Interval sprinting has been proven to promote rapid fat loss and muscle growth.  Most strength athletes would rather go through an all night torture session listening to pop music while being forced to eat tofu instead of doing “cardio.” Have no fear because you don’t need steady-state cardio to reach your fat loss, performance, and conditioning goals! There isn’t any need for leg warmers, headbands, or tig ...

What is Vo2 Max? Vo2 max refers to the maximal oxygen uptake (aka  maximal oxygen consumption, peak oxygen uptake or maximal aerobic capacity), which is the maximum capacity of an individual's body to transport and use oxygen during incremental exercise.  This reflects an individual's physical fitness level.  The name Vo2 max comes from V - volume, O2 - oxygen, max - maximum.  VO2 max is expressed either as ...

5 Tips to Burn Fat Faster Burn Fat Faster Tip 1: Increase Resistance When was the last time you varied the resistance on the cardio machine of your choice? It’s time to break a good sweat with increasing resistance by changing the level. If it’s a treadmill increase the elevation, have you tried jogging at level 6 gradation? It will get you sweating in no time! The harder you work here the higher your heart ...

Forget for a moment that the shape of your midsection largely determines how good you'll look on the beach this summer — and how well you'll play volleyball. We'll get back to that in a minute. The pursuit of abs goes deeper. You strive for a six-pack as if your life depended on it, and now science proves that it does. At a meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, research was pre ...

It turns out that scrolling down a web page doesn’t provide as much of a physical workout as I had once hoped. So my dreams of getting in shape while doing nothing but surfing the web now solely rely on this fitness-friendly office chair known as the GymyGym. Besides providing a comfortable place to sit through the use of a “flat-bungee seating system” which promotes proper posture throughout the day, the G ...

People who are longing to have a lean stomach should definitely have a look at the following ab workouts to lose belly fat. The ab workouts given below are specially designed to make sure your ab muscles get a terrific workout and stay in great shape. The fashion of having great abs and a lean stomach is still there and looking at the current scenario, I think it's going to be there for a long time. Most pe ...

Workout Summary: Training Level:Beginner Main Goal:Build Muscle Days Per Week:1 Workout Type:Full Body Description of Workout: Go through each of these exercises 3 times, take minimal amounts of rest in between each exercise and then take 1-2 minutes in between each series of exercises. The key to this workout, like any other, is progression. You should push for more reps each time you do this workout. If y ...

Most senior citizens tend to avoid exercising because of an underlying fear that they may get hurt, though the fact remains that it is necessary for a healthy mind and body. Read on to know more… Aging is a natural process that brings about lots of changes in your body. You can see wrinkles appear on your skin and your hair turns gray. Then the muscle mass decreases and you lose strength in your limbs. Bone ...

The debate of diet pills vs exercise is an old one and has been raging since the early 1990s when doctors started prescribing diet pills to obese people... The markets are flooded with diet pills that promise miracles to people with weight problems, they also claim to show studies that support their claim. Let us also admit that in today’s fast paced world not everyone has the time or the inclination to exe ...

It's January, and that means people will flock to their local gyms in an effort to make good on their New Year's resolution to get back in shape. Of course, those dreams are usually dead by March because motivation wanes and the responsibility of work and family can often get in the way. Perhaps multitasking is the answer — combining your work and your workouts. Truth be told, you can get a great workout ju ...