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• A Healthy Rate of Weight Loss

  Because we're consistently bombarded with exercise and diet plans that promise extravagant weight loss results, it's hard to decipher what truly is a realistic and healthy rate of weight loss...

• A Beginners Guide for Running to Lose Weight

  According to Mayo Clinic, running is the most efficient physical activity for calorie burning. A 160-lb. person will burn 606 calories every 60 minutes they run at a pace of 5 miles per hour, or 861 calories...

• How Many Calories Do You Burn Walking or Running a Mile?

  Regularly incorporating walking or running into your regimen provides a plethora of health benefits. For those interested in reaching or maintaining a healthy body fat percentage, walking and running burns...

• Four Ways to Speed up Your Metabolism

  Your metabolism is the amount of energy, measured by the number of calories, your body uses in a single day. Your body is always burning calories, even when you're sleeping, as it regulates your body temperature,...

• The Right Number of Sets and Reps to Reach Your Goals

  The structure of your weight lifting workouts will directly influence the effects the training has on your muscles. A workout that is designed to elicit gains in strength is different than a regimen meant...

• How to Figure Out How Much Weight You Should be Lifting

  While several factors will influence the effectiveness of your weight training sessions, none makes as big of an impact as lifting an appropriate amount of weight. The load that you place on your muscles...

• Top 5 Fitness Myths

  With all the fitness advice out there, it's hard to know what's actually legit and what's completely false. While some of the most common training myths can keep you from maximizing your workouts, others...

• How and Why to Build Grip Strength

  Developing strength in your forearms and hands isn't likely at the top of your fitness goals, but there are several benefits to taking a couple minutes out of your session to dedicate to building grip...

• A Workout to Improve Shoulder Stability

  Capable of moving in nearly all directions, your shoulders are the most complex joints in your body, making them highly susceptible to injury. Regularly incorporating exercises that build strength, stability...

• The Simple Yet Overlooked Key to Putting on Muscle: Sleep

  For individuals looking to build muscle, sleep is no less than vital. It's when you're sound asleep that your body really goes to work at repairing and building your muscle tissue. This anabolic state,...

• A 5-Minute Core Circuit with a Weighted Plate

  A weak core leaves you more susceptible to both traumatic and overuse injuries. Daily activities and athletic movements place a greater load on the spine, which calls for a greater demand from your core...

• How to Keep Track of Your Fitness Improvements

  If you're serious about wanting to lower your body fat, gain muscle, get stronger or improve your cardiovascular fitness, it's important that you track your training progress along the way...

• How Much Rest Between Workouts?

  The amount of rest that you give your body after exercise will directly affect how quickly and effectively you build muscle strength and size. Many weight lifters can become so preoccupied with their training...

• Does Weight Lifting Make Women Bulky?

  Despite weight training being beneficial for building strength, maintaining bone density and reducing body fat, some women are hesitant. A common concern among women is that lifting weights will cause...

• Addressing Stubborn Belly Fat

  You've been disciplined with your workouts. Made efforts to improve your diet. The hard work has paid off. You've lost a good amount of weight and are feeling good. But, you hit a plateau and no matter...

• Should Children Lift Weights?

  It's understandable that you'd be hesitant if your child comes shows interest in weight training. Lifting weights has long bee proven beneficial for adults, but there are many concerns that the stress...

• The Lifelong Benefits of Being Active

  Being physically active offers several health and fitness benefits that can pay off as you get older. Even if you're middle-aged and haven't been exercising regularly, you'll still reap health benefits...

• Should I Do Cardio or Weight Training First?

  Fitness trainers get asked all of the time whether doing cardio or weight training first is best. Now that it's well accepted that both cardio and weight lifting are important and beneficial activities...

• The Best Foods to Eat Before Working Out

  What and when you eat before your workout will have a direct impact on the quality of your session. A pre-workout meal can give your body the nutrients and fuel it needs to work at a high intensity. If...

• 4 Types of Squats for Strong Hips and Legs

  For athletes, fitness enthusiasts and general exercises alike, squats should serve as the staple to a weight-training program. A compound exercise that targets all of the major muscles in the hips and...