Physical health

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Mass training

10 Best compound exercises for muscle growth and strength

Going to the gym is becoming ever so popular these days. Some people do so for their overall health, others to look good, and some to become stronger and/or bigger.

But whatever your goal is, compound exercises are the front-runners regarding building muscular size and strength.

These are my 10 best compound exercises to gain size and force.

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Mental health

Case study: The impact of a healthy lifestyle on our health

There’s been a lot of discussion about the actual impact of a healthy lifestyle on our health.

That’s why I decided to perform a case study about the impact of a healthy lifestyle on our health. Healthy lifestyle examples include getting more sleep, exercising, a healthy diet, not smoking, and so on.

To reach an optimal conclusion, I decided to perform a case study by searching various scientific databases such as PubMed, Directory of Open Access Journals, and Google Scholar.

This way, I made sure to find and research the best available scientific articles regarding healthy lifestyle aspects and their impact on our emotional and physical well-being.

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Mental health

Ultimate guide to improve your health

Being healthy covers many aspects such as being physically active, sleeping well, eating clean, and watching our weight among many other things.

Luckily, there’s much we can do to improve our wellbeing. Let’s find out how to improve our health.

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Blog

4 day split phul workout program for beginners

Today, we’ll be checking out our 4-day split PHUL workout program for novices.

It’s an incredibly simple program, while simultaneously being easily adjustable. It’s no big deal if you miss a training session since you can simply perform it on another day.

Even if you decide to skip that session entirely, then it’s still not such a big deal since you will be training those muscle groups in another workout that same week regardless.

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Mass training

Why you should build a home gym

A lot of people are looking for alternative ways to perform their exercises. While a bodyweight workout can be used as a substitute for heavy weightlifting, it’s not desirable for everyone.

Those folks will most likely be interested in how to build a home gym for cheap, while still reaping most of the rewards of a professional athletic facility. This way, they can still get their usual weight and cardio-based training sessions conveniently.

The biggest benefits are:

— Budget-friendly

— Always open

— Equipment is always available

— Privacy

— Time efficient

If you’re interested, this is how to build a home gym for cheap.

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Mass training

4 day phul workout for beginners

Today, I’ll be sharing a 4-day power, hypertrophy, upper, lower (PHUL) workout for novices. It is a great training program for those looking to increase strength and muscle mass.

Simply put, this means that the PHUL routine will have you perform 2 power days and 2 mass-building days each week. Hypertrophy-based training is a form of resistance training with the specific goal of increasing muscle mass.

In short, the training program is distributed as follows:

Monday: upper body strength.
Tuesday: lower body strength.
Thursday: upper body hypertrophy.
Friday: lower body hypertrophy.

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Mass training

Which factors influence injury prevention

There are a lot of different factors that influence injury prevention.

Unfortunately, life doesn’t always work out the way we want it to. It’s the same regarding accidents. Every person, especially passionate athletes who exercise regularly, will experience unfortunate injuries at some point in their lives.

While we can’t control everything and guarantee ourselves to be harm-free our whole lives, there are several things we can do to reduce the risk of harming ourselves.

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Strength training

10 Best tips for building muscle strength

While it’s true that a large part of your physique is biologically determined by your genes, it doesn’t mean that there is nothing you can do to become a fair bit stronger. Will you be able to get as powerful as someone who is naturally gifted and inclined to become strong? Probably not.

That is if the naturally gifted person also works hard in the gym. But you would be amazed at what results you could achieve if you put in the effort AND train smart. Even though you might not be the most genetically gifted person in the world.

That’s why I compiled my 10 best tips for building muscle strength to help you on your fitness journey.

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Mass training

How to get a 6 pack: Ab challenge workout

Having excess fat in the abdominal region increases the risk of heart disease and diabetes, among many other health detriments.

That’s why we should make it a point to keep a healthy body weight, regardless of what gender, or age you are.

Even more, this ab challenge workout can teach you how to get a 6-pack. This is how.

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