Archive for January, 2009
Get Overloaded
In addition to lifting to total failure, you should also progressively add more weight to your weight training moves. Adding weight results in tighter, better toned muscles. Your muscles will let you know when they can take more weight. You’ll notice that you are doing more and more reps before reaching total failure and that [...]
Embrace Failure
When it comes to lifting weights and performing strength-training moves like squats, lunges, and push-ups, you should push through your sets until you just can’t possibly squeeze out one more rep. This is called reaching “failure” and it means you’ve pushed your muscles to their absolute maximum ability. It’s good to know what it feels [...]
Get A Groove On!
Listening to music when you work out is an easy way to increase your performance for the following reasons:
1. High tempo music stimulates the release of adrenaline, which gives you more energy!
2. When you exercise to the beat of a song, your body instinctually requires less oxygen, which helps you keep you moving longer.
3. Music [...]
Exercise Is Your Happy Pill
When you’re in the throes of feeling blue, exercise probably isn’t on the top of your list, but maybe it should be. Exercising causes the release of a host of “feel-good” chemicals that can really, tangibly, lift your depression. Simply stated, exercise can break your bad mood! The next time you’re feeling down, try to [...]
Stand Tall
Keeping good posture burns more calories than slouching. Standing tall and pulling your shoulders back is also very attracting and slimming. Weight training, especially abdominal, back, and shoulder exercises, promotes good posture by strengthening your core. A strong core supports your spine, keeps you stable and balanced, and thereby helps you to stand straight and [...]
Re-Set Your “Set Point”
Many overweight people are able to easily lose a certain amount of weight when they start a new diet only to reach a plateau and stop losing. The reason for this plateau can be explained by something called the “set point theory” which refers to a weight range in which your body is programmed and [...]
Mind Over Fatter!
Studies show and scientists agree that just thinking about exercising and imagining your body getting stronger and leaner can actually cause physiological changes in your body. In fact, if you make a point of telling yourself that you’re losing fat while you are exercising, you’ll launch a mind-body connection that will help you lose weight [...]
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