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Posted March 14, 2012
Does this sound familiar? You?ve been working out consistently for months, putting your all into a training regimen designed by an expert (or Mario Lopez.) You?re eating right, resting appropriately and practicing correct form. But something isn?t right: you?re not progressing. You?ve plateaued ? record scratch! Don?t feel like a fitness failure; this happens to
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Posted March 7, 2012
I don?t particularly enjoy doing chest presses. Nor do I have a deep-rooted love for running on the treadmill.? Every week, I go to the gym and subject myself to a myriad of stressful activities that give me much less immediate gratification than playing the Wii or watching ?The Walking Dead? reruns ever will. Gratification
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Posted February 29, 2012
If you?re reading this from Philly, put down the cheese steak. All you dudes in Detroit, drop and do twenty. Why am I singling out big city folk, you ask? Well, if you?ve read the most recent issue of ?Men?s Fitness,? you?d know that cities like Philadelphia and Detroit are not only big in population,
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Posted February 22, 2012
The gym I work out at ? a local franchise that shall go nameless ? is small, smelly, and screams late 1980s, but at least it doesn?t frown upon bodybuilding like Planet Fitness. I?m not afraid to admit it: I?m anything but a heavily muscular dude. But I do know the persistence, hard work and
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Posted February 15, 2012
You may have noticed a recent change at your local Gap, Old Navy and/or Larry?s Fashion Bargain Bin. The coats and cardigans of yesterday are slowly being replaced by T-shirts, sandals and … fitness gear. It?s nearly spring, which means two things: we?re mere weeks away from not having? to walk in nasty slush, but
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Posted February 8, 2012
When?s the last time you heard a woman fawn over a professional bodybuilder and/or cage fighter? Sure, these guys are in spectacular shape, but to many women they just look unnatural and weird. For some, an intensely bulky body is a sign that a guy spends way too much time working out and probably won?t
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Posted February 1, 2012
Next time you?re shopping for beverages at the supermarket, how about skipping the latest incarnation of Mountain Dew and treating your body to something that doesn?t dissolve rats? There?s a ?new? beverage that?s been growing in popularity in recent years that?s not actually new at all: coconut water. Health and fitness experts have been touting
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Posted January 25, 2012
It?s a sad coincidence that many people kick off new fitness regimens in January, right when the weather starts to nosedive.? Commitments to finally start running every day or get to the gym at least three times a week are soon compromised by blistering cold and icy roads. Lofty goals get left behind in the
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Posted January 18, 2012
If you?re one of the lucky ones, you actually have a job that you really love and are passionate about. Enjoying your career has been proven to add fulfillment to your life and decrease depression. It may have even tuned you into a workaholic. Even though the term ?workaholic? has a general negative connotation, recent
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Posted January 17, 2012
Making the decision to run a marathon is nothing to sneeze at. Long distance running takes stamina, drive and persistence. According to the adventure sports company Tough Mudder,? however, regular marathons only test ?your ability to run in a straight line, on your own, for hours on end, getting bored out of your mind.? As
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Posted January 11, 2012
Hey new guy. You don?t know me, but I know you. You?re the dude decked out in Livestrong gear having trouble turning on your elliptical. Don?t worry, man; it gets better from here (and someday you?ll find that big button labeled START.) Congratulations on following through (so far) with your New Year?s resolution to get
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