Shared from FitBottomedGirls.com Being a gym beginner is a little scary. Heck, even as someone who has worked out for years, walking into a new gym can be intimidating, nerve wracking and, OMG, what is all of this fitness equipmentand how do I use it? In case you feel a bit intimidated by the old …
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17 Smart Ways to Be More Productive at the Gym
BY LAURA SCHWECHERL – Shared from Greatist.com Hectic lives full of long workdays, dinner plans, and trying to do laundry means fitting in fitness is hard enough. So if we’re headed to the gym, we might as well make the most of it. Whether it’s training the whole body at onceor working out with a friend, …
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What Are Fast- and Slow-Twitch Muscles?
Know any HIIT aces who struggle to run a mile? How about amarathoner who can’t nail a box jump? The difference might lie in the makeup of their skeletal muscles. People have two general types of skeletal muscle fibers: slow-twitch (type I) and fast-twitch (type II). Slow-twitch muscles help enable long-endurance feats such as distance running, …
7 WORKOUT MYTHS TO STOP BELIEVING
Getting your butt to the gym is hard enough without wasting your time and energy believing old wives’ tales. Case in point: Lifting weights won’t turn you into Hulk Hogan, just like a few extra squats won’t make you a Kardashian. Those and more workout myths you should stop believing, right this way. Read more: …
Did you make a New Year’s Resolution this year?
How is your 2015 going so far? Don’t forget: We are only 60 days into 2014. You have 305 days left in this year! You have plenty of time to be successful and make your resolution happen. It is never too late to re-commit. Whatever your personal goal is: lose weight, gain weight, get stronger, be …
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The Ultimate Guide to Gym Etiquette
shared from Greatest.com From yoga and Pilates to circuits and supersets, there’s no right or wrong way to get in shape. Whatever it takes to break a sweat, right? But let’s not leave that sweat on the mats (or that hair in the sink). From the locker room to the cardio zone, when it comes to …
Full-Body Workout for the Gym
Written by : Tish shared from fitbottomgirls.com While I know there are a lot of folks out there who absolutely hate going to the gym to get their workouts in, there are oodles of others who enjoy using the machines at their local spot. It’s for these fellow gym rats that I share my current full-body workout …