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Improve Upper Body Strength With Inverted Rows
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
Change up your exercise routine the next time you're in the gym by trying the inverted row. It is a good exercise for your back, shoulders and arms. 1. You can do this exercise on a Smith machine. Adjust the bar low to the ground, but not so low that you won't be able to fully extend your arms as you lower your body. 2. With your hands shou...
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More Work For Your Hamstrings--Reverse Hamstring Curls
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
Other things being equal, a muscular, powerful athlete will outperform a fat, slower athlete. Sports Fitness Hut's Fat Blaster Athletic Power Training System will give you your "lean and mean" athletic machine!I regularly talk about strengthening and conditioning your hamstrings (and hips/glutes) because hamstring injuries are hard to...
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Improve Leg Power For Your Sport
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
Other things being equal, a muscular, powerful athlete will outperform a fat, slower athlete. Sports Fitness Hut's Fat Blaster Athletic Power Training System will give you your "lean and mean" athletic machine!I was watching NFL highlights on ESPN Sports Center last night and I saw a touchdown run by Adrian Peterson.....besides being ...
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Blast The Body Fat, Become A Better Player
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
Other things being equal, a muscular, powerful athlete will outperform a fat, slower athlete. Sports Fitness Hut's Fat Blaster Athletic Power Training System will give you your "lean and mean" athletic machine!Get used to seeing these 2 sentences! I am seeing too many "fat athletes" on every level of competition--from the p...
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Full Body Exercise: Medicine Ball Front Chop
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
Change up your exercise routine with the medicine ball front chop....it is a great full body exercise that you can do as a regular strength exercise or power (full-speed) exercise.Grab a medicine ball about 10% of your body weight. You might need a lighter ball if you are a beginner or have been inactive. Shoot for 3-4 sets of 20 repetitions (i...
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Osteoarthritis Awareness
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Arthritis
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting over 12 percent of the population. It wears away the cartilage, the tissue in the joints to prevent the bones from rubbing together. As the cartilage wears away it causes both pain and stiffness in the joint. Osteoarthritis most often occurs in the spine, hips, knees and hands. The d...
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Want to get invouled in a relationship?
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RxBlogger
Posted in: General Discussion in Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Two years ago, I found this STD website and joined because I honestly just wanted to make some new friends who were in the same situation as me. I had just ended a three year relationship and wasnt looking for anything romantic. I met some truly amazing, funny, and inspiring people and I got a lot of positive support and information. Two months ...
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Note To Young Athletes: Take Care Of Your Body!
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
I was talking to a middle school client after his football game yesterday and I asked him how he felt....well, he said, "I have a deep thigh bruise and a bruise in my knee area...I said, "what did you do about it?" His answer was "nothing." This is probably a typical answer for a teenager.Top-shelf athletes know that ...
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Core Strength Improves Your Speed Endurance
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
I was watching a client's middle school team play football last night....I noticed many of the player's postures in the third and fourth quarters....they had trouble running upright and that told me at least two things they were lacking: 1) adequate core strength and 2) speed endurance. Core strength is important to help you remain strong and up...
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When Is Your Kid Ready For Athletic Training?
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
By the time your kid is 5 or 6 years old, he or she is usually ready for some type of resistance training. Bodyweight exercises work great to stabilize the joints and build strength endurance (including critical core strength ). For kids ages 5-9, bodyweight exercises such as push-ups, pull-ups, back extensions, crunches, planks, squats, etc. a...
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Improve Acceleration Speed By Starting From Different Body Positions
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
One of the reasons we love sports is that its unpredictable (unlike reality television)....one method used to train speed acceleration is to mimic the different situations that come up during a game.You might get knocked down, fall down, roll around or crawl during a game. Its just that easy----acceleration speed drills can start from stand-sti...
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Defensive Players Need Great Backwards Acceleration
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
I played defensive back in college so I'm definitely an authority on the need for accelerating backwards......We practiced "running backwards at game speed" every day until it became a natural movement.If you play a defensive position in your sport or transition to defense (as in basketball, lacrosse or soccer) then you need to train y...
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Metabolic Fitness Training For Sports
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
Many sports such as football, basketball and soccer require different levels of strength, speed and power. For example, soccer requires constant running---jogging, half-effort sprints and maximum effort sprints. Football requires short bursts of power, sprints, jogs back to the huddle and endurance. Football also requires relative strength, wh...
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Men's Top 9 Sexual Health Blogs
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
As teens, boys gather tips, information, and knowledge about men's sexuality values from their peers. Locker room talk may titillate, but it provides little in the way of accurate information and advice about mens health problems. Unfortunately, while adult women are likely to seek out information from professionals, men are more reticent to dis...
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Sports Fitness Hut's Top 100 Training And Nutrition Tips, #8
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
Every athlete is trying to get faster....speed is much more than straight-ahead running.....In this article, I will cover some general speed training guidelines....68. Straight-ahead speed is important but there are other types of speed such as starting speed, acceleration speed, top-end speed, change-of-direction speed, stopping speed, closing...
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Sports Fitness Hut's Top 100 Training And Nutrition Tips, #7
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
Dynamic flexibility in all 3 planes of motion is critical if you want to compete at a high level in your sport..... 60. You can avoid many injuries if you have adequate flexibility. The sit and reach test measures the flexibility of the lower back and hamstrings.61. Your torso and shoulders need to be flexible to avoid injuries in your core ar...
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Factors That Make Cholesterol High Or Low
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living
Heredity plays a large role in determining your LDL –cholesterol levels. One form of inherited high cholesterol affects 1 in 500 people. It is called familial hyercholesterolemia, and often leads to early CHD.Diets high in saturated fat, mainly from foods that come from animals, often cause of LDL-cholesterol levels to increase. Reducing t...
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Sports Fitness Hut's Top 100 Training And Nutrition Tips, #2
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
If you are an injured athlete, you can't compete! Its that simple! The purpose of your sports fitness training is to give your body the best chance at avoiding injuries while competing at a high level. Here are some tips:11. Don't over-train. Over-training is a leading cause of sports injuries. Signs of over-training include slow foot movem...
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Sports Fitness Hut's Top 100 Training and Nutrition Tips, #1
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RxBlogger
Posted in: Blog Posts in Men's Health
My next 10 blog posts will cover fitness and nutrition tips for athletes......I'll start with a general framework in this article and go into more detail in the next 9 articles:1. Prevent Injuries and Burnout - This is the number one goal of sports fitness training! Every serious athlete needs to be involved in a comprehensive training program...
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