (14:06) | fitness | By:
People often lose sleep over being fat, but does lack of sleep actually contribute to gaining weight or an inability to lose fat? One thing’s for sure; in today’s busy life more people are sleep deprived than ever. Between meetings, travel, shuttling the kids around to this event and that, and going the extra mile [...]
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8 May, 2010 (00:41) | fitness | By:
Football is one tough sport. It requires a mixture of speed, agility, and strength like no other. You’ll find world class sprinters on the field with some of the world’s strongest men, that also happen to be fleet of foot and more agile than any 320lb individual has a right to be. The collisions are, [...]
Tags: build muscle, exercise, exercise routines, weight training, Weight Training Routines, workouts
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14 April, 2010 (05:25) | Diet, fitness | By:
Proposed changes to federal legislation governing school lunch programs, the Child Nutrition Act, would put them under the direct control of the FDA. While this represents a broad expansion of federal government power into an area traditionally the province of state and local governments, it could help the nation’s children eat a more balanced diet. [...]
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30 March, 2010 (15:09) | fitness | By:
It’s a fact of life today that too many people rely on a fast food diet to keep them going. The demands of time, screaming kids, and sometimes outright laziness, get us going up to the drive through window way more often than is nutritionally prudent. What if I told you that you could maintain [...]
Tags: Diet, healthy foods, weight loss tips
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13 December, 2009 (07:17) | fitness | By:
Let’s face it, not everyone wants to or can afford to work out at a club. For a number of reasons many people want or need to work out at home. If you want to get in a great workout at home, you’re going to need some gear. Here is the best home fitness equipment, [...]
Tags: exercise machines, fat loss, weight loss
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31 May, 2009 (07:30) | fitness | By:
Well, why is America, or more accurately Americans, so darned fat? I was at a hotel pool this afternoon and I was struck by the inescapable fact that the vast majority of the people there were pretty darned overweight, some were terrifically obese. A quick look around drove home the hard truth; if the pool [...]
Tags: weight loss
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3 April, 2009 (05:27) | fitness | By:
There’s no arguing that dumbbells are extremely effective, weather you’re using to build muscle, lose fat, or a little of both. The problems with dumbbells are that a complete series takes up a bit of space and can take quite a bit out of your wallet, too. Enter the adjustable dumbbell! First making their debut [...]
Tags: adjustable dumbbells, exercise, weights
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11 March, 2009 (14:28) | fitness | By:
If you’re trying to lose fat, and elliptical trainer is sure to be at the top of your list when it comes to exercise machines. They’re very popular right now, but what are the benefits of elliptical trainers? After all, they look like some kind of evil device from the middle ages with a really [...]
Tags: elliptical trainers, exercise machines
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20 February, 2009 (23:23) | fitness | By:
There is one thing that so many people ignore when trying to figure out how to lose body fat. In many ways it is as important as all the chicken breasts and steamed vegetables you eat, and all those extra reps you did in the squat rack. If you want the real key that unlocks [...]
Tags: lose body fat, psychology of fat loss
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5 February, 2009 (05:33) | fitness | By:
Just what does your percent body fat mean? Well it is actually used to describe your body composition. Part of your body is lean tissue, such as muscle, organs (minus their fatty composition) and bone. Lean body mass does not mean your body weight if you’re lean. It refers to all of your body that’s [...]
Tags: percent body fat
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16 January, 2009 (15:11) | fitness | By:
Weather you’re trying to make good on your new year’s resolution or just plain want to lose some fat, gain some muscle, and get in better shape, it’s always tough to balance your quest for getter fitness with the rest of your busy life. To that end here are some fitness training tips you can [...]
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12 January, 2009 (15:16) | fitness | By:
Well they aren’t actually having Jillian and Bob train new recruits, but they’ve had such a number of fat recruits in the last few years they’re having a problem meeting recruiting goals. A report released this morning by the AP says that almost 50,ooo potential new army recruits flunked the entrance exam due to their [...]
Tags: army, fat, fitness
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