SHOULDERS & TRAPEZIUS
Shoulders: There are three main segments that make up our shoulders: anterior (front), lateral (side), and posterior (rear)–each gets specific attention from various shoulder exercises. The front shoulders flex and medially (inwardly) rotate the arm. The side shoulders move the arm away from the body (abduction) and the rear shoulders extend the arm causing lateral [...]
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You know, although this is primarily a fitness and training site, it really doesn’t matter one little bit how many programs you use or how well you follow the information contained in them when it comes to losing weight and getting fit if your nutrition and diet is poor.
I am sure [...]
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BACK
Our back is made up of three smaller muscles. Along with other smaller muscles, these three mainly control just about every movement you do from standing up straight to swinging a baseball bat! These three muscles are as follows:
Latisimus Dorsi: Or more commonly known as Lats, these muscles run down the sides of your back [...]
LEGS
Our legs house some of the biggest muscles in our body and can be divided into four seperate muscle groups. These are Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Calves and Anterior Tibialis.
Below is a list of the most useful leg training exercises that cover all four groups. On the page along with the video demonstration, is a description of [...]
By Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training
Just over a year ago I was at another fitness seminar in Tampa, Florida.
A physician from Georgia stopped me in the hall in between seessions and pulled me up. “Hey Craig, you were right about those crosstrainer machines. I’ve had your program for a few months now and I’m getting [...]
By Cameron Abel – BestFitnessChoices.com
Energy and sports drinks are another bone of contention across the general public and also those in the fitness and weight loss industry with camps seeming equally divided on the benefits they can provide. In my eyes, they are a product intended for one use that unfortunately has become skewed and [...]
You know what? It’s mid February. Around 45 days in since the New Year and something is happening all over the fitness, weight loss and exercise world – but it’s not good
This is about the time unfortunately when people first start to see cracks appearing in their new years resolutions, slowly start dropping [...]
By Cameron Abel – BestFitnessChoices.com
Hi there everybody!
Just a relatively quick snippet of a post here because I just came across this site and it has quite the step by step training plan that will teach you how to box and get in phenomenal shape. It’s sooo much different working out when you’re hitting something compared [...]
By Cameron Abel – BestFitnessChoices.com
We certainly all know (well hopefully!) that regular and effective stretching is a crucial and vital part of your whole fitness and weight loss regime. Too often however, it is an area not done correctly or overlooked altogether!
Bouncing til we touch our toes and a few side stretches just won’t cut [...]
Yeah we all know it – everybody wants the washboard abs and the 6-pack!
As we know, we all have great abs already but for most of us, they are covered by too much fat!
So use the programs and teachings learnt here at BestFitnessChoices.com to lose the fat but also as you near closer [...]
Short on time but need to exercise?
These ideas will help you fit a workout in no matter how much or how little time you have available.
What’s the number one reason people give for not exercising? That’s an easy one…not enough time!
Quite often, the trouble lies in mindset. If you think you need to FIND the [...]
By Nick Nilsson
Training for fat loss is not easy and proper cardio training is an important part of the
process. But if you’re doing your cardio at the WRONG time, you could be
shooting yourself in the foot! Find out the best time to do it and why.
When it comes to fat loss, one of THE [...]
By Cameron Abel – BestFitnessChoices.com
Welcome to part 2 of how fitness kickboxercise can help you get into the best shape of your life!
In part 1 we talked about how fitness boxercise is an all over body workout and also that it is a mixture of both high impact and low impact movements.
Here in part 2 [...]
By Cameron Abel – BestFitnessChoices.com
A fantastic way to get fit, tone up and lose weight is with Fitness Kickboxercise. Also called fitness boxercise, boxing fitness or boxing fitness training, it is sweeping the world and and with its close relation to interval training workouts is fast becoming one of the most popular fitness options of [...]
If it’s January, it must be crazy time in the gym…and it must mean that every huckster out there is selling the magic potion to help folks lose the blubber
Be very careful about “gurus” who make claims that sound too good to be true…after all, none of that stuff has worked in the [...]
It’s 2010. Your old excuses for not getting in shape won’t work. As Dr. Evil (Austin Powers) said, ZIP IT! I don’t want to hear them anymore! Read em’, then haul your excuseless butt to the gym!
1. I have no time.
According to a story in a recent issue of Men’s Health magazine, Barack Obama works [...]
Hi,
With Christmas gifts and New Year’s Resolutions only a few weeks away, fitness and fat loss expert Craig Ballantyne sent me his top 5 gift suggestions to share with you.
It doesn’t matter if you’re buying for someone or if you want to know the best workout gifts to ask for, Craig has the 5 best [...]
Many people disregard short, sharp and focused workouts due to the thought that 10 minutes is just not enough time to achieve any results. Of course a 30 minute or hour long session will provide greater benefits (if done correctly) however a ten minute workout is certainly better than nothing and if you do the right [...]
If you want to lose thigh fat, get sexy legs, and build a perky butt and booty that you can be proud of for life, then this could be the most important article you ever read.
Nutrition is the secret to success for women when it comes to sculpting their bodies and losing thigh fat.
Do you [...]
By Cameron Abel – BestFitnessChoices.com
In this article, I would like to add my 2 cents worth to the “Isolation Exercises” debate.
Basically, isolation exercises (sometimes called isolation method or isolation methods) is any exercise or movement that works a specific muscle in a specific action that as the name implies: isolates all other muscles during the exercise. The [...]
By Cameron Abel – BestFitnessChoices.com
The benefits and overall total effectiveness of using an exercise machine as part of the tools in your fitness and weight loss efforts is another area that splits the fitness industry and provides plenty of debate and endless opinions!
There are a heap of different types to choose from such as rowing exercise machines, [...]