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If fitness doesn't work ...
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If fitness doesn't work ...

By Dr. Nicola Sacchi - Author of the book: Drugs and doping in sport - Many people sign up in a fitness center to improve their aesthetic condition, then they start practicing different musical courses, they start using isotonic and cardio-fitness tools and find themselves after a few months exactly in the condition they were in before starting their journey of renewal

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Do you want a flat abdomen? Don't Do a Flat Workout!

Edited by Roberto Rillo - Book Author: Calisthenics BodyBuilding The human body is composed of many muscles that always work in synergy with each other, contracting on one side and relaxing on another. If, for example, we bend the arm to flex the biceps, this is possible because, at the same time as the biceps are shortened, the opposite muscle, the triceps, gets longer
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The lunges

Main activated muscles, execution technique and benefits of this exercise. PREMISE: FOR MEN: Lunges create an anaerobic environment throughout the body, which allows you to get the most out of other exercises by improving the level of general physical strength. Furthermore, involving many muscles and requiring a lot of energy, they stimulate the release of large amounts of anabolic hormones such as testosterone and growth hormone
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Nordic Walking

Generality Nordic walking (or pole walking ) is a type of walking that also involves the upper portion of the body (total body). In fact it is practiced with special sticks designed in a similar way to ski poles, or better, to the sticks used in trekking. Nordic walking can be practiced by both beginners and amateurs as a health activity, both by sportsmen and athletes as a real competitive activity
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Slimming shorts

What are Slimming Shorts? Generalities on slimming shorts The slimming shorts (slimming shorts) are a piece of clothing designed to promote localized weight loss. Also known as "sauna shorts" (sauna shorts), worn during training or during the day, they should greatly increase sweating and caloric expenditure, thus reducing the circumference of thighs, buttocks and hips
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Choose running shoes - running shoes

The choice of running shoe requires an accurate knowledge of the models and all the categories currently on the market. The choice has the greatest impact: 1. Possible foot support problems; there are in particular: Pronatory Subjects (Hyperpronators): with the heel on the ground the medial arch is close to the ground (the shoes wear out more in the inner side) Supinator Subjects (Ipopronatori): with the heel on the ground the medial arch is lifted from the ground (the shoes wear out more in the external side) 2
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Fit Boxe by R.Borgacci

What's this What is fit boxing? Fit boxing is a fitness training method - designed to optimize the state of general fitness - developed in a kickboxing style. Very often it is accompanied by music tracks with motivational intent or that mark the rhythm of the strokes. Fit boxing is not a combat sport and there are no opponents; the blows are taken exclusively against a special bag or, at the limit, against the gloves of a training partner - at the discretion of the coach
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The aerobics class

Aerobics is defined by Wikipedia: aerobic gymnastics by definition is called endurance (or endurance : the body's ability to perform a generalized muscular exercise, in aerobic conditions, for as long as possible), in which the energy fuel used to perform an effective workout is 'oxygen. If Kenneth Cooper, the inventor of this discipline, entered today in most of the gyms of our country and saw a typical lesson in Aerobics, he would probably wonder what they are doing
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ABDOMINALS: myths to debunk, training and exercises

To be able to design a correct and functional abdominal training a small introduction on their anatomy and physiology is required. The abdominal or rather the rectum of the abdomen is a single muscle (there are no high and low abdominals), it originates from the sternum and is inserted on the pubis. When correctly developed this highlights 6 epigastri (the classic tiles)
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A perfect abdomen? train him in bed!

By Dr. Antonino Bianco "In the morning you wake up 2 sets of crunches x 25 rip" The abdominals are muscles of great interest among the fitness-goers. From a biomechanical point of view, the muscles of the abdomen (rectus of the abdomen, external oblique, internal oblique and transverse of the abdomen) lower the ribs and determine the flexion of the spine in its thoracic and lumbar tract
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