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Currently, low-cost fitness centres bring many people to practice fitness and bodybuilding. But without instructions, it is difficult to progress without getting hurt or difficult to progress briefly. This is why many practitioners improvise to be "coach".

Many training programs can be found on the net or in magazines, very often they are presented as the solution to any period of stagnation. But is that true?

The rest-pause training consists in performing a set of a certain number of reps, then take a short break and start over again to be certain of going to the end of your muscular abilities. There are several ways to do the rest-pause technique, but the concept remains substantially the same.

Most practitioners in theaters often forget to see a long-term goal.

Each profession has its own appropriate outfit: the doctor in a white coat, the soldier in uniform, the mason in a work uniform. In short, it is not so much to recognize them as for the practical and functional aspect that an outfit is associated with a profession.

Too often we hear that bodybuilding is not good for kids. That it prevents growth, that it’s bad for growth cartilages and would therefore better be avoided. Many gyms don’t accept children under 18 years old. Yet, what is bodybuilding, if not muscle training. And children muscles need to progress even more than those of adults.

When we ask the question in this context, we can only think of protein powder. Nevertheless, asking the question is also a request for a more complete explanation. The protein, where does it come from? What role does it play in our body?

When training is intense, it is not uncommon to have muscular or joint or even tendinous reactions after the session. Some reactions such as muscle aches are normal and come from muscular degradation by lactic acid or more precisely by acid ions. It is difficult to avoid pain if the training is intense and unusual, but it should not be too disabling, otherwise the rest of the week's training may be difficult.

The next person you see in the squat cage with 20 kg on the bar and a big belt, maybe you can make a comment after reading these few lines.

Many have already asked questions about sex and sport. Most of the time, people want to be reassured by the many preconceived ideas about the subject. For a long time, we talk about bodybuilders with big muscles, a small sex and no brain. Where do these clichés come from? Is there some truth in it or is it only preconceived ideas?

In our time, feeling good is a must! Stressful life and pressure on the workplace require increased attention to find a way out.

It is quite popular these days to shift away from the meat and what comes from the animal world. However, we have always advocated the benefits of animal proteins, compared to the supposed lack of efficiency of vegetable proteins. So, is it possible to combine your sporting ambitions and a vegan diet?

When was the last time you saw a male model without perfect abs? The famous "six-packs" ... Even women are becoming trendy with a six-pack. It has become a must in this world where “how you look” is the most important thing... This shows that you are young, fit and ready to make an effort to get what you want. In any case that's what many people think .. But is this really the case?

A question that is often asked is: "Can I change the shape of my biceps? Or, "I would like longer ... pointier biceps..." In fact you have to know from the start that you have a muscle shape determined by genetics. Like the color of your hair, the shape of your face, your height, etc. Yet you can intervene on the basics of your genetics to improve certain predetermined characters. You will not be able to change the color of your hair without a good dye, but you can change some characteristics...

Devoting a complete article to a single exercise may seem a little overrated. Yet the squat is the most complete exercise that exists and it comes in variants that target more one or the other region. Nevertheless, when you do squats, you work almost all your muscles. The thighs, of course, but also the calves, the glutes, the ischios, the abs, the back, the shoulders, the arms .. It is thus, one can affirm it without being mistaken, the most complete exercise. Let's take a look at the...

The muscles chain that makes up the thigh is the most powerful muscle region of the human body. The quadriceps and the gluteus maximus are the two most powerful muscles of this region, but they are also helped in most of their actions by the hamstring muscles, the adductors, the sartorius, the small and mid-glutes as well as by a series of internal postural muscles at the hip. In short, a large muscle mass to ensure the actions of the lower limbs.

Anyone who has ever been to a gym once asked himself the question: What is the best exercise for an effective training? The goal here is not to choose and train with the best one, but to realize what makes an exercise effective.

To gain mass is to force the muscles to be able to make more efforts than they are at the moment and thus to work like stronger muscles would. A bigger muscle is a muscle that can take more weight.

The ups and downs set the seasons of your workouts. There are days when you want to give your all and days when you give what you can. Some even abandon their goals and will only resume them in emergency: When they have really regained too much weight. There are, however, little "tricks" that can keep you from letting go. When your motivation goes down, with one or the other trick, it can come back, because we all know that we can’t feel motivated in the same way every day. The champions...

The way to train flexibility is often highly controversial. Depending on the sports you practice, you work differently. A dancer and an athlete train differently, as well as a boxer and a gymnast. Everyone thinks they are right... but where is the truth?

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Power is the ability to do the heaviest task possible in a minimum of time and with maximum speed. This may sound difficult, but it is a rather pleasant program to execute. Training for power is not really advisable for beginners because it requires trained abs to provide a good sheathing but also a good technique. Potential errors are paid cash: poor technique, fragility due to poor nutrition, lack of sleep or lack of concentration and an accident is here. This means a tear, dislocation or...

How to keep in shape this summer? This is THE question that everyone asks before the holidays. Men wonder how to lose unsightly bulges in the abdomen area and women instead focus on their buttocks. Everyone likes to be to their advantage on the beach and likes to attract positive looks on their physique. The big problem is that this question is raised in June when it should have been asked in September of the year before. Indeed, losing fat takes time, and making excesses usually pays off...

When you train intensively, you do not always have the same energy or the same desire to train. It happens that the training of the day could be postponed tomorrow ... Nevertheless, it is strongly advised to the athlete who wants results not to listen to this little voice that pushes him to agree some respite for a certain reason. On the other hand, the inten-sity of everyday training can sometimes lead to overtraining. At this time, it is advisable to go easy. How can we tell the difference...

Each sport requires different skills but, currently, to reach high levels, it is essential to have a good physical condition. It is quite obvious in sports such as football and rugby or athletics, but it is also valid in motorsports or even scuba diving.

Throughout the ads, at the cinema you see beautiful athletes bodybuilded with toned abs. So? Is it possible for everyone? Can you set yourself the goal of seeing the shape of your abs under this layer of fat that characterizes them at the moment?

This is a question asked many times: What works best? Weights, machines or bars? Let's try now to highlight the advantages of each way of working.

How not to lose benefits of past year's training while enjoying the change of the scenery offered by a pleasant holiday period

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