Thursday, 27 September 2012

Exercise For Biceps and Triceps

Barbell Curls (Biceps)
The standard exercise to build big biceps. Stand holding the barbell with your arms straight down by your sides, with palms facing outwards. Curl the barbell up towards you chest, pause and then lower it back down slowly.
 Hammer Curls (Biceps) 
Another great exercise for the biceps and forearms. Stand holding a pair of dumbbells with your arms straight down by your sides, with palms facing inwards. Curl the dumbbells up towards your shoulders, pause and then lower them back down slowly.
 Preacher Curls (Biceps)
 An exercise that is all about sculpting the biceps and adding terrific width. Sit with your chest against the preacher curls bench, with your armpits firmly hugging the top of the bench. Grab a barbell and extend your arms down fully to the floor. Curl the bar upwards, pauses and then lower the bar to the starting position slowly.
 Incline Dumbbell Curls (Biceps) 
Set an incline bench to 45 degrees. Sit on the bench with a pair of dumbbells with an underhand grip, arms extended by your side. Make sure your back is flat against the bench. Curl the dumbbells upwards towards your shoulders, pause and lower them back down slowly.
 Low Pulley Curls (Biceps) 
Stand facing the machine and grab the bar on the low pulley. Making sure you keep your back straight, curl the bar up towards your chest, pause and then lower it back down to the starting position slowly.
 Underhand Grip Pull-ups’ (Biceps) 
Probably the most effective way of building big guns. Grab a pull-up bar with an underhand grip. Pull yourself up until your chest is almost touching the bar, pause and then lower yourself back down slowly. Keep your legs crossed behind you during the exercise for stability.
 Cable Press Downs (Triceps)
 A great move to build massive triceps. Attach a short bar to the overhead cable and stand Facing the machine. Grab the bar, and keep your elbows tucked in by your sides tightly, arms bent. Push the bar down towards extending your arms, pause and then raise the bar back to the starting position. Remember; keep your elbows against your body the whole time.
 Overhead Rope Pushdowns (Triceps)
 Another great move for the triceps. Attach a rope extension to the overhead cable. Stand facing away from the machine and grab the rope. Lean forward slightly and push the rope down until your arms are extended with your hands in front of your head, pause and then return to the starting position slowly.Feel the burn. Pressups (Triceps)
 An almost forgotten move that is a classic triceps builder. Get into the classic press up position. Keeping your body straight and your abs tight, lower your chest until it almost touches the floor, pause for 2 seconds and then push yourself up again. Alternate between wide arm, close arm and regular arm pressups for the best results.
 Dips (Triceps)
 Another classic move that gets results quickly. Put your hands on the edge of a flat bench behind you, palms down and shoulder width apart. Extend your legs out in front of you. Keeping your hands on the bench, lower yourself to the floor, pause for 5 seconds and then press yourself up until your elbows are locked.

Monday, 24 September 2012

Fitness Tips For Mens

Fitness Coaching
Mindset is important, as well as education and self-motivation. Fitness coaching provides professional knowledge, supervises the workout program, and encourages a fun, safe and effective workout. Fitness coaching can fine-tune the program to achieve better results, to make it personal for a man to be able to do it at his own pace. Fitness coaching can motivate a man to get in the right frame of mind on making smarter food choices and incorporating long walks into the morning and evening commute.
 Fitness Nutrition 
Real life wellness begins with healthy eating habits. These include changing a man’s eating habits—not his diet—to eating healthier foods such as greener, leafier vegetables and fresh fruits each day, cutting down on salt intake and cutting out starches and sweets, and drinking lots of water. Daily servings of whole grain foods help reduce the risk of heart disease and certain types of cancer. Switch from high fat to low fat diet—regular milk to skim milk and regular cheese to light cheese.
 Fitness Lifestyle
Life is too short for it to be all beer and skittles. Lifestyle changes can start with small things in the comfort of a man’s home. Fitness lifestyles promote healthy mind, body, and spirit. Fitness lifestyles can include fun, low impact workout with the family. These fun exercises at home are perfect ways to stay in shape and spend time with family members. The camaraderie of a team atmosphere and buddy system can relieve stress and leave a man feeling centered and calm. Exercise at home and fitness walking are ways to promote kids fitness and fitness exercise that will serve children throughout their lives.
 Fitness Commitment 
Commit to healthy lifestyle behaviors to stay fit. Write down fitness goals; short-term and long-term goals, never mind how indistinct these are, doing something is a lot better than doing nothing. A short-term goal is modest and represents a number of steps beyond current life style and behavior, while a long-term goal is the finish line—how a man sees himself in six months, in a year or two. Start out slowly and try to progress each week from moderate to vigorous. Remember that healthy living brings substantial health benefits that include chronic disease prevention, like heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, colon cancer, breast cancer, and osteoporosis.
 The primary benefit of a healthy living is increased physical independence. It is never too late to commit to a healthier lifestyle—fitness nutrition, fitness exercise, fitness sports, and fitness life style. It is never too late to decrease risk of heart attack, lower bad cholesterol in the blood, reduce risk of cancer and diabetes, avoid the need for gallstone surgery, reduce risk of hip fracture, and prevent depression, colon cancer, constipation, osteoporosis, and impotence. Therefore, keep fitness first and keep it steady.