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Resistance Training: The KEY To Reshaping Your Body

Published on November 21, 2008 By Alexander

Resistance training is simply training your muscles against a resistance of some kind. The resistance can come from… • Your own body weight. • Free weights. • Exercise machines (Note: not suggested for women). • Resistance tubing. • Medicine balls. • Etc. The whole purpose of resistance training is to overload your muscles by forcing [...]

Circuit Training: The Secret To Burning Fat & Losing Inches

Published on November 11, 2008 By Alexander

Traditional Exercise vs. Circuit Training Most resistance training routines are developed using the “straight set” principle. Using the straight set principle, you perform one exercise at a time for a specific number of sets and reps before moving to the next exercise. You will usually rest for a predetermined amount of time between each set. [...]