Sunday, December 28, 2008

Fruit in Bodybuilding Diets

Fruit is a vasodilator and should be eaten before any intense workout. Vasodilatation increases blood flow throughout your entire body to ensure the proper amount of blood present in the muscles that are being worked. The incorporating fruit in bodybuilding diets helps to offset the effects of the vasoconstrictors that are present in bodybuilding supplements. Any fruit that is high in carbohydrates, potassium (bananas) or vitamin C, and electrolytes (oranges) are good choices to start off in bodybuilding diets.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Smoking Effects On Bodybuilding

Smoking is clearly a destructive habit, which kills millions of people annually. Despite this fact, an increasing number of people are becoming addicted.

The addictiveness of tobacco is such, that quitting is immensely hard and any excuse is often used to justify the continued poisoning of oneself, and others. A greater focus on physical fitness and appearance might force you to quit smoking for good. The bodily appreciation, developed through a sustained bodybuilding program, will likely encourage a greater awareness of ones fallibility, and promote a healthier lifestyle overall.

Saturday, September 27, 2008

The Effects of Exercise

If a person is suffering from high blood pressure, there is the possibility the problem is due to an unhealthy lifestyle. This could include eating the wrong types of food, a complete lack of exercise, stress smoking and other things. Still, we can change it. Healthy exercise training works on the principle that you have to overload your body slightly everytime you work out. You only need to use a little more effort exercising than you would normally do with a particular exercise.
Eventually you would find your fitness levels had improved to such a degree, that you were doing many exercises with no trouble at all.

Eventually as your fitness levels improve, the heart does not have to work as hard because there is a reduced demand on the heart muscle. Your blood pressure becomes more stable (and lower), and the resting heart rate becomes lower.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Leg Press

Obviesly healthy weight loss programs by combining diets and different activities are the best way to lose weight. Just
Strip That Fat! Try to move, so you can start to right now!

Leg Press movement works the quads, hamstrings, and glutes. If you want to try this movement, you have to sit in the leg press machine with your back on the angled seat and your feet on the footplate about shoulder width apart with your toes pointed forward or just slightly out to the sides. After doing that, straighten your legs and release the bars at the sides of the machine. Bend your legs and slowly lower the weight until your knees are at a 90-degree angle. For proper ending, straighten your legs and lift the weight back up to the starting position.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Exercise for Chest Workout

The Cable Cross-over exercise is very useful for developing you chest muscles.
For doing this exercise you need to follow the nest steps:
* Attach the handles to two overhead pulley machines.
* Hold the handles, palms facing down, and stand midway between the machines with your feet hip-width apart or with one foot in front of the other for balance. Your arms should be fully extended so you achieve a good stretch in your pectorals.
* Bend forwards slightly from the waist and maintain this position throughout the exercise.
* Than you need to draw the handles towards each other in an arcing motion, aiming for a point approxi­mately 30 cm in front of your hips.
* When the handles meet, squeeze your pectorals hard and hold for a count of two.
* Slowly return the handles to the starting position.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Weight training

Weight training is a popular method of strength training which oppose muscle contraction. This method provides a different challenge to the muscle relating to the position where the resistance to muscle contraction peaks. Weight training provides the majority of the resistance at the initiating joint angle when the movement begins, when the muscle must overcome the inertia of the weight's mass. Strength training is an inclusive term for all types of exercise devoted toward increasing muscular strength and size. The difference between weight training and other types of strength training is how the opposition to muscular contraction is generated.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Flat Bench Lying Leg Raise

Flat Bench Lying Leg Raise is a good exercise for you if you want to work out your Abdominals muscles. In this exercise you need to lie flat on a bench with your legs off the end. Place your hands under your butt with your palms down. Keep your legs as straight as possible and your knees locked. Raise your legs as high as possible. Lower legs back down as far as they can go. If you can, you should place a light weight between your feet.


Monday, June 23, 2008

Strength training

Strength training is a necessary part of a balanced exercise routine.
This kind of training uses methods like free weights, weight machines, resistance bands, or a person's own weight to build muscles and strength. On the other hand, powerlifting concentrates on how much weight a person can lift at one time. Competitive bodybuilding involves evaluating muscle definition and symmetry, as well as size. Many people tend to lump all types of weightlifting together, but there's a big difference between strength training, powerlifting, and competitive bodybuilding!

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Using Dumbbells - Tips

Good habits and a clean lifestyle is as important as exercises for a body with good physical appearance. In this list you can find some tips that you better to follow.

1. For a smooth exercise regime you should do a short warm up round. It increases your heart beat thereby increasing the metabolism rate of the body. The warm up also increases oxygen supply through blood flow and helps changing the state of muscles from dormant to active.

2. A well crafted and good looking body is not made in a single day or even single month. It takes a sustained effort to change a flabby body to a muscular one. It is strongly recommended to go slow and especially - steady. It is critical to religiously follow a fitness regime and with zero deviation from the planned routine.

3. No amount of sophistication can replace the criticality of being a self starter. Distractions and professional/personal commitments often tend to derail our exercising dumbbell routine, especially during the earlier stages.

These recommended tips are basic and logical. But even if it is the most normal thin to do, you'll be surprised bu the number of people who doesn't follow these tips - and get hurt.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Dumbbell bench press

Dumbbell bench press is an exercise that would help you to build your muscles. If you want to try this exercise, you should implement the following instructions:

Bend your arms slowly and lower both dumbbells in a slow, controlled way to your chest. The dumbbells have to be at the sides of your chest. After that, slowly press the weight back up from the sides of your chest to the starting position. Don't bounce the weight from the chest. Keep you elbows away from your body. Besides, you should keep the movement fluent, slow, and controlled.