December 2011
3 Reasons Why Your Ab Training Isn't Working
Without a doubt, rips and cuts throughout your core are among the most highly sought physical attributes. You’ve definitely overheard a client speaking with a trainer on how to get that look. You’ve probably even tried to get the look yourself. But scoring a six-pack is a concentrated and complicated goal that requires a lot of discipline. If you’re wondering why your training...
November 2011
Double Up On Delts
Beef up your shoulders without wrecking your joints with this two-pronged approach
To build bigger delts you’ve got to isolate and hit them hard twice a week. Problem is, the delts are as prone to overtraining as just about any bodypart, since these muscles are used in nearly every upper body movement.
But this can be avoided through sufficient rest, proper spacing of workouts and limiting...
Does dietary nitrate from beetroot juice improve...
Competitive athletes are always looking for an edge. As someone who used to compete in sports such as soccer, swimming, and cross-country,and track&field, I used to spend countless hours reading about nutrition and supplements.
There’s been some new emerging research on the performance enhancing effects of beet root juice. What’s special about beetroot juice? Beetroot juice contains high...
Self Stretching: Obliques & Rectus Abdominis →
Click on the title to see the video!
The Power of Green Juices
Are you a juicer or a blender type of person? I am a blender type of person. This means that I blend more than I juice. I am realizing that I may need to juice more.
As a matter of fact, I plan to do more juicing and to possibly do a juice fast in the future. But for now, I am reading information about juicing, so that I can do things the right way.
While thumbing through Dr. Jensen’s Juicing...
#LyricalFit Gym Playlist
Im going start listing some songs that get me pumped in the gym.
Song no.1 Eve- Tambourine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWUV71G5W8g&feature=related
Pumped isnt even the word for what this song does to me. You’ll catch me dancing if Im not pumping out reps!
#LyricalFit fact
Add this to your diet: Scallops are more than 80 percent protein. #PowerFoods
Pre-workout meal: What should you have?
Burn Fat Not Muscle Some people say training on an empty stomach burns more fat: You blow through your glycogen stores in about an hour, and then your body turns to fat stores for energy. Problem with that approach is that your body will soon start to burn muscle tissue as well. To avoid this, eat a simple yet smart meal beforehand and have a solid postworkout meal to replenish lost...
Abs are Made in the Kitchen
I came across this bright lady and loved her blog entry about how important it is to make your own meals and love nutrition. READ on bloggers!!
All of my friends know where I stand on diet: it is, without a doubt, a minimum of 80% of the physique battle. I don’t care what your max bench is; I don’t care how many walking lunges you can do with an Olympic bar on your shoulders; I don’t care...
7 Healthy Tips for Reducing High Cholesterol
Has it been a while since you’ve had your cholesterol screened? Are you at risk for heart disease?
LDL or bad cholesterol is nasty business. And, unfortunately, LDL cholesterol not only is an artery-clogging substance, but LDL levels often increases as we get older. That’s why the American Heart Association recommend that those 20-years or older be screened for high cholesterol at least once...
The best BACK exercises&info!!!
—-from Author Matt Weik—-
Let’s start with the basics of Chapter 1 and then get into more detail later on in the course.
Let’s start off by explaining the anatomy of the back. It’s not very complicated and not much to it. Once you understand how the back works, you will find it easier to visualize your back workouts.
Another powerful muscle of the back is the trapezius. The traps...
Enhancing Your Push Ups With a Cinder Block →
9 great foods for Potassium
Potassium has been shown to lower hypertension. Potassium has been shown to stave off cardiovascular disease It does this by balancing out the harmful effects of high levels of sodium
And considering that 1/3 of us of have hypertension and 103% of us eat too much salt, I decided to put together a list of the most potassium rich foods you can find.
Drum roll please…
Potatoes – 1 medium baked...
“The best 6 doctors: Air,Water,Exercise,Diet,Rest and Sunshine”
“The Body Only Grows, Repairs & Rejuvenates at REST, the same is true with...”
“Workout, Eat Healthy, Look Good!”
#LyricalFit tip
Back muscles are best trained when performing exercises that involve pulling motions. Focus on the squeeze at the end of the motion.
How Stretching Can Make You Stronger
When trying to develop strength and power, most people devote their time to lifting weights, pushing as much as physically possible. Some will also do a little cardio training to improve endurance, interval sprints to develop explosiveness, and steady-state sessions to shed layers of excess body fat. What most people don’t do, however, is stretch. Many men think stretching isn’t a...
8 simple ways to start gaining mass!
THE GYM HAS BEEN MY HOME for more than two decades. Spend that much time anywhere, and you figure out what works and what doesn’t. Take muscle building, for instance. The greatest problem of the mass-building industry is that some big-armed expert is hoarding top-secret, burn-after-reading protocols that are worth whatever he’s charging for access. (Usually way too much.) The...
