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23/09/2012 · 3:13 PM

3 Ways How To Increase Mental Focus During A Workout

Finding it hard to keep focused on you workout or getting side tracked? Don’t worry, this happens to all of us sometimes. Whether is a funny show your watching on the treadmill or you just can’t seem to get back on track, try these few tips and get on the path to better workouts and few mistakes.

3 Ways To Improve Mental Focus During A Workout

1. Move Faster

This is probably the best way to help improve your mental focus quickly. While everyone is standing still, grab your weights and go! You need to break through that mental clutter and fine tune it to the frequency to workout better. When you move faster your sense adjust to more complicated movements while balancing different units og weight. This will train your mind to never let your body rest and focus on your workout which improves timing, speed, accuracy and intensity.

2.Count Your Reps In Your Heads

Having small goals in your head will help your body achieve it. Setting a bar for yourself and trying to acheive takes a lot of mental focus. So for example you want to do 15 pushups, count up to that in your head. Once you achieve a number, it makes it much easier to reach it again because it builds confidence mentally and physical expands your limits.

3. Don’t Ever Sit Down

Sitting down is not what you should be doing if you want a great workout, when your standing this helps put your mind in a ‘need to do something’ mode. So try this next time you workout and only sit down if your actually going to do some lifting. If your not, keep on your feet and keep doing something.

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04/07/2012 · 10:01 PM

How To Improve Your Health By Better Scheduling

workout time, workout schedule, nutrition tipsStruggling to keep healthy and fit like the rest of the million people you need struggling after work in the gym? It’s really a battle when your routine and schedule is out of whack and your fitness and health are suffering. In this post, we will go into ways that you can build your week on how to better focus on your workouts and meals for better results.

Are you sick and tired of struggling to get to the gym or even the energy to get out of the house for a walk? Don’t be stuck in a rut and break this poor habit-forming routine by taking a few minutes and writing down a simple way to do things better and start small by doing something different for yourself every day.

It all starts with the little things that you do to suddenly start making huge difference, such as going outside for an extra ten minute walk. Even the smallest changes like switching the time of day you exercise can have a dramatic effect on your health.

A Trick How To Stay Lean While Saving Time

Staying lean and have more time to do the things you love is probably on just about everybody’s wish list. So why not add this tip to get more out of your day. First, try scheduling your workouts in the morning and not at night, or get at least 30 minutes of exercise in the morning.

Increasing your metabolism in the morning with exercise is a great way to boost your energy levels all day and keep you body burning more fat. This is a much better way to get more out of life than going for a workout in the evening when your body is tired and will be less effective at burning fat.

Eat Smaller Portion Meals With Superfoods

When you eat too much, this can drain you energy and your body from supplying the brain with the ability to get work done more effectively. Spend your time wisely and eat a few extra snacks that are power foods like nuts and berries on your breaks and cut down on how big your meal is at lunch.

Your lunch meals should be a mix of protein, carbohydrates and natural fats. Add as many fruits and veggies as you like but keep your carbohydrates like rice or bread to a handful, the same goes for protein.

For your snacks, have a hand full of things such as walnuts, almonds, blueberries, and other really great super-foods like eggs to boost your energy!

 

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30/06/2012 · 4:56 PM

4 Signs You Might Want To Change Gyms

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There comes a point in everyone’s life where they need to take a look at the people around them and the environment they are in, then make tough choices. Could you need a change in your life? Your gym might actually be the wrong place for you to work out if you are noticing your workout’s and success are faltering.

Take action now and look around at your surroundings and make that judgement call, your fitness and health are number one! Here are 4 Signs You Might Want To Change Gyms, and get to a better place that is just the right fit for you.

4 Signs You Might Want To Change Gyms

1. Messy Weight Rooms

If you fall and trip on weights that were left lying around all the time you might be working out at a gym full of slobs.  If you aren’t working out in a place that is kept together where the people respect the equipment and take care of it, you really should try to find a better one. Why should you have to sort through other’s messes?

2. Staff Are Lazy & Not Fit

Are you motivated by the people around you? Would you be motivated working out around and with people who are fat and lazy? Your results will take a huge detour if you are in an environment where people don’t inspire you to work out harder. If people are lazy, out of shape and don’t seem to break a sweat why would you want to train there?

