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Thursday, December 25, 2008

Why Building Strength Should Be Your Primary Goal

By Caleb Lee

If you are wondering why I concentrate on strength training to a great extent and think you should too in that case this article will tell you why.

Read this article now to discover some good reasons why I think building strength should be your number one goal (even if you just want to build a lot of muscle and burn a lot of fat)

1. Strength Training Is More Efficient:

Ever needed to lift somewhat heavy? Move fixtures? Lift your girlfriend up and pin her against the wall for a sizzling make out session? All those things required strength, not necessarily muscle size.

In fact, sometimes having excess muscle is not useful - it weighs more so if you have to run or walk long distances takes more calories to maintain, meaning you have to eat more

2. Building Strength Takes a Lesser Amount Of Time:

Majority of expert weightlifters spend up to 6 days in the gym and some even do twice a day workouts. If you're like me (or most people) therefore lifting weights isn't your permanent job.

You can become super strong training 3-4 days a week, and spend no more than 20-30 minutes in the gym each time - DoubleYourGains' 3-5 Program takes 30mins/3x week. That means you could be spending 2 hours in the gym vs. 12. It doesn't take long to develop strength.

3. Building Strength Is Motivating:

Nearly everyone don't have any goals when they go to the gym, they think "I want to look better" but that's unclear and open-ended. Knowing you want to add 5lbs to your deadlift whenever you come in the gym though is VERY motivating.

What's more, observing the weights build and seeing how far you've developed over the course of time is very motivating and makes you want to keep coming back to the gym.

4. Strength Makes It Easier To Build Size:

Most bodybuilders today don't understand that guys like Arnold and bodybuilders from his day all did powerlifting routines early in their careers to build high starting levels of strength and power.

They had a exceptional "dense" look to their physiques from all this heavy weight training. And were able to make use of heavier weights when it came to doing outdated bodybuilding style set/rep schemes - so it was much easier for these strong lifters to build muscle.

5. Better For Fitness:

There's been loads of modern research that shows strength training helps to stop age related diseases and worsening diseases.

In a nutshell: Losing muscle mass is an inevitable result of aging, but strength training in particular will tell your body to "hold on" to muscle mass because it needs it to continue lifting heavy stuff.

And also, your bones will become stronger as well to support your framework of muscle mass.

6. Builds Up Self-Confidence

There's nothing better than KNOWING you can lift a heavy weight off the floor or press a heavy weight up on top of your head. Or knowing that you have the strength to pull yourself up and over a wall up and over the edge of a cliff and things like that.

Knowing you are as strong as you look is a main confidence booster.

7. Strength Training Is Excellent For Athletics

Strength is the source for all other physical qualities. Boosting your strength enhances your power, explosiveness, speed, agility, endurance, and the like.

Plus, a lot of sports - especially martial arts - require athletes to have high relative strength. They need to be very strong for their size because they have to stay within a certain weight class.

There's nothing worse than gaining 20 MORE pounds of muscle you have to carry down the field, or move around the ring to prevent getting blown away - and that 20 pounds of muscle is not doing you any good.

8. Strength Training Is Excellent For Females

Nearly all women don't want to be like the hulk. They don't want to gain 20 pounds of muscle. They just want to get "toned". As I mentioned earlier, strength training is the greatest way to get the toned look.

So if you're a girl you can get strong very quickly and improve your health and quality of life without taking away from your femininity in the least. - 17274

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Zrii Health Benefits Can Benefit You

By Tony Clair

Have you heard about Zrii and wondered what it actually is? The definition of Zrii is light, luster, prosperity and splendor--all of which can also be used to describe the supplemental nutritional drinks made by Zrii.

For the first time ever the very elite Chopra Center for Wellbeing endorsed a product. This product is the zrii supplemental nutritional drink, which is chalked full of healthy and energizing zrii ingredients.

To find out if becoming and independent Zrii distributor is right for you make an appointment with Zrii to discuss Zrii news and opportunities.

Are you wondering if being a Zrii seller is right for you? You can meet with Zrii to discuss Zrii news and find if selling Zrii is right for you.

The main zrii ingredients are amalaki and tulsi. Some of the other less common zrii ingredients are turmeric, jujube, haritaki, ginger and amla.

The proof of the health benefits for the zrii ingredients is plentiful. Both scientific and medical research shows the proof of good nutrition.

Zrii news is on the rise. There are many reasons to choose to become a zrii seller. Being your own boss is one of them.

8 With such positive zrii news, now is a great time to get involved with zrii and become an independent seller. Contact another independent seller to understand the benefits of selling zrii. - 17274

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Weight Training for Beginners, Pump Is Not Equal To Muscle Gain

By Ricardo d Argence

Picture this scenario: you've been working in the gym for half an hour and after a really hard set of your routine on the bench your chest feels tight and engorged with blood. It feels great, healthy, powerful. "Pump", is how they call that feeling. If you have ever had the feeling, then you know great it feels. Arnold said it's like having sex (i'm not really sure if it's good in THAT level, but yes, it's an amazing feeling).

A "Pump" is nothing but the tight, blood-congested feeling in a muscle after it has been intensely trained. Muscle pump is caused by a rapid influx of blood into the muscles to remove fatigue toxins and replace supplies of fuel and oxygen. But it doesn't matter how great you feel, if the goal you're trying to reach is to build muscle.

A pump is in no way indicative of a successful workout. It doesn't mean it's bad for you to achieve one during your session, it's simply a natural result of intense weight training. But if you focus your workout in getting a pump instead of muscle gain, you are making a huge mistake, and it will tax you.

On countless occasions I've heard lifters raving about the massive pumps they get in the gym as they share methods for achieving the best pump possible. "Dude, this will give you a crazy pump!" If you have already been working out for a decent amount of time then you know exactly what I'm talking about. While a pump does feel extremely satisfying, just remember that it means very little in terms of muscle stimulation and growth.

A pump is simply the result of extra blood within the muscle tissue. Think of it this way: if I took a pair of 10 pound dumbbells and performed 300 reps of a bench press movement, I would achieve an incredible pump. If muscle pumps meant muscle growth, then super light weight, ultra high rep programs would be the most effective way to grow. Any serious lifter with half a brain knows that this simply is not the case.

Take your workout records (in terms of weight and reps) from the previous week and compare it to the current week. Did you improve? Were you able to either increase the resistance slightly on each exercise, or perform an extra rep or two? If so, you had a successful workout, regardless of how much blood you were able to pump into your muscle tissue.

Building muscle mass and strength is all about training with 100% intensity on every given set and then striving to improve from week to week. If you are able to consistently achieve this, your muscle size and strength will increase faster than you ever thought possible, with or without a pump. - 17274

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