19 November 2012
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22 November 2012
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15 May 2014
Two exercises, one tough workout! Todays WoW provides a whole body workout using just two exercises. Virtually every muscle in your body gets a look-in from this combination of exercises. Perform 10 sets of the following couplet: 15 reps of deadlifts using 75% of your bodyweight (adjusted according to your fitness levels) 15 reps of press [...]
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14 May 2014
Running Burpee Pyramid Workout Sometimes, fitness can seem awfully complicated and time consuming. By the time you have travelled to the gym, decided what class to go to or combination of exercises to perform, waited for the machines you want to use to be available and then showered and travelled home, you may well have [...]
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13 May 2014
In addition to strong man events, there are two official “strength sports” which involve lifting heavy weights; Olympic lifting and powerlifting. To the uninitiated, these sports are interchangeable but in reality are very different. Olympic weightlifting, often simply called weightlifting, is an old sport and while the actual lifts contested have changed since its inception, [...]
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12 May 2014
Todays workout is an ascending and descending pyramid circuit. Simply work down the list of exercises and then back up until you have completed each exercise twice… 5 chin ups/pull ups 10 Burpees 15 two-handed kettlebell swings 20 body rows 25 tuck jumps 30 lunges – 15 per leg 35 press ups 40 step ups [...]
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09 May 2014
While breakfast might be the most important meal of the day, dinner is often where a good day’s eating can go wrong. You get home feeling tired and hungry and that can result in dialling for takeaway or grabbing a nutritionally-bankrupt ready meal. This issue’s menu is quick to prepare, healthy and filling! Salmon Fish [...]
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08 May 2014
Our workout today couldn’t be simpler…run 1 mile OR row 2000 meters and then do 100 press ups. Your time starts when you begin your run OR row and ends when you complete your final press up. We said it was simple – not easy! Record your time for comparison when you next perform this [...]
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07 May 2014
This No Frills workout is inspired by a form of interval training designed by Japanese sports scientist Dr. Izumi Tabata. Dr. Tabata and his colleagues utilized intense bouts of 20 seconds exercise interspersed with brief 10 second rests which were repeated eight to ten times and resulted in workouts lasting no more than five minutes. [...]
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06 May 2014
The Ton up Circuit Most workouts are controlled in a similar way – using a prescribed number of sets, reps and recovery periods. There is nothing wrong with this but it does mean that, in many cases, the main workout variable is the exercises selected. In this workout, all traditional set and rep schemes are [...]
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05 May 2014
You’ll need a few pieces of exercise equipment for today’s workout but once you have started, it’s a simple three-lap race to the finish! Set everything up in advance to save time and only rest when you need to. Perform this entire sequence as fast as you can while maintaining good form. The reps are [...]
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02 May 2014
Quinoa is an unusual quasi-grain (actually a seed) that, other than soya, is the only non-animal derived food source that contains all the essential amino acids in meaningful amounts. While is makes a great rice substitute, quinoa (pronounced keen-waa) is a lot more versatile than that! Turkey and quinoa meatloaf – makes five servings Ingredients [...]
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