Category: Strength Training

Everlast Multi Function Chinning Bar

List Price: $34.99
Buy New: $28.95
You Save: $6.04 (17%)

Features:
• For chin-ups, push-ups, and sit-ups
• Maximizes upper body definition
• Includes comfort grips
• One-year warranty

Multiple exercises and grip positions available to use your body’s weight as resistance in order to maximize upper body strength. Work biceps, abs, pecs, obliques and more with just one bar. Slides easily on and off door frame with trim for easy storage and travel. Fits most doorways up to 32″.

Fitting aerobic exercise and weight training into busy schedules may have just gotten easier. Updated national exercise guidelines released by the American College of Sports Medicine Wednesday show breaking up aerobic exercise into three 10-minute sessions throughout the day can be just as effective as one 30-minute session. In addition, performing one set of weight lifting exercises (eight to 12 repetitions) will build the same muscle endurance and strength as doing multiple sets, said University of Florida exercise physiologist Michael L. Pollock. University of Florida

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Tags: aerobic exercise, weight training

Overweight teens at risk of developing diabetes can prevent or delay its onset through strength training exercise, a University of Southern California study has found. For the study, twenty-two boys aged 14 to 17 lifted weights two times a week on gym equipment guided by personal trainers. The trainers used increasing resistance and fewer repetitions as the participants improved. While there was no change in their total body fat mass, the percent body fat significantly decreased and lean muscle mass increased in the resistance-training group compared to the control group. Ninety-one percent of the weight lifting participants also significantly improved their insulin sensitivity.

Tags: strength training, body fat, weight lifting

A study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine suggests that drinking about 12 oz. of cherry juice before and after muscle building exercise, like weight lifting or hill climbing, can reduce the intensity of muscle pain from that exercise. There was also a significant difference in the degree of muscle strength loss between those drinking the cherry juice blend and those taking a dummy mixture.

Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine

Tags: weight lifting, muscle strength