If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!An important part of any workout is to work on your core muscles. A strong core is the foundation for a strong body. Without that strong core, any other workouts you do will be less effective, too.
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As I’ve gotten older and wiser, I have been trying to pay more attention to proper workout form. I have learned that it’s not just getting to the gym and working out that counts, how you workout really makes a difference, too, if you want to see good results.
Since I have been working out at [...]

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Getting some gear so that you can workout at home doesn’t need to be a difficult or terribly expensive process. I, for one, am tired of paying high membership fees at the gym, I’m tired of fighting the crowds in the weight room, tired of the “meat-market” approach to working out, etc. I could go [...]

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Having a home gym makes getting in shape a little more convenient.  With a home gym you no longer have to pack your gym bag before work and then drive to the gym only to have to change into your workout clothes in a locker room with a bunch of strangers.
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I know that I don’t always stretch properly, I often try to rush things and eliminate proper warm up and cool down with my workouts. And, it’s becoming increasingly obvious to me that I am not as young and flexible as I used to be.
I used to be better at the whole stretching thing [...]

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I much prefer working out in the great outdoors. But, in some parts of the country, like the part I live in, this becomes much more difficult at this time of the year. Staying motivated to lace up my running shoes and hit the streets when it’s cold and rainy is not easy. Never mind [...]

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I know I was reluctant at first to get back into doing push-ups … I had too many bad memories dating back to grade school gym class. When I was a kid I’d rather take an entire hour of dodgeballs to the face over 10 minutes of push-ups, that’s how much I hated them. But [...]

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For home gym fans, the sit-up is usually the most basic exercise they know (apart from the push-up, or course). You lie down, put your hand behind your head, and start crunching, right? Well, not exactly.
If you’ve been doing sit-ups for a while now and haven’t been seeing the results you wanted, there’s a chance [...]

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