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Written by pierini
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 18:45 |
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DISCUSS FITNESS SPRING 2008 NEWSLETTER Thank you for your patience. Here is your belated Discuss Fitness (DF) Spring 2008 Newsletter. In this issue: - We spotlight minime, a DF member since April 2006. Miss minime takes her fitness seriously and maintains a very active training journal in the Online Journal forum. If you take your fitness seriously too, then read what minime has to say in our member spotlight article FITNESS ACCORDING TO MINIME.
- It is truly a sad sight to see an athlete riddled with nagging to serious injuries from a lack of mobility and technique. This is especially true for athletes or fitness enthusiasts who incorporate advanced Olympic lifts into their workouts. DF member trainerty is a big believer in the idea you need to crawl before you walk. He shares the top three aspects you should know when training with the Olympic lifts, but his ideas and recommendations are also helpful for the traditional bodybuilder, powerlifter, and CrossFitter. Read what trainerty has to say in his DYNAMIC DRILLS FOR OLYMPIC LIFTS.
- DF member standAPART shares his professional trainer wisdom with his thought-provoking article FIVE EXERCISES EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PERFORM. Before you rush over to the bench press for a Monday universal bench press day workout, spend some time doing the exercises standAPART outlines in his article.
- Are you tired of your morning oatmeal? DF member IronMan is. He has been eating oatmeal everyday for the past 4 years and he tells us he is getting tired of its taste and texture. But fortunately for him, and you, he has stumbled upon a fairly simple solution to his problem. It is a breakfast that is full of oatmeal’s goodness as well as being packed with protein and even some Omega 3’s with a great texture. I'M TIRED OF OUTMEAL! reveals IronMan's secret.
To read each of these articles, go to the left sidebar Latest Magazine section and click Spring 2008 - Issue #5. Enjoy! |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 April 2008 17:39 )
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Written by LiftGirl
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 17:44 |
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FITNESS ACCORDING TO MINIME A member spotlight interview by DF moderator LiftGirl DF: Tell us a little about yourself. How old are you? Where do you live? What do you do? What are some of your hobbies?
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 April 2008 18:17 )
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Written by trainerty
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 17:54 |
 DYNAMIC DRILLS FOR OLYMPIC LIFTS by DF member trainerty It is truly a sad sight, to see an athlete riddled with nagging to serious injuries from a lack of mobility and technique. This is especially true for athletes or fitness enthusiasts that incorporate advanced Olympic lifts into their workouts. I am a big believer in the idea you need to crawl before you walk. This idea manifests in your workouts. An athlete needs to warm-up properly before training with the big Olympic lifts. If you don’t warm-up properly, you’re just setting yourself up for a bone-head injury. Here are the top three aspects you should know when training with Olympic lifts: |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:33 )
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Written by standAPART
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 16:41 |
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FIVE EXERCISES EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PERFORM by DF member standAPART I am often confused at why personal trainers always begin new client’s exercise program on some sort of strength training circuit or group exercise class. I often wonder what is the trainer thinking when they are devising this person’s exercise program? Were they thinking at all? I know 95% of client goals are based on fat loss and none of them ever “want to be an athlete”. But do you know how many times I have told clients, “You don’t want to be an athlete, but you want to look like one?” |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 09 May 2008 23:59 )
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Written by IronMan
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 18:00 |
I’M TIRED OF OUTMEAL! By DF member IronMan I’ve been eating oatmeal everyday for the past 4 years and I’m getting tired of its taste and texture! I’ve done everything there is to do to oatmeal to improve its flavor – and while cooking tricks like adding fruit, syrup, etc. have worked well, it has been a significant time with no change and the tricks I’m using are getting old. My problem is that I like what oatmeal does for me and I don’t want to give up its many benefits (listed according to the American Cancer Society): |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:40 )
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