Author: WorkoutHealthy

  • Get Your Body Healthy By Lifting Weights

    Get Your Body Healthy By Lifting Weights

    Everyone knows that working out will get your body healthy. Yet, what kind of working out is best; running, yoga, martial arts? Actually the best way to get your body healthy is by lifting weights.

  • Bodybuilding Motivation for Beginners

    Bodybuilding Motivation for Beginners

    If you’re new to the world of bodybuilding, it can seem rather intimidating at first. There’s so much information out there and a lot to learn about nutrition, workouts, supplements and bodybuilding motivation for beginners.

  • Chest Stretches to Improve Your Workout Performance

    Chest Stretches to Improve Your Workout Performance

    Although research is contradictory on the benefits of stretching, many personal trainers, exercise physiologists, and even the Mayo Clinic are in strong support of it. According to MayoClinic.com, stretching can improve athletic performance as well as reduce the risk of injury.

  • Post Workout Routine for Weight Lifters

    Post Workout Routine for Weight Lifters

    People spend hour upon hours in the gym.  Lifting weights, doing supersets, compound sets, plyometrics, Olympic lifts and cross training.  For various different reasons, such as bodybuilding, fitness modeling, athletic performance, rehab or maybe just to be healthy. 

  • Pre Workout Routine to Stay Safe Before Weight Lifting

    Pre Workout Routine to Stay Safe Before Weight Lifting

    A pre workout routine is just as important as the main workout itself. A pre workout method of warming up delivers the “warming” necessary for the muscles to work better during the main course of your workout session.

  • Supporting Muscle Growth with Protein Supplements

    Supporting Muscle Growth with Protein Supplements

    It is not uncommon for aspiring gym-goers to have a diet short of protein necessary to support exercise-induced muscle growth. Protein supplements in powdered form can help adjust and compensate for deficiencies in your diet, supporting attempts to build additional muscle.

  • How to Stretch for a Cardio Workout

    How to Stretch for a Cardio Workout

    It was, and to some people’s minds still is, considered good practice to stretch before vigorous physical activity. However, in both trial studies and the experience of athletes in many sports, it has been found that the pre-workout stretch is not all that important to either cardiovascular or strength training sessions.

  • Exercises That Banish Cellulite

    Exercises That Banish Cellulite

    Cellulite is that unsightly, dimpled appearance of the skin found most commonly on the back of the thighs, buttocks, and on the belly. According to Medical News Today, it is caused by any of these factors: hormones, genetics, diet, lifestyle factors, and clothing.

  • How to Keep a Proper Workout Log

    How to Keep a Proper Workout Log

    Every person serious about the results of their fitness regimen should keep a proper workout log. Neglecting to keep a log is gambling, for most people, on training by perception, mood, instinct and memory. If you train without a log, you had better hope that you have a rare gift for reaching the correct conclusions…

  • Exercises to Improve Your Posture

    Exercises to Improve Your Posture

    Poor posture is the result of muscle imbalances caused by postural stress, emotional duress, repetitive movement, cumulative trauma, poor training technique, lack of core strength, and/or a lack of neuromuscular control /efficiency (Clark, 2008). Any time pain or discomfort is noted in the neck, back, and joints of the lower extremities, it is important to…

  • Safety Tips to Avoid Muscle Strain During Weight Lifting

    Safety Tips to Avoid Muscle Strain During Weight Lifting

    A muscle strain is defined as, “a tear in a muscle or its tendon”. (Green) Symptoms include: sharp pain at the time of injury as well as when repeated attempts at movement replicate that pain; swelling and tenderness at and around the site of the injury; pain and immobility of the muscle; and apparent bruising…

  • 3 Ways to Build Muscle and Avoid Injuries

    3 Ways to Build Muscle and Avoid Injuries

    I’ve seen it happen hundreds of times.  Middle age guy joins a gym to get back into shape.  We all know a guy like this.  The one who hasn’t worked out since high school, but “he used to play football” so he knows what he’s doing. 

  • 5 Benefits of High Intensity Sprinting

    5 Benefits of High Intensity Sprinting

    As you go about your workout program, one of the main things that you should be focusing on is adding some sprinting into the mix.  Whether you are looking to lose body fat, improve your physical conditioning level, or simply improve your health, sprinting offers numerous benefits that you need to be aware of.

  • Create a Concrete Workout Schedule to Reach Your Goals

    Create a Concrete Workout Schedule to Reach Your Goals

    Creating a workout schedule is an important factor in actually reaching your fitness goals. A workout schedule is important for us to consistently to put in the necessary effort for progress.

  • Use These Meditation Techniques to Keep on Going

    Use These Meditation Techniques to Keep on Going

    While a little stress keeps us focused and motivated, too much is debilitating and depressing. Stress is a sense of urgency originating in the primal fight-or-flight response.

  • Tracking the Calories You Burn Per Mile From Walking

    Tracking the Calories You Burn Per Mile From Walking

    In these days of high-tech gadgets, there are various ways of tracking the number of calories you burn per mile while you are walking.

  • Incinerate Your Gut with these Belly Burner Tips

    Incinerate Your Gut with these Belly Burner Tips

    The problem that most people face today is actually hidden up to this time and may come in the near future which up to this very minute of writing remains unrecognizable at least for some.

  • 5 Tips to Relieve That Tired Feeling That Exercise Can Bring

    5 Tips to Relieve That Tired Feeling That Exercise Can Bring

    For all the benefits that exercise can bring there will be times when all you feel like doing is collapsing on the sofa. Exercise – regardless of the type you do – can and does leave you a little worse for wear at times, thanks to the unseen work going on inside.

  • 4 Reasons Why Taking Protein During Your Strength Training Workouts Increases Your Chances Of Success

    4 Reasons Why Taking Protein During Your Strength Training Workouts Increases Your Chances Of Success

    If you’ve just started to get involved with strength training workouts, one thing that you’ve likely heard before is the fact that adding some protein to your diet right before, immediately after, and during your workout session is a great way to see faster success.

  • Types of Exercise Induced Hernias

    Types of Exercise Induced Hernias

    If you have ever experienced a hernia, you know how painful and sometimes debilitating it can be. Hernias can occur in different places in the body, and they have a variety of causes. But did you know that certain exercises you perform may predispose you to a potential hernia?