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Get Firm Glutes and Toned Legs
Read More: Get Firm Glutes and Toned LegsUnless you’re lucky enough to live in the sun-basked South or on the West Coast, you were forced to cover up like an Egyptian mummy during the cold winter experienced by much of the country. The problem with covering up is that it enables you to forget about the fact that too much indulging occurred…
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Six Tips for Social Media Influencers
Read More: Six Tips for Social Media InfluencersQ: I’m a physique competitor with a growing social media following. How do I legally protect myself as I expand my “brand”? A: You don’t need to be a celebrity to make money as a social media “influencer.” Many in the strength and fitness community are gaining enough followers to be offered paid endorsement gigs by…
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Running Versus Cycling: What’s Best for Maximum Fat Loss?
Read More: Running Versus Cycling: What’s Best for Maximum Fat Loss?By Butch Peterson Cycling and running are two popular forms of exercise people use to get fit, cut fat, and subsequently, lose weight. Both types of exercises can be done outdoors or indoors, performed alone or in a group, and each burns a lot of calories. Of the two exercises, which is best for burning…
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Get Toned, Strong and Shapely Shoulders
Read More: Get Toned, Strong and Shapely ShouldersNo one would claim that it’s effortless to shape and firm your thighs and hips, but at least those areas can be monitored by a full-length mirror. However, unless you sandwich yourself between a couple of mirrors, your upper back and rear shoulders – areas that can be seen by others, especially in the warm…
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Buff Bombshell Show, Episode 18
Read More: Buff Bombshell Show, Episode 18This week the ladies, Emma Hyndman aka The Posing Pro and Lauren Lotter, Bikini amateur, tell you their story of how they got into the professional fitness industry. From Lauren: “We hope you enjoy this episode by getting to know us a bit better. We both come from a dance background, but we took different…
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Which Burns More Calories? Running on a Treadmill or Outdoors?
Read More: Which Burns More Calories? Running on a Treadmill or Outdoors?By Rick Morris Technology is a wonderful thing. It helps us complete many of our tasks with greater ease and efficiency. Modern technology has had an impact on nearly every phase of our lives, including fitness and exercise. It wasn’t that long ago that if you wanted to get in a running workout, you had…
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Buff Bombshell Show, Episode 17 2020 Olympia Figure Review
Read More: Buff Bombshell Show, Episode 17 2020 Olympia Figure ReviewIn this week’s episode, the ladies – Emma Hyndman, The Posing Pro, and bikini amateur Lauren Lotter – review the Figure category from the 2020 Olympia. Watch for posing tips, presentation tips, laughter, and more! We have it all covered in this episode with some seriously funny moments that are not to be missed while…
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Top 10 HIIT Workouts
Read More: Top 10 HIIT WorkoutsBy Joe Donnelly I could sit here and bore you with a textbook definition of high-intensity interval training and equally boring citations of data. However, if you are anything like me you would find another training article to peruse before I finish the sentence. In short, high-intensity interval training or HIIT is a series of…
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Buff Bombshell Show, Episode 16
Read More: Buff Bombshell Show, Episode 16In this week’s episode, the ladies talk to Coach Adam Bonilla, from Team Elite Physique (TEP)! Coach Adam is an esteemed fitness coach in the USA who coaches athletes such as three-time Ms. Bikini Olympia, Ashley Kaltwasser, the UK’s very own IFBB Bikini Pro Phoebe Hagan, IFBB Bikini Pro Frida Paulsen, and IFBB Figure Pro…
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Spin to Burn More Fat and Calories
Read More: Spin to Burn More Fat and CaloriesThere are people who love spin, and there are people who despise spin; there is nobody in between. There are rumors and misconceptions about spinning, also known as indoor cycling, like, “It’ll make my legs big,” or “It’s only for the outdoor rider.” Let’s put a new “spin” on the subject. We’d like to give…
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Ultimate Strength Training, Fat Loss Workout
Read More: Ultimate Strength Training, Fat Loss WorkoutAlthough any type of physical activity can have positive health benefits, the benefits of steady-state cardio from a fat-loss (without muscle loss) perspective are often misunderstood and overstated. Especially because some research has shown cardio to be the optimal mode of exercise – over resistance training – for reducing body fat in a timely fashion.1…
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Best for Fat Loss: Walking or Running?
Read More: Best for Fat Loss: Walking or Running?By Rick Morris A line has been drawn in the sand. We’re squaring off – choosing up sides. A major battle is ongoing. Well … maybe not. But there’s a debate going on in the world of cardio. For years, exercise enthusiasts have believed walking and running burned the same number of calories per mile.…
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Buff Bombshell Show, Episode 15
Read More: Buff Bombshell Show, Episode 15Emma Hyndman aka The Posing Pro and bikini amateur Lauren Lotter talk to two-time Ms. Bikini Olympia and four-time Arnold Champion Angelica Teixeira. https://youtu.be/Jbx34AcME-s The post Buff Bombshell Show, Episode 15 first appeared on FitnessRX for Women.
