Saturday, 31 January 2015
Thursday, 29 January 2015
The Workout That Tells Your Office Job to Suck It
Reverse all that sitting damage—no standing desk required.
Experts are now saying that sitting is as bad for your health as smoking. Wha!?!?! Yep! One reason for this is the decrease in mobility that comes from sitting more than four hours per day. While the best remedy is to be active and stand more during the day, that's clearly not always possible when you have a day job. We know what's up,
The 5-Minute Ab Workout You Need to Try
Add this core-shredding finisher to the end of your next sweat session
Check out the abs on Andy Speer, winner of Men's Health Next Top Trainer and creator of the new fitness DVD The Anarchy Workout, in the photo above. He keeps his eight-pack chiseled with fast-paced core finishers like the one in this challenge. Link below-
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Medicine-Ball Exercises That Work the Muscles You're Ignoring
Most guys perform exercises in two ways: front to back, or up and down, says David Jack, owner of ActivPrayer in Phoenix, Arizona, and creator of the Men's Health 60-Day Transformation. “But when you do that, you miss out on working your muscles from other angles,” he says.
Keeping your movements diverse helps you learn how to recruit your entire muscle—instead of just a few fibers—for an exercise, Jack explains. And the more muscle you get involved during your workout, the more you build.
(Stop listening to guys at the gym who think they have all the answers. Get the Truth Behind 7 Muscle Myths.)
Enter these two unusual medicine ball moves. "Each of these patterns involves concentric, eccentric, and isometric actions," says Jack. You also continuously speed up, slow down, and switch directions. "So even though you're not lifting heavy weights or getting out of breath, you're working your entire body from head to toe—including your brain."
Learn how to perform the two exercises by watching Jack do them in the video below. “The best part: Instead of looking at the clock and counting down the time, you'll barely notice you're holding a lunge,” he says.
Medicine-Ball Split-Squat Flow
Medicine-Ball Side-Lunge Flow
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
The Most Effective Exercise You Can Do
Build total-body power with four fresh deadlift variations
Beth Bischoff
Raise the Deadlift
Don't let the name intimidate you: "The deadlift is quite possibly the most effective exercise you can do," says Tony Gentilcore, C.S.C.S, cofounder of Cressey Performance in Massachusetts. In addition to targeting your glutes and hamstrings—which are some of your body's most powerful muscles—the deadlift activates your quads, core, back, and shoulders. "It builds muscle from head to toe," says Gentilcore. "Performed correctly, it also reinforces good form for real-world movements, like lifting heavy loads; that makes it a back saver." Customize your results and reach your goals faster with these four variations.
The Cure for Skinny-Fat
If you’re skinny and want to gain weight, your path is straightforward: lift big, eat big. Everyone agrees that it’s okay if you gain a little fat; you can always strip it off once you have the muscle you want.
If you’re heavy and want to lose weight, your path isn’t exactly straightforward— talk to five people, and chances are they’ll tell you five different ways to do it—but they all agree on at least one thing: You have to find
Sunday, 25 January 2015
This Might Just Be The Best Total-Body Exercise
There are a ton of exercises that will get your blood pumping and muscles working (lookin’ at you squats and push-ups), however, one move stands out above the rest. And while for some (okay, most), it’s also one of the most dreaded.
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