3. More Than %50 of People Talk and Don’t Workout

Is a large amount of chatting and socializing a common trend at your gym? You might want to think about a gym that gets people to workout and talk less to each other, or has a place for it instead of in the weight rooms and training areas. If you want real results, it’s about hard work!

4. People Have Poor Etiquette

Do people leave stuff in lockers, messy up the counters, break the hot tub, damage the machines? Are people stealing your weights and sitting on machines destroying your workouts? If you have a gym full of people with poor etiquette, try and find a classier gym and keep that in mind when you join a new one. This may be hard to find, but worth the effort finding.

Do you have any comments you would like to add or things you dislike about your gym? Feel free to leave some below.

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02/04/2012 · 8:09 PM

TRX Force Kit: Forget The Weight Training Exercises!

Forget the weight training exercises, get down with TRX Force Kit! The TRX suspension training system is a one-of-a-kind experience which anyone can get a powerful workout without the heavy lifting that comes from using weights in the gym.

weight training exercises, trx force kitForget the weight training exercises, using the science of your own body weight you’re going to have the most challenging workout ever. Take this compact piece of exercise equipment anywhere you want, take it to a park or even set it up at your own gym and watch people ask to join in the fun.

Pick up the TRX Force Kit for $185.99 on Amazon and get it shipped direct. The kit comes with a full 12-week training program that has been upgraded from previous versions to supply a door anchor, self adjusting loops and anchors.

So forget the weight training exercises that you are used to doing in the gym and get to using the TRX. There is nothing like the gravity of your body weight to get you into better shape, challenge your body with really great exercises. You also will get a complete training guide to all the moves that you can use.

After setting up the TRX suspension trainer, you can perform over 300 muscle shredding and fat burning moves. Reach your weight loss and strength training goals by getting this amazing piece of hardware created by one of the most innovative army marines.

The man who invented it was trying to find away to get in shape while on duty in the Afganistan desert, and thus the TRX Force Kit was born. Now everyone one who wants to get in better shape can get one, so forget the boring weight training exercises!

“The simple, portable, remarkably challenging TRX FORCE Kit training system was developed specifically for one of America’s most elite fighting forces, the Navy SEALs. This 12-week program helps build mobility, endurance, strength, power, and core stability up to the level of “Peak Operational Readiness,” using the same training equipment and programming used throughout all branches of the military.”

 

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26/03/2012 · 10:42 PM

5 Ways To Stop Muscle Fatigue And Stress

muscle fatigue, stressDo you feel tired after a good workout, or merely too tired the next day? This is a problem many athletes suffer from in terms of muscle fatigue and stress from over training or simply not know how to limit workouts to make them effective rather than to much for themselves.

Muscle fatigue and stress come in waves, sometimes when you don’t realize it’s actually happening. This is what I like to call the “Ignorance-Is-Bliss” effect, when the athlete so focused and determined on working out cannot see the sure-fire signs that they are in the red zone of muscle fatigue and will increase stress to an unsafe level in the body. We have all done this right?

So how do we know when to quit and don’t hurt ourselves? If you love to work out, then you really should know your limitations based on your fitness level. If, for example, you work out often and have been sleeping horribly for a few weeks, it may be best to focus on sleep rather than how much weight you should be lifting.

Here are a 5 ways to stop muscle fatigue and stress if you are having problems keeping your body strong and rested. Without properly setting up your fitness for proper rest and relaxation, it will be extremely hard for you to give it your 110% percent in the gym!

1. Cut Back On The Weights

If you feel tired, out of shape or simply off your game tone back the amount of weight you are using and go lighter. Saving your heavy sets for days that you feel fully alert, well rested and full of energy will be the ones where gains can be made. Cut back the weight and focus on your form, and muscle tone.

2. Don’t Work Until Failure

Forget always working until you’re completely exhausted, that will mess up your recovery periods. Instead, limit your weight training for only 45-60 minutes. Muscles after this point refuses to grow, and your muscles will go into the breakdown mode. Working over this time period can lead to increased levels of stress and muscle fatigue.

3. Use Gloves

In case you don’t use them, try using gloves or wrist straps to combat muscle fatigue and stress. When you can grip the bars much to a greater degree, it will help assist your body and weaker parts such as the wrist bear more stress from heavy weight lifting. Better safer than sorry, so keep that in mind if you feel your points are sore and lots of cracking going on…

4. Take Longer Rest Periods

Rest more in between your sets, you don’t have to rest by much but every few more seconds can really help. Let your muscles get more circulation, rest, and they will thank you by doing better sets. If you rest to short of a time, you risk often over training them. I encourage doing less rest and higher intensity; however, it would be best to rest if you feel that you need it.

