Author: Mike Ramirez

Grip the bar with your hands approximately 10 inches apart and lift it over your head. Keep your upper arm in a stationary position close to the sides of your head. Let the weight slowly down behind your head. Then press the weight slowly back to the starting position. Do not allow your upper arms to move.

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If you literally bend back, your movement is limited to a couple of lumbar vertebrae. You distress this area and do not even get much range of motion out of it. A safer and more effective approach is to start by traction of the vertebrae that is spine ‘elongation’. As you ‘grow taller’—it helps to inhale to maximally open up your chest—the shock absorbing discs between the vertebrae and the spiky facet joints get more room and therefore get squeezed less as the spine extends. Once you have opened up your spine it is time to bend it back. Instead…

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When you’re training hard you want to eat about an hour or two before your workouts and again immediately afterwards. Your snacks should include both carbs and protein to help restore glycogen levels in your muscles and repair muscle tissue. A post-workout snack might be a bagel with salmon and cream cheese, or a tuna and pasta salad. For the rest of the day, eat small meals at regular intervals of two or three hours, with the aim of having some protein with every meal. This way you keep your glycogen levels topped up and prevent your body from breaking…

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It is a known basic fact that even the leanest athletes need fat. According to the Certified Fitness & Nutrition Coach and Professional Athlete Liza Hughes one of the best choices for dietary fat this r is Avocado. Avocado is a fruit that is abundant in the summertime months that provides necessary dietary fat and is full of vitamins to help our bodies work at optimal level. Avocados posses a high fat content and it is a healthy fat, a monounsaturated fat. Studies have shown that this type of fat helps reduce cholesterol. Avocado is also low in calories and…

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The goal of majority of women is to achieve the perfect body shape. Many of them fail to achieve it because they do not make the necessary amount of efforts, while others fail even while doing exercises due to the fact that they follow the wrong kind of training. Another problem is that many women to attain the perfect body shape irrespective of their age. For example older people might more difficult to shape their body because their muscles become weaker with the passage of time. Exercises like weight lifting might not suit aged women and they should follow this…

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Female bodybuilding is the female component of competitive bodybuilding. It began in the late 1970s when women began to take part in bodybuilding competitions. There are two other categories of competition that are closely related to bodybuilding, and are frequently held as part of the same event. Fitness competition has a swimsuit round, and a round that is judged on the performance of a routine including aerobics, dance, or gymnastics. Figure competition is a newer format, judged solely on symmetry and muscle tone, with much less emphasis on muscle size than in bodybuilding. The opinions regarding the women bodybuilding are…

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