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Different Forms of Martial Arts

From the early days of their invention to their dominance on big screens and their prevalence in the Ultimate Fighting Championships, it is evident that the popularity of martial arts has never decreased. Martial arts is a self-defense tool that embraces mental health and balance. Millions of people around the world practice some form of martial arts. Though most of the martial art forms originated in Asia, they are hugely popular in North America, as well. We will discuss the

Whey Protein Shake Recipes: Qualities of the Best Whey Protein Powder

There are many whey protein shake recipes that you can use to help you boost immune system and build muscle tone faster. However, some whey protein powders are made of poor quality and thus, to assure that you can build muscle successfully, it is really important to look for the best whey protein powder that is now available in the market and even online. The difference between the cheap powders and high quality ones could be easily identified. Qualities of

Proof That Negative Training WORKS

This is Iron thumb. As you can see this is my first post here on this Blog. I write about bodybuilding on my original blog and today what we are going to discuss my favorite technique for muscle-growth: The negatives. What the damn hell does” negatives” mean? It basically refers to the technique wherein you emphasize the negative-portion of the movement; for example you’re doing bicep curls, you will raise the weight at a normal phase and as usual you

A Beginners Guide To Exercise: Five Great Ways To Help You Get Started

Are you considering starting a fitness regime? Have you noticed the bathroom scales creeping up? Are those jeans getting tighter? Do you think your diet, lack of exercise and general morale needs improving? If so, you are already considering a change in lifestyle. This article will help introduce five great pointers to help you get the most out of your healthy and active lifestyle through exercise (and therein diet) to help you achieve your goals. Let’s look at five elements

Bodybuilding Routines – Five Great Reasons to Improve your Workout

The ultimate tips on how to boost your brain health

Your days of being a newbie are long gone. You have been paying your direct debits for many a year now. However, things can start to get, well, a bit boring. This is because people get into routines. The best way we can get the most out of our bodybuilding regime (and keep ourselves ripped) is to make sure we improve our workouts regularly. What can we do to make sure we maintain and get the most out of our

5 Ways To Bulk Up: Tips For Bodybuilding Newbies

4 Things That Are Destroying Your Workout Performance and Your Health

You have decided to start bodybuilding, and now that you have the right equipment or joined the right gym you are now looking at the dietary and long-term goals/objectives of your bodybuilding regime. This article will help newbie bodybuilders by giving you five great ways to help you bulk-up. These five points will help you gain the right amount of weight, healthily, whilst making sure your body gets the right amount of nutrients, hydration and exercise to make sure your

5 Great Ways To Get Into Bodybuilding

You have decided that you want to get into bodybuilding, but you’re unsure about the whole process. You want the ‘ripped’ look but don’t quite know the difference between a curl and a quad and you don’t know your protein from your carbohydrates. This article will help anyone thinking or even exploring the idea of bodybuilding. The basics – bodybuilding in terms of weight training causes small tears to occur to the muscles being pressured or stressed. These tears are

The Importance Of Treating Yourself When Exercising

Chocolate, Beer or the Kebab are not usually foodstuffs that fitness fanatics like to talk about, but that said, it does not mean that you can’t eat or drink the good stuff in moderation! It’s important, both physically and psychologically that you maintain a well-balanced diet. It’s a rudimentary element of your fitness / bodybuilding process. This is where the treat comes into play. This article will explain the importance – both psychological and physical – of the treat in

Gym Membership: Contracts, Direct Debits And Other Things You Should Know Before Joining A Gym

Gym memberships are a great way to loose weight, build muscle and de-stress. However, in recent year’s gym contracts have hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons which has resulted in statutory legal changes, Office of Fair Trading investigations into gym operators and the Citizens Advice Bureau spending hundreds of thousands campaigning against the previous statutory schemes. Today’s gym companies offer more open contracts and better customer support. That said, there are still a few ‘cowboy’ operators out there

Planning Your Workout: How To Create A Planning Journal

You need to plan ahead in life. That is why we plan for our retirement, our life goals and in our daily lives. We plan our workloads, our eating habits and our social lives. This planning is an important human element that helps us achieve the very best by using targets to better help inform our successes and failures. This system, if applied to the weight loss, muscle-gaining or general fitness scenario, can help you achieve so much by understanding