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Burn More Fat With HIIT Running
Read More: Burn More Fat With HIIT RunningBy Rick Morris You’ve probably been fairly faithful with your winter workouts. You’ve been hitting the treadmill or running outdoors for some calorie-burning running workouts, but have you been running hard? Have you been doing any high-intensity interval training? If the answer is no, or not always, and you want to get your body ripped…
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How to Get a Tight Butt
Read More: How to Get a Tight ButtBy Paula Harvey Some ladies are obsessed with their rear views, and they’ll try anything to tighten and trim those troublesome tushies. Gadgets and gimmicks abound to prey on one’s fanny fixation, but more often than not, those “guaranteed” items will do little to buff your buns, and more to drain your wallet. So what’s…
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Get Firm and Shapely Thighs With Sissy Squats
Read More: Get Firm and Shapely Thighs With Sissy SquatsIt’s relatively easy to ignore the thighs by simply covering them up. After all, with summer long gone and food flowing more abundantly in some cases during the pandemic, no one wants to think about the extra softness that creeps into the thighs. It’s fine to relax a bit during this time of year, but…
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Buff Bombshell Show, Episode 12
Read More: Buff Bombshell Show, Episode 12Emma Hyndman aka The Posing Pro and bikini amateur Lauren Lotter talk to the awesome Missy Truscott. The post Buff Bombshell Show, Episode 12 first appeared on FitnessRX for Women.
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Get Shapely and Sexy Shoulders
Read More: Get Shapely and Sexy ShouldersIt is effortless to keep areas like thighs and hips in mind when you are exercising because they are easily seen from the front and in any mirror. However, unless you position yourself between a couple of mirrors, even areas that are in view to others – like your upper back and rear shoulders –…
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Stretching Helps Women Build Muscle
Read More: Stretching Helps Women Build MuscleWhy should we stretch? The easy answer is that we should stretch to prevent injury. Staying limber throughout the day will help avoid pulling your back out lifting a box or destroying your shoulder while pressing something overhead. Am I writing this because I feel like a dinosaur that just had a newborn on Christmas?…
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Want a Tight and Toned Butt?
Read More: Want a Tight and Toned Butt?So many women are not satisfied with the firmness or shape of their gluteal muscles, so if this describes you, be assured, you are not alone. The gluteals are large muscles that provide shape and structure to the buttocks, so improvements in muscle tone and shape cannot occur without calling the gluteal muscles into at…
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Shape and Sculpt Your Chest With Incline Dumbbell Flyes
Read More: Shape and Sculpt Your Chest With Incline Dumbbell FlyesFirst impressions are not always correct, but they do provide lasting images of initial encounters with new acquaintances. Conveying your confidence during a first meeting, a casual conversation, a job interview or a date, is at least partly rooted in your self-perception and pride in your overall appearance. Sure, no one’s perfect (be sure those…
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Get On the Ball for Tight, Toned Abs
Read More: Get On the Ball for Tight, Toned AbsLikely, you’ll fit into one of two exercise camps. Either you hate abdominal work, but you do it because it is a necessary evil, or you thoroughly enjoy it. Either way, most people want to have better abs. Adding a few more sets of sit-ups is not usually the answer for producing those washboard six-packs…
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Strong & Shapely Glutes
Read More: Strong & Shapely GlutesSpring starts this week, which means it’s time to get your butt in gear— literally! Before you know it, summer will be here, and you want to rock that bikini when the hot weather hits, right? Then start our Ultimate Butt Lift Program TODAY! If you do so, in just ten weeks, you will see…
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How to Perfect Your Posture
Read More: How to Perfect Your PostureSideline that slouch with these five moves that target your upper posterior chain to help you stand taller and lift heavier. Since the average American spends around 13 hours a day sitting, having a spine like a question mark punctuated by a concave chest and rounded shoulders is typical for the 9-to-5 desk jockey. Such…
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Secrets of 6 Pack Abs
Read More: Secrets of 6 Pack AbsTaut tummies and enviable six-pack abs are something that many women long to secure. But, unfortunately, the avenue to amazing abs is cluttered with training evangelism, and everyone has their own opinion, technique or idea about how to best train this often troublesome area. So, how can we find what exercises work best to tone…
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Build Strong and Sexy Shoulders
Read More: Build Strong and Sexy ShouldersExercises to Add Shapely Muscle By Ritch Finnegan Based on the fact that Webster defines “sculpting” as the art of carving or shaping figures, it would be accurate to describe yourself as a sculptor of your body. If ever there was a body part that needed the eye of a sculptor to bring out its…
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Reach Your Fitness Goals
Read More: Reach Your Fitness GoalsFitness is a way of life for me. I love training myself and other people. I love the satisfaction of a hard workout and knowing that with each session, I’m making myself stronger, healthier and more athletic. I love helping people reach their goals and helping them realize that they have a lot more to give than they initially…
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Jump Rope to Burn Fat and Calories
Read More: Jump Rope to Burn Fat and CaloriesJump roping is a great, fat-burning exercise that be made into a workout on its own, or added to another routine. In this week’s Keep it Fresh, Ashley and her coach IFBB Pro Summer Montabone show us how to determine the correct jump rope size, some jump rope variations for increasing the fat burn, and an…
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Alternate Your Rep Range for Better Results
Read More: Alternate Your Rep Range for Better ResultsFor many years, I have alternated my repetition range from week to week with outstanding results. The main objective for my approach is the stimulation of the muscle fibers by exposing them to different types of stresses from week to week. Each week of the month consists of a different approach such as Week 1:…
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Total-Body Home Workout
Read More: Total-Body Home WorkoutNo gym, no worries! Check out my fun full-body circuit that can be done in the comfort of your own home (or garage). The only piece of equipment I used for this workout was a pair of 10-pound dumbbells— that’s it! No matter where you are in your fitness journey, I suggest you pick up…
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Want to Get Lean and Sculpted?
