Thursday, June 29, 2006

Abdominal Exercises Tips

Tchhnique is very important when training the abs.

Remember these points

1)Don't pull on the neck during the movements.
2)Keep the chin a fist's distance from your chest when doing crunches.
3)Start with the arms across the chest; as yourabs become stronger, extend the arms behind the head.
4)Don't throw the body, or use jerking motions to complete the movements.
5)Keep it slow and con-trolled.
6)When doing crunch type ab exercises, keep the abs pulled in by visualizing your navel pressing down toward the floor and always keep your back pressed to the floor.
Always exhale as you contract and inhale as you release.

Now get some abdominal Exercises:
Abdominal Exercises

Monday, June 26, 2006

Exercise Ball and Core Muscles

Core training is an important part to any exercise program.

Your core is where all movement in your body originates so it only makes sense that you must develop good core muscles and strength in that area to be as fit as possible.

Your body's "core" — the area around your trunk and pelvis — is where your center of gravity is located. These muscles provide support for your spine and, being weak in this area, your body won't move as efficiently and you will most likely experience lower back pain.

A simple task like carrying a bag of groceries can cause pain.

Can you see why it is important to develop those core muscles?

You can train your body's core without any exercise equipment at all. However, core training is best done when the body is placed in an unstable environment.

The exercise ball obviously provides that type of enviroment.

Sample Exercise Ball Exercises

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Eat to Gain Weight

The key building muscle mass is to eat, eat, and eat some more. 99% of the people who call themselves hard gainers are really just under eaters. A lot of guys will skip breakfast, have a small lunch or snack during the day, then pig out and stuff themselves at dinner and think that they are eating a lot.

You need to eat something every 2 hours during the day to build maximum muscle mass. Eating frequently will make eating lots of food much easier.

When you want to build maximum muscle mass you should aim to eat 1.5 grams of protein and 25 calories per pound of bodyweight each day. Don't just stick to low fat "diet foods". Eat everything! You need lots of calories and it will be too difficult to eat a high calorie diet with just low fat foods.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Hindu Push-ups vs Dive Bombers

A rose is a rose ..........

Listen. Whether you do dive bombers or Hindu push-ups, they are basically the same and both will do an outstanding job of building your upper body. I don't care what anyone says. Do the ones you like best.

Basically both begin with butt up in the air and arms slightly in front of you about shoulder width apart. You go into a pushup position - then kind of stretch forward with head up in the air. Then comes the different techniques.

Dive bombers go back to pushup position, then return to start. Hindu goes directly to the start position.

C'mon now. Try them both and pick what you like best - they work!

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Thursday, June 01, 2006

The Perfect Crunch

An Abdominal Exercise Everyone Knows

* Start with a manageable number of repetitions; don’t go for the maximum range right away

* Place fingertips on top of head or alongside your ears; DO NOT lace fingers

* Keep the elbows out, beyond the range of peripheral vision

* Point the chin toward the ceiling

* Do 2 to 3 sets of 10 to 15 reps; be sure to maintain perfect form and rest between sets

* Remember that quality is always more important than quantity