3 Strength Training Techniques To Help You Maximize Your Workout

Written by Heather Marr – Shared from MindBodyGreen Keeping the romance alive with your fitness regimen isn’t as difficult as you think. Whether you’re a fitness fanatic or new to the scene, adding variety to your programs is a surefire way to bust out of, or even prevent, plateaus. Incorporating fun, challenging training techniques, like the ones below, …

How Does Exercise Affect Your Heart?

By Erica L. Robinson Shared from Active.com Cardiovascular exercise involves the use of large muscles in a repetitive fashion, activating muscle fibers programmed for endurance and utilizing a heart rate range anywhere from 40 to 85 percent of your maximum heart rate. Think: running, jogging, swimming, biking, or spinning. How does cardiovascular exercise affect your heart? When performing …

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: …