Read More: Want to Get Lean and Sculpted?First things first: You don’t have to choose between strength training and cardio. That would be a false dilemma. Bodybuilders have done both activities for decades in order to optimize their body composition, and so can you. But let’s say that your primary goal is to lean out and your time is limited. What are you better off doing…
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Top 3 Tips for Killer Home Workout
Read More: Top 3 Tips for Killer Home WorkoutAs most of you know, ALL of my workouts are done in the comfort of my own home (garage) or outside at the beach or park. With my busy life as a full-time working mom, I have found home workouts best fit my lifestyle. With very limited time, being able to literally just walk out into my garage and get…
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30-Minute Booty Blast
Read More: 30-Minute Booty BlastAre you a super busy bee wanting to give your behind a boost? IFBB Bikini Pro Jennifer Andrews has got you covered with her new 30-MINUTE FIT FAST WORKOUT! Jennifer, owner of Fine Fanny Fitness, designed this BOOTY BLASTING program using some of her favorite (and scientifically-proven) exercises to strengthen and shape the glutes. It’s a tough one, but as Jennifer…
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5-Day Total Body Makeover
Read More: 5-Day Total Body MakeoverWant to tone your body from head to toe, but don’t know where to begin? With the help of Bikini Champion Nicole Nagrani, you can give yourself a total body makeover— tightening those glutes, blasting that fat, and toning your legs and arms. Just give us 5 days a week, and we’ll help you achieve a lean…
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Sculpt Strong Shoulders With Dumbbell Raises
Read More: Sculpt Strong Shoulders With Dumbbell RaisesThe shoulder is the most complex joint in the body. It has a small ball and socket joint that’s very unstable and it’s literally held in place by muscles and tendons. Thus, it’s not surprising that the shoulder is vulnerable to injury. On the other hand, shoulder instability provides a mechanism for enormous movement possibilities…
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Why Caffeine Makes Workouts Better
Read More: Why Caffeine Makes Workouts BetterCaffeine is quite possibly the most consistently used drug in the world. With the ability to abolish fatigue and increase wakefulness, caffeine makes the world go ‘round. Everyone from truck drivers, airline pilots, soldiers or even surgeons like me bank on caffeine at some point. Caffeine’s effects last for up to six hours, and some…
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Does Fasted Cardio Maximize Fat Loss?
Read More: Does Fasted Cardio Maximize Fat Loss?By Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D., CSCS, FNSCA One of the most popular strategies for accelerating fat loss is to perform aerobic exercise after an overnight fast. The strategy, first popularized by Bill Phillips in his best-seller Body for Life, is based on acute research showing that low glycogen levels cause your body to shift substrate utilization…
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Resistance Training or Cardio: Which Should You Do First?
Read More: Resistance Training or Cardio: Which Should You Do First?There’s been an ongoing debate as to whether it’s better to do cardio before resistance training in the same workout session, or to do resistance training before cardio if you’re looking to build a lean and muscular physique. This article will tell you everything you need to know (and nothing you don’t) about how different sequences of concurrent training…
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The Virtual Training Experience
Read More: The Virtual Training ExperienceI have enjoyed training in gyms as a profession for 27 years. This year, all New York gyms were forced to close by order of the State of New York. While it was damaging to the fitness industry all over the country, New York’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic was particularly devastating to businesses, especially…
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Best Exercise to Shape Your Butt
Read More: Best Exercise to Shape Your ButtPERSONAL TRAINER Q&A By Mia and Rich Finnegan Q: What’s the best exercise to help build, shape and tone the butt? Are there more than one you would recommend? A: This is a great question for us because we not only love a nice butt, but we love training butt. If you ask most personal…
