Archive for the ‘Strength Training’ Category
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 |
Years ago the conventional wisdom was that athletes, especially athletes that relied on speed like track and filed stars - should not weightlift or strength train. There was the thinking that they become too “muscle bound” and cannot perform well due to heavy or bulky muscle. Well Sports Medicines practioners and professional trainers know that that is simply not true. Weightlifting and strength training can and does improve the ability of anybody, any athlete in any sport - even track and field.
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 |
Tennis itself is a great and fun way to exercise and stay in shape for people of all ages. But what exercises can you do to improve you tennis game? Simple answer - weightlifting and strength training. One of the main reasons that fitness and health professionals alike have begun to recognize weightlifting and strength training as the perfect exercise, is that it is not only is the best workout you can get for overall wellness, but with isolation weightlifting and strength training exercises, and even compound exercises that target specific muscle groups, you can customize weightlifting routines to improve your performance for any game - even tennis.
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Best Weight Lifting Routines for Tennis Players
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Monday, June 16th, 2008 |
One of the things that makes weightlifting such a great exercise is that it not only is the best workout you can get for overall health and fitness, but since there are isolation weightlifting and strength training exercises, you can tailor make routines to improve your performance in any sport. For example skiing.
People who do not ski regularly may not realize how physically demanding a sport it is. And we are not talking about extreme downhill here, even basic recreational skiing taxes muscle groups in both the upper and lower body, and requires good balance.
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008 |
Next to back injury probably one of the most common injuries in weight lifting is injury to the hands. Even when lifting with perfect technique the hands take a lot of abuse when weightlifting and it is very ironic that where weightlifting has been shown to actually prevent or in some cases reverse arthritis in some joints like the elbows, knees and shoulders, it can cause arthritis in the hands. With over 50 bones in the hand, hand pain is certainly quite common among weightlifters.
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008 |
Recent studies have proven that you are never too old to start weight training and benefit from the wealth of physical benefits of weightlifting. In fact if you have never done any weightlifting or strength training and are over 50, now is the best time to start.
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Friday, June 13th, 2008 |
Ahh… sun, sand and surf. While there has been much debate over what is the best place to weightlift either at home or in the gym - for many weightlifters, those aren’t even in the running. For them their favorite place to weightlift is on the beach.
And when it comes to weightlifting and working out on the beach there is probably no place more famous or more well known then California’s Muscle Beach. Jack LaLanne and Vic Tanney are only two of the fitness legends that made the place famous. In its heyday muscle- bound stars from Buster Crabbe (Flash Gordon) and Johnny Weissmuller (Tarzan) to Steve Reeves (Hercules) all showed their stuff on Muscle Beach. And of course current Governor of California Arnold Scharzenegger was once a common site at Venice Beaches Outdoor Body Building Competitions.
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008 |
For a long time women, even women who loved to exercise and stay in shape, feared weightlifting, and preferred to just do “cardio and aerobics” for fear of gaining “big muscles and looking like a man”. Today most women realize this is a myth, and know the benefits of weightlifting and building lean muscle. But they may not realize that these benefits extend into the forties and beyond. In fact recent studies have shown that the benefits of weightlifting can do a lot to reduce the effect of aging. And what woman doesn’t want to do that?
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 |
Why is weightlifting such a great way to stay fit? It isn’t just because of the great look you will get - weightlifting has a multitude of health benefits because weightlifting raises your metabolism.
Metabolism, we know it is the problem word when it comes to trying to lose weight. The slower our metabolism the harder it is to lose fat and keep it off. Now there are hundreds of theories as to why one person has a slower metabolism then another. Certainly lifestyle and eating habits have a lot to do with it. As do genetic factors. Plus everyone’s metabolism, no matter how good shape they are in, slows with age. There is however one undeniable biological fact - muscle raises your metabolism, fat does not. Muscle is what is known as active tissue; even at rest muscle consumes energy. In the body consumption of energy means burning of calories. The more muscle you have the more calories you burn. And weightlifting builds muscle.
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 |
Traditional fitness and exercise gurus have often slammed weightlifting as having a minimal impact on cardiovascular health and overall health, because of its lack of being an aerobic exercise. Current medical thinking has not only debunked this myth, with several studies that prove there is an aerobic content to general weightlifting, there is now also a whole school of thought among the workout community that could be considered aerobic weightlifting. Aerobic weightlifting combines the best of traditional weightlifting exercises and techniques, with traditional cardio workouts, for improved overall health and fitness.
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