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Monday, March 28th, 2011
Beginning your Bicep Workouts
Biceps are a popular muscle to work out. They are easily noticed so you can show off the work you have done. When working out your biceps you will build strength in other areas. Bicep workouts aren’t difficult to start but there is some information you should keep in mind when starting a new bicep workout. Adopting a push-pull routine first will warm up muscles and include your upper back in your workouts This will also save you some time when working out. Work in barbell curls first. After you are used to those exercises go for hammer curls and dumbbell curls. Hammer curls will work your brachialis muscles, which are located between the triceps and biceps.
Popular Exercises for Bicep Workouts
If you need some inspiration for bicep workouts these popular exercises can help. For building up mass in your biceps some of the exercises you can do are rope hammer curls, reverse curls, dumbbell curls, preacher curls and drag curls. For shaping your biceps do spider curls concentration curls, incline dumbbell curls, barbell curls, and cable curls. Visit Instructional Fitness to get videos on how to do these exercises correctly with instructions from personal trainers. You can also browse more popular exercises for your biceps.
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Friday, March 25th, 2011
Shoulder Workouts to Prevent Injury
When doing shoulder workouts designed to build strong and big shoulders you use a lot of heavy weights. You want to avoid injury to your rotator cuff otherwise you will be out of training for at least two months. In order to help prevent injury to your rotator cuff you can do some exercises before you normal workout. Don’t go heavy on these exercises especially if you are new to them. The first one is lying on your stomach on a table. Have your arm out at the shoulder with your elbow bent to 90 degrees. Keep you elbow bent and slowly raise your left hand. When you hand is level with your shoulder, stop. Lower the hand slowly. Keep repeating this exercise until you find that you arm is tired. Then do exercises with your right arm. Another exercises you can do is lay on your right side with a rolled up towel under your arm. Stretch your right arm above the head and keep your left arm at the side with your elbow bent at 90 degrees. Roll your left shoulder and raise the forearm until its level with your shoulder (much like the backhand swing in tennis). Lower the arm slowly. Repeat this exercises and then switch arms.
Other Shoulder Workouts
The previous exercises won’t work out the muscles in your shoulder, but should help stabilize them. If you are looking for exercises for a shoulder workout visit Instructional Fitness.
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Monday, February 28th, 2011
Arm Workout tips
To build the most muscle in your arms, design your arm workout around the strongest exercises you can do with the maximum amount of weight. Remember to stay hydrated and eat a proper diet. Combining your bicep and tricep exercises can make it easier for you to get your workout done. Instead of breaking it up, do it all at once and save yourself a trip to the gym.
Arm workouts structure
If you are going to combine your tricep and bicep exercises into one workout there are a few ways to structure the workout to make sure you are doing it effectively. Your arm workouts should last no loner than an hour. Do your triceps first and then don’t do more than 5 sets per muscle. You should rest 1 to 3 minutes in between sets to make sure your muscles are recovered. When combining bicep and tricep exercises into one workout do only one arm workout a week. Do the hardest exercises first so you can get those out of the way and do them effectively before you get tired. Make sure you do a warm up set or two to get the muscles ready for heavier movements. Instructional Fitness can tell you where to find a gym to complete your workouts. If you need help with exercises see the list of videos to see the proper technique and what exercises can work for you.
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
An effective bicep workout
You can go through bicep workouts not doing them right and you won’t get the results you want. Make sure you are getting an effective workout by following some easy tips. Make sure to get the most out of your workout by holding your position when you reach the top and squeeze your bicep. Don’t swing the weight, make sure you stay in control. Remember to rest in between sets to allow your biceps to recover.
The best bicep workouts for you
Bicep workouts can vary depending on the results you want to get. It’s important to use the correct pound weights. It varies on which weight size is the best but the general consensus is to chose a weight that will allow you to complete the number of reps in your workouts without losing technique in the middle or toward the end. If you feel like you can still do more reps when you are done you need to increase the weight or do 3 to five more reps. There will be different workouts depending on if you want mass or shaping. Visit Instructional Fitness to determine what workouts you should do for your fitness goals.
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Why do ab workouts?
Your core is one of the most important parts of your body.  If you don’t have a strong core the rest of your body can suffer. If you are looking to lose fat around your midsection, adding in a good cardio workout a few times a week and of course eating right will help. The ab exercises will help tone your stomach and then you can get the flat stomach you want.  Ab exercises can be done anywhere, especially your home.  You can get ab workouts done when you are watching television during the commercials. Like most muscle groups, ab workouts should be done every other day to give your muscles a chance to rest in between.
Exercises for Ab Workouts
There are many ab exercises you can do. The most common one people think of is crunches. Crunches can be tedious and not very effective if you aren’t doing them correctly. It’s also important to make sure you are not straining your back during one of your ab workouts. See Instructional Fitness for workout videos on how to do proper crunches as well as other types of ab exercises including leg raises, rope crunch pulldowns and plank exercises.
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Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Chest workouts at home
If you have a set of dumbbells you can do some chest exercises at home when you can’t make it to the gym. For a chest workout at home, complete the following: push-ups, flys and dumbbell press. Make sure you are using the correct form and the correct dumbbell weight. When doing flys make sure to take the exercise slowly and make sure other parts of your body besides your chest aren’t doing the work. After you do these exercises rest for 2 to 5 minutes and then repeat the whole series doing about 8 reps in each.
Chest Workouts at the gym
To get the maximum effect out of your chest workout going to the gym is a good option. The gym also gives you access to correct dumbbell weights you may not have access to. If you are overwhelmed with gym equipment, see Instructional Fitness and the workout videos will help you learn the best way to do gym workouts such as cable cross overs. If you still don’t know where to begin you can get a trainer and learn from the best. You want to make sure to do the workouts correctly to prevent shoulder injury.
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