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Fit Over 40 Through Strength Training

Beyond age forty, the skin ages. Muscle mass increasingly declines. The groundwork for age-related conditions such as high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, osteoporosis, or back damage is already laid. The first signs of serious cardiovascular diseases

Strength Training

Jan 31, 2018

Widespread Disease Obesity - Causes and Risks of Obesity

In most cases, the cause of being overweight can be reduced to two components: too little physical activity and too much food. Simply put, you will gain weight whenever your body consumes fewer calories than

Health and Prevention

Jan 19, 2018

Getting fit safely - Training after long breaks

Athletes are often forced to take an extended break from training following surgery or an injury. However, even an unfavorable winter weather-wise is more than enough to say goodbye to your usual fitness routine. Here is how a safe return

Training Properly

Jan 5, 2018

The Rowing Machine - The Fitness Alternative for Home

Along with steppers, ergometers, cross trainers, or treadmills, rowing machines are also enjoying growing popularity. Many of these fitness machines serve both endurance and cardio training as well as muscle building. Thus, they benefit the entire body

Cardio and Endurance Training

Dec 1, 2017

Exercise and the Immune System - How Do I Boost My Body's Defenses?

They're lurking everywhere again—cold viruses. Autumn and winter are cold season. A cold or 'flu-like infection' refers to an infection of the upper respiratory tract that leaves us with a sore throat, runny nose, cough, hoarseness, and often

Health and Prevention

Nov 21, 2017

The right warm-up for your fitness workout

A warm-up is an important preparatory step before any athletic activity. Physical education teachers tell every student this back in school. And these instructions have good reason. Because most sports place strain on joints, ten

Training Properly

Nov 15, 2017

The Right Motivation – How to Make Fitness Fun

How do you defeat your inner weaker self that so often keeps you from getting necessary physical exercise? How do you keep your motivation high during fitness training without letting disappointment and frustration set in? Here are a few tips for proper

Training Properly

Nov 10, 2017

Healthy Smoothies?

Smoothies are familiar to most people – after all, there has been a huge boom in freshly bottled fruit and vegetable drinks in recent years. A while ago, the smoothie trend crossed over from the USA to Europe, today the selection of

Nutrition

Oct 27, 2017

How Do I Find the Right Workout Shoes for My Training?

Comfortable footwear plays an important role in fitness training: a firm stance, maximum mobility, and comfort through an ergonomic fit of the shoes help to better achieve your own training goals. Learn more about the

Training Properly

Oct 19, 2017

Indoor Cycle Fitness Bike Training in the Living Room

Whether power, endurance, or long distances – with a Speedbike for home use, you can comfortably complete a workout in your living room without time pressure. Gyms are also increasingly adding classes featuring a fitness bike as a training device to th

Cardio and Endurance Training

Sep 18, 2017

Stretching exercises during strength training

Whether strength athletes should stretch their muscles before, during, or after strength training is controversial or unknown. Yet, strength training can be made much more effective through stretching exercises. But before you start stretching your muscles...

Strength Training

Sep 7, 2017

Proper Breathing During Fitness Training

Proper breathing is paramount during endurance and strength training. It is crucial never to hold your breath. For example, you should take a breath when the weight is being pushed up during benching,

Training Properly

Aug 23, 2017

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