Exercise Tips
Fitness Gets Social
Fitness Gets Social. Staying on track with a workout is tough. Face it, when you’re working out on your own, it’s easy to get bored or just plain lazy. That’s where Fitocracy comes in. With this website, exercise becomes a game in which you track your workouts to win points and achievements, and then show…
Read MoreLats
Lats (Latissimus Dorsi) include the muscles, Teres major and Teres minor. They’re a very important part of a person’s physique, adding width to the body and give it that “V” look. It’s a very big muscle and it can handle a lot of weight and resistance training. Lats tie in with all the other muscles…
Read MoreAbdominal Exercises
Everybody has abdominals, but not everybody’s show. This is because some people have more fat on this area of their body. The muscles can’t show through the fat. Which is why some people may have strong abdominals but no six pack, and a skinny guy with weak abdominals does. We would recommend that if you…
Read MoreChest Exercises
The chest (Latin name – pectoralis) is by far the most popular muscle group to train by most beginners and is a very impressive part of a more advanced bodybuilder’s physique. The chest consists of pectoralis major and pectoralis minor. Pectoralis major consists of two heads – clavicular head is the top part and is…
Read MoreHow effective is the Talk Test?
For many years, the talk test has been used as a means of measuring aerobic intensity. Many fitness experts question the effectiveness and accuracy of the test. The talk proposes that if you can carry on a light conversation, then you are in a good range of intensity for fat burning and cardio results. Proponents…
Read MoreEnergise with exercise
Instead of reaching for caffeine, get out for a walk or an exercise class and energise with exercise. It’s easy to drink too much caffeine when you’re on holiday overload, when summoning the energy to get through the day feels like squeezing water from a stone. While too much caffeine makes you tired and wired,…
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