5. Get More Rest

Rest, rest and more rest…take another day off and just go for a nice run for twenty minutes down your street. Saving your strength for the next workout will be the best thing you ever do. We all have those days where if we feel like if we take the day off the gym it’s the end of the world. Really, its NOT! Take rest and get a good workout another day, the gym isn’t going anywhere!

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20/03/2012 · 10:44 PM

Is It Better To Workout In The Morning Or After Work?

These are the questions that many people ask themselves when they want to get a workout in during a busy weekday. So is it better to work out in the morning or after work for the best results possible? The answer really is both!

Both times are really great for everything, which includes weight loss, muscle growth, muscle toning and increasing energy levels. Being active no matter what time of the day will be worth it, you can still get the same results you want no matter what time of the day you wish to train.

Does It Affect My Mood?

Since working out, any time during the day will release stress, help reduces inflammation and eases sore joints its good any time during the day. So if you are worried that working out early during the day may be easier for the body, try to get a workout in during the morning if you want to improve your mood throughout the workday.

Does It Affect My Sleep?

Working out first thing in the morning can really help with sleeping habits, making your body want to rest after a long day in the evening. However, since working out such as running and jogging at night helps many people also sleep it’s pretty good either way. The only thing that would affect your sleep would be to over-train or stress your body out with too much caffeine or stimulants like pre-workout supplements.

Does It Affect My Muscle Development?

Muscle development would only be compromised if you don’t work the muscles sufficiently and forget to feed them. As long as you keep your intensity levels up, keep your workout challenging enough and feed your muscles with good protein every few hours your excellent! Working out in the morning may be difficult to get your muscles going. However, if you forget to warm up and feed them with plenty of good nutrients and water within 30 minutes of waking up.
Do you have a favourite time of day to work out? Please share some cool comment’s guys!

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02/01/2012 · 10:15 PM

Why New Years Is The Worst Time To Start Working Out…

So you picked the new year of 2012 to get in better shape and maybe lose a few pounds right? Well since your might think that it’s the perfect time to start over and get in the best shape of your life, here may be a few reasons why you might be wrong.

Do you stop to think that what your about to do has a high chance of failing within the first few weeks or months of the new year? Not to be a negative nancy here, but these are true facts! Most people give up on the hard work and fail at their health goals simply because the design for their success is all wrong. Here are some main reasons why they fail and what you can do to stop it:

Packed Gym’s

Since most gyms are packed with new people and are understaffed usually for everyone else’s needs besides your own, you’re stuck fending for yourself not knowing the basics to exercising in a gym. Not knowing what you are doing can make your fitness goals impossible, so look here for basic working out tips.

False Promises

Well you thought your goals were pretty good about how you could lose that extra 20 pounds. But I think you may have to be a little more realistic with your expectations and realize how much work is involved with lose that amount of weight. The best way is to start small, cut your goals in half, and when you reach them you will be more confident and know how to complete the other half. Remember baby steps…Rome wasn’t built-in a day…

Your Short-Term Goals Don’t Have Long-Term Life

Finally, you need to make sure that your long-term goals break down easy into your long-term goals. They are the pieces that your overall goals represent. If you don’t benchmark your progress you wont succeed or know when to work harder and reach your goals. Keep notes on your progress at all times and you won’t fail! Use a workout guide :)

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17/12/2011 · 7:48 PM

The 5 Funniest Things Your Will See People Doing At The Gym!

Do you like a good laugh? Well, if you love to mock people who workout funny at the gym secretly…you will love this post. We can all get together and point and laugh at these people that make our lives more joyful and humorous. This blog post is to salute those goof-balls, who cheer us up from time to time…

Hopefully, this post won’t offend anyone who actually does these things in the gym and doesn’t realize it’s embarrassing. So hold on to you hats ladies and gentlemen, we are going to start off with the first funny thing you will see people doing that the gym that will make you laugh.

#1 -  Doing Things Really Wrong…

Do these people ever think to ask for help? These people are the ones who literally look like that have never been in a gym before. It’s hard to know what to do, is it either help them or just watch them in horror…you decide!

