Tag: Fitness

5 Components of Physical Fitness | Fitness Tips & Guides

[ 0 ] January 4, 2009 |

What Is Physical Fitness? Understanding the Five Basic Components of Physical Fitness Can Be The Difference Between Fitness Success & Failure.

What does it mean to be “physically fit?”

Ask a dozen people to describe to you a person who typifies …

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Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) | Preventing & Treating DOMS

[ 5 ] December 14, 2008 |

Muscle soreness after exercise can put a real kink in your training. Find out what DOMS is, how to prevent it and what you can do to ease delayed onset muscle soreness if you get it.

Nearly anyone who works out regularly has experienced sore …

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Weight Loss Plateau: Diagnosing & Overcoming a Weight Loss Plateau

[ 11 ] October 25, 2008 |

Asking yourself “How do I get out of a weight loss plateau?” Try these ten tricks to jumpstart your fat loss and get back on track.

The weight loss plateau.

It happens to everyone, regardless of their level of physical fitness or …

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Under Armour Cold Gear Review | Fitness & Athletic Apparel Reviews

[ 19 ] October 18, 2008 |

Under Armour® says when it’s cold outside, you need ColdGear®. Find out whether Cold Gear lives up to its promise.

Product Line Reviewed: Under Armour ColdGear®

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Specific Products Reviewed:

  • Under Armour ColdGear Legging ($54.99)
  • Under Armour ColdGear Long Sleeve Compression Hoodie

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Principles of Weight Training | Fitness and Exercise Glossary

[ 1 ] March 30, 2008 |

There are four basic principles of weight training:

  1. Overload
  2. Progression
  3. Specificity
  4. Rest and Recovery

These principles work together to ensure that a person meets their weight training goals.

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Rest and Recovery (Principles of Weight Training) | Fitness and Exercise Glossary

[ 1 ] March 30, 2008 |

Rest and recovery is the fourth principle of weight training. It says that each muscle requires adequate time to rest and recover between workouts.

The actual duration of the rest and recovery period may vary from individual-to-individual based on factors like their current physical …

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Specificity (Principles of Weight Training) | Fitness and Exercise Glossary

[ 1 ] March 30, 2008 |

Specificity is one of the four principles of weight training.  Specificity means that you train your muscles and choose your exercises, weight, reps and sets with a specific goal in mind.

These goals typically fall into one of four groups:

  1. strength
  2. size

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