Today we will be completing a back sculpting upper body workout with dumbbells. Each circuit consists of a series of back and bicep exercises to sculpt and strengthen the muscles. No jumping needed, so it’s a great low impact, apartment friendly workout. Grab your dumbbells and let’s get it! THE WORKOUT: 4 circuits of 5 exercises performed 2x 40 sec work 20 sec rest THE EXERCISES: Circuit 1 Single bent over row (L) Single bent over row (R) Bent over row Alternating hammer curl Hammer curl Circuit 2 Good mornings Romain deadlift......
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We will be working total abs today in this 10 minute workout – targeting the lower abs, upper abs, obliques and core! No equipment needed. NO repeats. I love hitting a quick home abs workout 2-3x a week. Save this for at the end of your next HIIT workout or rest day. Along with building a strong core through ab exercises, you should incorporate cardio for fat burning (daily walks), and most importantly have a balanced diet optimized for gut health. Grab your mat and join me for this firm abs workout!......
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Much as we’d like to deny this fact, we hear the word “superfood” being thrown around a lot these days. From exotic products such as Goji berries to good old staples like eggs, this marketing buzzword refers to foods which have the sole purpose of improving our health in any way possible. Unfortunately, a sea of processed foods hides a danger food personality (rather than a superfood one) behind their delicious exterior. Most of them are advertised as superfoods which are here to change our lives for the better. Thankfully, the fitness......
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For busy adults with jobs, kids, friends, worries, woes and many other things to keep us awake at night, a good night’s sleep can be a very hard thing to come by. During teenage years, it can seem like sleep is the easiest thing in the world, in fact, it can be easy to sleep too much during those years of change and growth. But once we hit adulthood and life gets in the way, it all changes, and we long to be that sleepy, carefree person again! If you have been......
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Today’s workout helps blast back fat and how to shape and tone your back muscles while growing your biceps! I might have had a little too much fun in the gym today 😆 These exercises could be separated into two different workouts. THE WORKOUT: Superset 1 | 4 sets 12 Dumbbell incline curl 12 Dumbbell concentration curls Superset 2 | 4 sets 12 Dumbbell zottman curl 12 Dumbbell single hammer curl Exercise | 5 sets 10 Incline reverse fly Superset 3 | 3 sets 8 incline single curl 8 single preacher curl......
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Whether you’re spending hours on the daily commute or going out of town for work all too often, traveling makes it tough to stick to your healthy eating diet. In fact, most people end up giving in their inner nibbler at one point or another, from snacking on some high-calorie portable snacks to buckling under the enticing smells of street food. The point is, do you want to be one of them? If not, so much as a little planning can go a long way. So, here are ten high-protein snacks......
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What is the ketogenic diet? Some diets focus on how much you eat (low calorie diets), some focus on when you eat (fasting and 5:2). Others focus on certain eating styles inspired by natural history (paleo). However, the ketogenic diet focuses entirely on what you eat, down to macronutrient level. There are many benefits to the ketogenic diet, and fat loss is certainly one of them. Here’s an introduction, or refresher, to that low-carb wonder known as the ketogenic diet. The ketogenic diet is an extremely low-carb diet which causes the body......
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If you are anything like every woman out there, then there’s probably one area on your body you feel you can’t work enough: abs. Your lower abs, to be exact. After all, which woman wants to go around showing off what she thinks is a unflattering belly now that it is bikini season? However, sometimes it seems that no amount of workout is enough to make the difference. But, there’s a reason for that, and it’s simpler than you thought. The secret to toned core muscles and sculpted V-cut is not only......
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What is Carb Cycling and How Does it Work? Today, the fat loss diet arena is populated by many diets that promise to get you one step (or more) closer to your dream body. Most of them claim they have that “one little trick” which can transform your physique. No need for hacks or shortcuts. However, nutritionists and fitness gurus came up with a particular diet that delivers on this promise just by listening to what science has to say about weight loss. Carb cycling has turned into a trendy and fun......
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So, what are macros? Macros, short for macronutrients, are the nutrients that provide calories from food. They consist of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Protein helps build lean muscle and repair broken tissue -which is what happens to your muscles during a workout. Protein burns more calories gram for gram because it requires more energy than the other macros for your body to digest it. Thus, high protein diets aid in fat loss. 1 gram of protein = 4 calories Carbohydrates (carbs) are stored in your muscles, organs, brain, and blood as glycogen which......
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