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TRAINING WITH THE SWISS BALL
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TRAINING WITH THE SWISS BALL

By Dr. Umberto Miletto The swiss ball (fitball or Swiss ball) is an unstable spherical tool born in the kinesiological and rehabilitative field; however its numerous applications make it an ideal tool also for the physical preparation in the gym as a variant of the "classic" muscle strengthening exercises

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High G coefficient in men and women

Edited by Alessandro De Vettor Among the various aspects that should be considered in the context of biotypological analysis in the planning of a training program there is also the degree of coefficient G of a man or a woman. The letter G means Ginandromorphy . What is it? At the beginning of life, the human body is substantially feminine, and the dominant sex manifests itself as the embryo develops
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Fasting training to lose weight

Watch the video X Watch the video on youtube Training on an empty stomach involves a series of undoubted advantages in terms of lipid oxidation, deriving from the metabolic implications of morning hypoglycemia. It is no coincidence that this training technique is now widely used to promote weight loss as a loss of fat mass in favor of the lean one
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Cellulite: how to fight it

by Roberto Eusebio, absolute national champion of body fitness In medical parlance , cellulite is called edemo-fibro-sclerotic panniculopathy ; it is an alteration of the adipose connective tissue, with hypertrophy of the cells and accumulation of fluids and metabolic toxins in the interstitial spaces
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Functional training with the vibration platform: Power-Plate ® Core Training

By Luca Giovanni Bottoni - Technical Manager of the Power Plate Exclusive center There is a real support system for the functional balance in the human body, which is represented by that central band that includes the coxo-lumbo-pelvic complex and which allows stability that promotes reactivity. We are talking about the CORE, the muscular corset that promotes better posture and dynamic actions, an element that in recent years has assumed a marked importance both in fitness and in competitive training
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Muscle growth, exercise, supplementation or nutrition?

Edited by Mario Agamennone I have been training at a competitive level for many years. Of course I made use of supplements and I must admit that I always found the right balance between exercise, nutrition and integration. The results came on their own. My training sessions lasted on average 3-4 hours a day, to prepare for the race, and in addition I taught 2-4 hours a day of aerobic activity, for a total of 6-8 hours
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Cross training and cross fitness. Introduction to the method

By Dr. Davide Traverso Cross-training or "cross-training" is the training technique that allows, through the practice of different sports, even in contrast with one another, to increase the starting level of performance or fitness. The basic idea was born from the dawn of triathlon, when athletes engaged in the three activities showed they could achieve high performance in the single disciplines
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Muscle definition: some guidelines

By Dr. Simone Losi Shortly before the summer a good part of the gym goers and fitness centers, under the advice of the instructor or simply through the "do it yourself", begins a program aimed at the definition of muscle, or the loss of a certain amount of fat with the purpose to highlight the musculature
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The CrossFit - The sport of Fitness ...

What is CrossFit? Let's start by clarifying what CrossFit is, because maybe many people have heard about it in recent years, but maybe - not having seen or tried it before - they don't know what we're really talking about. Created by Greg Glassman in the United States in the 1970s, CrossFit began to become popular in the 1990s, when the first Gym Box was born in 1995 in Santa Cruz (California), until it reached its final explosion after 2008
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Posterior deltoids

By Dr. Michele Muglia You look at yourself in the mirror frontally and you have broad and imposing shoulders but as soon as you turn and look in profile you notice that the front deltoids and the laterals are absolutely overdeveloped compared to the posterior ones, so your shoulders are not very thick and inconsistent
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