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10K training plan to increase 10K time
08/23/2012 10:08
So you've already run at least one 10K (6.2 miles) road race and now you're ready for your next goal: Improving your time. To achieve a personal record (PR) in the 10K, you'll definitely need to add speed training to your training regimen, if you haven't already. Here is an eight-week training...
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Band Pull-Apart Super Series for Healthy Shoulders (mobility/warm-up)
08/22/2012 09:09
One of the biggest issues we face at our gym is shoulder health. This is because we have a lot of personal training clients who have spent the majority of their lives hunched over a desk with anteriorly rotated shoulders, and we have a lot of powerlifters who bench press all the time and hate...
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Sunday, 8/12/12
08/14/2012 13:07
Went for a long run today ... was scheduled for 7 miles but cut it at 6. My right achilles tendon started to bother me, and my pace went to crap once that started.
Still, felt good to get the 6 miles in. Going to do lots of mobility work on my calves, ankles, and feet this week. I'm also going...
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Sprint and Bodyweight Training Workout
08/14/2012 11:32
Sprint and Bodyweight Training Workout Instructions:
A: Run - 1 x 200m
B: Bodyweight Squats - 1 x 10-20
C: Run - 1 x 200m
D: Push Ups - 1 x 10-20
E: Run - 1 x 200m
F: Body Rolls - 1 x 10-20
G: Run - 1 x 200m
H: Multi-Directional Lunges - 1 x 10-20
I: Run - 1 x 200m
J: Burpees - 1 x...
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Drink Green Tea To Speed Recovery from Training and Lose Body Fat
08/14/2012 11:28
Drink green tea to speed recovery from training and lose body fat. The wonders of green tea on health and body composition are well known. However, new research indicates that to get the best results from green tea, you need to get a fairly high dose every day.
For example, a recent study in...
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Friday, Aug. 10
08/10/2012 09:43
Today's workout (8/10/12):
Doing some upper body strength work tonight:
Suspension chest press supersetted with Suspension rows (3 x 15)
Rope climbs or pull-ups: 4 x 6 - 8
Halos or side raises: 4 x 6 - 8
Curls: 4 x 6 - 8
I'm scheduled for a 7 mile run tomorrow morning,...
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Non Alcoholic Beer For Marathon Runners
08/10/2012 09:41
Marathon runners can avoid becoming ill after a match if they ingest 326 mg gallic acid analogues daily. This must consist of 47 mg catechin, 8 mg epicatechin, 33 mg procyanidin B-3, 5 mg other proanthocyanidins, 15 mg vanillic acid, 42 mg syringa acid, 15 mg p-cumar acid, 52 mg ferulic acid, 4...
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How PQQ Helps To Generate Cellular Energy
08/10/2012 09:28
Mitochondria are amazing cellular compartments that create energy from the food we eat and the air we breathe. They convert fats and sugars from foods we consume into cellular energy. This energy generated by the mitochondria runs every process the body needs to stay young and healthy.
In a...
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Getting off the Crack (A story about The Zone diet)
08/10/2012 09:15
I never thought what I ate mattered. I was thin and muscular. My athletic performance was decent. I generally felt pretty healthy and happy. So I was skeptical about diet having any kind of real impact on anything. For my whole life I had been eating a lot of whatever the hell I...
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Prevent Inflammation and Impaired Healing by Avoiding Pain Killers and Ibuprofen during Intense Training
08/10/2012 09:09
Avoid pain killers and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen during training because they damage the gut and hinder absorption of nutrients, delaying recovery. NSAIDs have also been shown to impair healing of tendons and blunt muscle hypertrophy response.
A new study...
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