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Seated calf raise
The seated calf raise is another good calf exercise.
Bench Press: is it a dangerous workout exercise?
Bench pressing is more likely to injure than improve performance
Using safety gear in the gym
Use the safety gear that is on quality equipment
Women's barbell military press
The barbell military press has no peer amongst other upper body shoulder exercises.
Women's dumbbell bench press
The dumbbell bench press is a fine alternative to the barbell version of the exercise.
Women's dumbbell military press
The dumbbell military press is a fine exercise for women who desire strong triceps.
The Gironda Curl
Vince Gironda aka the iron guru was an old time strength and bodybuilding coach. This curl originated in Vince Gironda's fertile mind.
The Lifting Belt
Several different lifting belts shown and explained.
The non supported dumbbell row
The non supported dumbbell row develops not only the upper back but provides a stimulus for growth in the lower back.
The Seated Good Morning
The seated good morning is another variation of the standing version of this low back exercise.
The Single Arm Low Cable Row
The single arm low cable pull unilaterally strengthens the upper back while at the same time improving your ability to move weight with one arm.
Seated dumbbell shrug
The seated dumbbell shrug helps to eliminate a majority of lower body assistance to the movement.
Bodybuilding supplements with resistance training
Supplements: why timing is all
Sports Nutrition: Increase Muscle Growth and Strength
The Perfect Recovery Drink
Research Round-Up: endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration
endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration
weight training systems
Weight Training Systems : Weight train your hormones
periodisation
Periodisation: Advanced strategies for bringing your performance to a peak at just the right time
sports nutrition information
Sports nutrition information: From carbo-loading to nutrigenomics: Andrew Hamilton on the evergrowing sophistication of nutritional strategies in sport
strength endurance
Strength endurance: Power without mass: how strength and plyometric training can boost endurance running performance
sports science articles
The Peak Performance index of back issues
protein
Protein: How much protein do athletes need - and how safe are high-protein diets?
protein
Protein: Optimum nutrition: it's about much more than simply eating the right amount
body building
Body building - Why bodybuilding dependence is not just a problem for men
ab exercise | ab curl-up
Ab exercise - The ab curl-up
Human Growth Hormone | hGH
Human growth hormone hGH - Don't waste money - and risk your reputation on human growth hormone; make your own instead!
Steroids in sports: The effects on blood pressure
Steroids - How steroids raise blood pressure
sport specific weight training
Sport specific weight training
Weight Training
Weight Training
Strength Training: weight lifting strategy
Are three sets necessary to optimise your strength?
Add some intensity to your weight training sessions by eccentric loading
Eccentric loading boosts weight training benefits
Creatine
Creatine: Now school kids are creatine users
Genetics
Genetic engineering and sport: has the future already arrived?
Steroids
Steroids boost injury risk from strength training
Steroids
Steroids boost injury risk from strength training
sports psychology resistance
Sports Psychology Resistance: Why is it that athletes so often resist the benefits of sports psychology?
Arginine
Arginine: In the gym, bodybuilders push heavy pieces of iron around in order to bulk up their muscles, but at their dinner tables they do strange things.. In an attempt to become leaner, they reduce their caloric intakes as they train for important competitions, even though decreased eating can lead to losses of muscle mass.
Weight training
Weight Training: In hopes of improving their raw muscle power, competitive rowers engage in weight training during the off-season, but new research suggests that they might be better off pushing on their oars instead of using weight machines or free weights.
basic weight training routines
Basic weight training routines: Beginning weightlifters don't need to worry much about their number of repetitions.
Bodybuilders: myths about nutrition
Bodybuilders: Myths About Nutrition: How do bodybuilders keep going on this diet of myths and contradictions?
Marijuana
Marijuana shown to be a gateway to steroid use in Norwegian teens
weight training vests | ankle weights
Weight training vests and ankle weights: wearing ankle weights and a weight training vests can help you run faster - but do it slowly
Dangers Of Chromium Picolinate
Dangers Of Chromium Picolinate: If you want to build muscle and lose fat, will a chromium supplement help? Here's a cool look at the facts
Benefits Of Chromium Picolinate
Benefits Of Chromium Picolinate: If you want to build muscle and lose fat, will a chromium supplement help? Here's a cool look at the facts
Dhea Danger | Dhea Benefits | Dhea
Dhea Danger And Dhea Benefits: Is DHEA really, as some suggest, the fountain of youth in a bottle?
weight training for runners
Weight Training For Runners: If you want to improve performance, the cardinal rule is: be more specific.
Weight Training Routines
Weight Training Routines: What science has to say about circuit weight training routines
Strength training exercises programme for women
Strength Training Exercises Programme For Women: Strength training is vital for women, but the programme depends on their event, not their sex.
Endurox | sport nutrition supplement
Endurox: Don't be taken in too soon by the claims of this latest " magic potion"
Achilles heel injury
Achilles Heel Injury Prevention: These exercises can turn your Achilles heel into a rock of Gibraltar
Chromium supplements
Chromium Supplements: Chromium is not all it's beefed up to be.
swimming pools medical hazards
A quick look at the medical hazards of swimming in pools.
Female cyclists | health | nutrition
Female cyclists health and nutrition: A guide to the proper care and feeding of female cyclists.
drugs | female athletes
The Gender Gap 2: Women are getting slower; men are getting faster?
sports supplements
Sports Supplements: Here's a survey of what the nutrition experts take
Bone-strengthening
Bone-strengthening: The remarkable soya bean can help guard against osteoporosis, and that's only the beginning.
Ginseng
Ginseng: Another scientific study gives the thumbs down.
HIV risk and sport
Hiv Risk And Sport: What's the real risk of HIV transmission during sports activities?
Adaptogens
Adaptogens: What exactly are " adaptogens" and can they really help your performances.
Sport by sport diet guide
Sport By Sport Diet Guide: Whatever your sport, nutrition should be an integral part of your training and competition strategy. Although the emphasis will vary according to the activity you're involved in, there is a consensus among sports scientists on guidelines that athletes should be aiming for.
Calories and resistance training
Calories and resistance training: Bulk up on calories
Calories and resistance training
Calories and resistance training: Bulk up on calories