#2 – Doing Funny Moves

This one is really funny, but it kind of makes you feel sorry for the people who do them. Funny moves that really don’t help your workout but people still do them, not knowing how ridiculous.

#3 – Shadow Boxing

Shadow boxing is another really funny thing we often see people doing…yet they are definitely not a boxer. So what is then, do you think they are preparing for a fight or do they just want to look like they are tough? You even see them doing this while they are running on the treadmill, maybe they should join a boxing gym? What do you think?

#4 – Flexing In The Mirror

Ok. So well all know that flexing in the mirror to show of those guns may be cool in a body-building competition. However, if your 150 pounds of nothing, we don’t need to see you do this. This really is a douche-bag move, go home man!

#5 – Funny Clothes

We all love the colours of the rainbow right? Even so, do we really want to see it stretched tight with some guy’s package in clear view? I’m sure if we all looked like Richard Simmons, gyms everywhere would be full of happy people right?

If you have anything else funny to add please leave a comment or any links to pictures of people doing funny workout stuff!

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04/12/2011 · 9:46 PM

No Glucosamine Side Effects From Universal’s Animal Flex!

Taking glucosamine could never be better, if you want a great product, it should be from Universal Nutrition. This product has no side effects and provides the many benefits from taking a glucosamine for your joints, muscle repair and improved fitness.

Even more benefits from this supplement are that Universal Nutrition has added Flaxseed Oil and Ginger Root, which are very good for you. The benefits of taking Universal’s Animal Flex are like making your health more resilient and higher endurance for a healthy lifestyle.  The protection you get from the ingredients will help your body fight off fatigue, injury and improve strength.

Benefits of Flaxseed Oil

With the added benefits of Flaxseed Oil in Universal’s Animal Flex, you get improved health with such things as lower blood pressure, less cholesterol, protection against heart disease, protection against arthritis, depression fighter, lowers chance of breast cancer, heals burns, improves acne, improve asthma side effects and reduce menstrual pains.

Benefits Of Ginger Roots

The benefits from Ginger root in the supplement pretty much add to the same benefits of glucosamine, but with some more added things like improves weight loss results. Furthermore, improving muscle tone and the intestinal track Ginger root is the perfect ingredient to add to this supplement formula.

Is the Animal Flex supplement is perfect for you?

If you are looking for improvements in your body’s ability to maintain strength and vitality, this is the right natural supplement for you. So if you want to keep up your health, feel strong every day, then consider taking a supplement like this often. You can pick up Universal’s Animal Flex from Amazon for $25.54.

I definitely recommend this product for people who struggle with muscle pain, joint pain and who want to build a strong and resilient body. Fight back with a supplement like this and create a stronger body which can handle more, especially when it comes to fitness and exercising. The great thing is that this supplement is all natural with no side effects!

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25/10/2011 · 1:20 PM

#1 WORST THING ABOUT GOING TO A PUBLIC GYM

Creepy stares, stares and more stares…everyone knows what I am talking about right? People who stare at you and don’t even workout, it’s absolutely annoying right? It can be so annoying as to drive you crazy and gets you thinking about changing gyms where the people actually workout instead of sit there with their mouths hanging open…

I hope you all agree with this rant, because it can simply drive me crazy when I am trying to work hard and I see people sitting there doing nothing just gawking. Come on people, you are here at this gym and paying a membership fee to get in shape…why not actually try to do it?

Things You Can Do To Stop People From Staring At You In The Gym

  • Ask them to be your spotter to break the ice 

Get them to help out with your workouts so at least they are doing something useful with their time, rather than just drifting off into space. You can make a new friend at the gym, and maybe they will turn out not to be such a crazy psycho as you thought they would be. Give that a try, and comment back how it goes.

  • Make funny faces back :-P

Making funny faces back at someone would be hilarious, no matter how much you think about it. But realistically this may not be the best choice of action. You might look like a crazy person to everyone else in the gym. Give it a shot, comment back how it goes for the rest of us!

  • Tell them politely to stop staring 

This is probably the most thoughtful and positive way to get someone to stop staring you down at the gym. Clearly if it’s a big mean looking dude, then maybe you should say “what’s up”. If you are a girl and being stared at however, maybe it’s best to just leave or you can try the polite approach and ask him to please stop.

These are some alternatives to the number one fear and the #1 Worst thing about going to a public gym. Leave your comments if you have any good suggestions for us!

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