5 Most Often Selected Leg Exercises on Jefit App
Following a review of the Jefit app exercise database, the most often selected leg exercises, for the start of 2024, have been determined.
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Workout Tips
Research Shows this is the Best Percent 1-RM for Strength Gains
Do you know what percentage of your 1-RM (one repetition maximum) is best to increase muscle strength?
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Using the Pool for a Faster Recovery Post Workout
There are good reasons why you continue to hear about athletes hitting the pool after a workout or following a game. Using a pool post workout can be a crucial component of training, in turn, helping the body recover faster.
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5 Strength Training Disciplines That Will Build Muscle
The words “strength training” have been thrown around the fitness industry for many decades now. It has been gaining a lot of traction, especially among females.
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Tabata: A Great Workout that You May be Doing Wrong
First, some background on the well-known Tabata workout. The workout almost ended up having a name other than Tabata associated with it.
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6 Common Mistakes When Trying to Build Muscle
It can be frustrating when you see minimal or no gains after putting in hours each week at the gym or with your home workout. Here are some of the more common mistakes that could be preventing you from building lean muscle and what you can try instead. 1. Avoiding Leg Day Let’s start with
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Doing HIIT
While we all know that finding the time for our daily exercise is important to everyone, there is much debate about what kind of exercise is best for us.
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Grip Strength is Often Overlooked But So Important for Strength Training
Adequate grip strength is important not only for strength training but also for life (activities of daily living). It’s true!
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5 Great Exercises That Will Help Build Muscle
A recent New York Times article looked at the importance of getting stronger and to build muscle. It report that, according to researchers, only 6 percent of adults performed at least two strength workouts each week. Everyone knows that regular strength training is one of the best time and energy investments for better health. Why
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Why Repetitions Are an Important Training Variable
There are four training variables that require manipulation during a workout in order to make significant gains in the gym. An easy way to remember them is with an acronym known as FITT. The FITT Principle, as it is referred to, stands for training frequency, intensity, timing and type (specificity). These variables are controlled for
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In Need of a New Strength Training Plan? Try Jefit App
Jefit app offers thousands of strength training plans for all training abilities.
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15 Facts About Muscle & Strength You May Not Have Known
As more individuals begin to head back to the gym, the focus turns to building muscle and strength. Gaining additional knowledge regarding both topics will only help your fitness cause. Fifteen Facts Regarding Muscle and Strength Muscle: Build and Preserve it as You Age 1. How fast can you build muscle? One study reported, that
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