Do you know what Nitric Oxide is??
1. What is it and where does it come from? Nitric Oxide is a free form gas that is produced in the body and is used by the body to communicate with other cells in the body. To produce this gas, enzymes in the body break down the amino acid Arginine.
Nitric Oxide is a molecule consisting of one atom of nitrogen and one atom of oxygen. The production of Nitric Oxide occurs when the amino acid...
How to exercise to pack on more muscle mass?
Are you confused about what type of exercises you need to do to pack on muscle mass? Don’t worry, exercise will not make you more skinny. Instead it will help you to gain desired weight / muscle mass by improving your metabolism. Exercises help your body to use those extra calories by aiding your digestive process. As a result you can eat more to gain weight in the form of increased muscle...
LyricalFit recipe! Pork Belly w Pineapple salad
Pork Belly with Pineapple Salsa!
So here’s an easy afternoon Pork Belly with Pineapple Salsa recipe courtesy of Sean Croxton from Undergroundwellness.com (My idol)
If you love bacon, you’re gonna be all over this! Its ahealthy meal with plenty of flavor and colors!
Have a good meal, my friends.
Ingredients * 2 lbs pork belly, 2-3” slab * 2 tbsp smoked paprika * 1 tbsp cumin
Salsa *...
Social skills help your health
For many of us health buffs, we tend to obsessively focus on our diets or exercise regimens. We figure that if we eat a balanced meal with lean proteins, fruits, and vegetables, and we work out consistently, at least a few times a week, then we achieve a certain level of optimal health.
Recent research, however, suggests that there is another factor that is as important as taking care of our...
Wanna know why you forget what you were doing?
Have you ever walked into a room and realized you don’t remember what you’re doing there? Yeah, us too. Well thankfully science finally explains why: It’s the doorway’s fault, a new study finds.
“When you go from room to room, your brain identifies each room as a new event and sets a new memory trace to capture the new event,” says study author Gabriel Radvansky, Ph.D., a psychology professor at...
3 healthy things you can do...TODAY!
This is an awesome article I really wanna share with you guys by Health&Hive….
3 Things To Do Today That Will Protect Your Health Tomorrow
We seem to be living in an instant generation. We want our food now (fast food restaurants), we want to get things before we pay for them (no interest electronics) and we want to lose weight instantly (crash dieting and The Biggest Loser).
...
High intensity training in 15 min
This is better than an hour on the treadmill
Break Your Speed Limits
As a man, you can accomplish many things in just an hour a week, based on my observations as a graduate student in exercise physiology at the University of Oklahoma. Here’s what would not impress me: You watching any reality show with a number in its title. You doing chest bumps with your buddies during a pickup...
5 reasons to take Vitamin D
Most of us need vitamin D but my black people,we really NEED vitamin D. Here are 5 reasons why
Vitamin D the Sunny Steroid
Although many people associate the word steroid with bulky guys injecting themselves with some dodgy black market substances, this is all but a true representation. The human body itself already produces steroids and Vitamin D is one of them. Your skin is one big hormonal...
Top 13 NON-DAIRY Calcium-rich foods!
For those that are Lactose-intolerant,which is most of the world,here are some options to still give u the calcium you need
Introducing The Top 13 NON-DAIRY Calcium Rich Foods
Collards- 1 cup boiled and drained – 357 mg calcium
Rhubarb – 1 cup cooked with sugar – 348 mg calcium
Sardines – 3 oz / 85 grams – 325 mg calcium
Spinach – 1 cup boiled and drained – 291 mg calcium
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10 reasons to love High Intensity Training
I love HIIT for all these reasons but also because of the dramatic change it gave to my life! I have given you my reason plus the study done behind them. Enjoy!
HIIT was better than the standard multidisciplinary approach (exercise, diet and psychological support) at helping overweight kids reduce theircardiovascular risk factors. Here’s the study
HIIT can prevent cardiac death in type 2...
Good sleep is healthy and a lifesaver
Why Sleep Should Be a Necessity, Not a Luxury?
Flannel pajamas. Down pillows. Fresh sheets.
There’s nothing like a good night’s sleep and many of us treat sleep like the ultimate luxury. Whether you’re a busy mom with a long to-do list or a college student cramming for that upcoming final, you’ve got more important things to do than sleep, right? You’ll sleep when you’re dead.
Unfortunately,...
LyricalFit Quote
“Clear your mind of cant..”
Health benefits of Coffee
Coffee hasn’t had an easy ride in the health and fitness world, with some even linking it to a number of diseases.
However, when you take a closer look at the facts, it really isn’t bad.
Coffee is in fact, an excellent source of certain health boosting phytonutrients, such as caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid and ferulic acid.
Benefits of Coffee
Let’s take a look at five impressive health...
