Weightlifting and weight training especially with free weights requires training and instruction for proper technique. Weightlifting with im...
Friday, June 19, 2015
Weight Lifting on the Road
It’s a dilemma many of us workout heads face. How do I stick with my routine when I am traveling? I know several avid weightlifters who plan...
Best Home Gyms for Weight Lifting and Strength Training
Today more and more people are foregoing a gym membership and choosing to weightlift and strength train in the comfort and privacy of their ...
Weight Lifting With Machines
One of the most common question people will ask when it comes to weightlifting is “ShouldI use free weights or machines”? It is a good ques...
Weightlifting with Free Weights
Weightlifting is the theory of building muscle by applying force to a weight to overcome the force of gravity. Its the idea of putting stre...
Weight Lifting and Discipline for Teens
If you are the parent of a “troubled teenager” – you may be at your wits end of what you can do to help them. Many child behavior specialist...
Weight Lifting and Stress Management
Stress. We all deal with it day to day. Most mental health and other healthcare professionals agree that one of the best ways to deal with ...
Weight Lifting as Physical Therapy
Do your know were many peoples first introduction to weightlifting is? It is not in a gym, it is in a Physical Therapy room. In fact if I wa...
Cross Training and Weightlifting
Weightlifting in and of itself is a great sport. But no matter what sport you are into, or whatever you may be training for, there is not a...
Competitive Weight Lifting
Weightlifting is a great way to get fit. Weightlifting builds muscle. Muscle makes you stronger, burns fat and raises your metabolism. Pound...
Weight Lifting and Genetics – is strength and muscle mass determined by DNA?
Nature or Nurture. It has been a debate that comes into play in just about ever aspect of human behavior or ability. How strong, how smart, ...
Weightlifting and Definition
“Definition” ironically is one of the most improperly defined words in weightlifting and fitness. It is the most misunderstood and misused ...
Weightlifting for Bulk
When people think of weightlifting and building muscle they usually are thinking of two things, “Bulk” and “definition”. People will throw a...
Weight Lifting for Woman
For many years it was believed that weightlifting was only an activity to be done by men. And even then only by a special breed of males, wh...
Weight Lifting for Kids
There was a time when it was debatable whether kids should weightlift and strength train. The controversy stemmed from the fact that the epi...
Weight Lifting and Back Injuries
Weightlifting is a great way to get in shape and stay in shape. However like many physical activities it is not without its set of risks. Pr...
Weight Lifting for Joint Health
With our ageing baby boomer population, joint pain and joint problems such as arthritis are rapidly becoming major health concerns. Knee, hi...
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Weightlifting for Heart Health
Conventional wisdom has been that the best exercise to improve heart health and maintain a healthy cardiovascular sytem and thereby reducin...
Weightlifting for Overall Health
Whether your 8 or 80, weightlifting can be used to improve your overall health. While at one time it was thought that children should avoid...
Weightlifting and Strength Training
In many articles and in common usage you will hear or see weightlifting and strength training used as if they are the same thing. They tech...
Weightlifting and Body Mass Index
One of the ways that medical professionals determine if you are overweight is by a rating called body mass index. BMI is an approximate meas...
Weightlifting and General Fitness
Weightlifting is probably the single most effective exercise you can do to improve health and general fitness. Weightlifting raises your met...
Weightlifting Techniques – The Proper Deadlift
In weight lifting it is important to know the proper techniques to achieve the desired benefit of a given weight lift exercise. Lifting inco...
Weightlifting Techniques – The Proper Squat
To achieve the proper benefit for any given weight lift exercise you must know the proper techniques and do it right. Incorrect lifting tech...
Weightlifting and Weight Loss
Can I lose weight by lifting weights? It is a good question. And the answer is if that is the intention of your weight lifting regimen - ye...
Basic Weightlifting Equipment
When it comes to exercise equipment, with the possible exception of the jump rope you really cant get much more basic then the gear you need...
How does Weightlifting Increase Muscle Size?
We all know that lifting weights leads to bigger muscles, harder muscles, and more definition. But just how does weight lifting do that? Wha...
Saturday, June 13, 2015
5 ways to cope as an anorexic.
Anorexia is a serious and life threatening disease. Coping with anorexia is going to take all your strength, courage and endurance as one’s ...
5 ways to love yourself: getting a positive image.
We spend so much time waiting to be loved or hoping love will find us but the truth of the matter is we need to love ourselves first. You ca...
Anorexia: A parent’s guide.
Anorexia is an eating disorder that could be a life threatening disorder. The individual would starve themselves to achieve their ideal weig...
Anorexia: How to identify a cry for help
Anorexia: How to identify a cry for help Society has portrayed that being skinny is desirable. However when a preoccupation of being thin ta...
Top 5 myths about anorexia
Society seems to have the wrong perception of the eating disorder anorexia. There have been many jokes that have been made in the media or m...
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