5 Benefits of Strength Training
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Exercise Helps the Brain
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The brain on the right side is active after a walk, meaning the brain is ready to take the test. It is awake, so to speak. The brain on the left, with no exercise before the test, is dormant, or not ready to take the test.
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15 Minute Workout
January 5, 2013 – 10:41 pm
Another workout for those of you with limited time during the day.
- Chinups with Knee Raises: Hang from a chinup bar using a shoulder-width, underhand grip. Pull your chest to the bar while also raising your knees to your chest. Pause, and slowly lower your body while also lowering your knees. If you can’t complete a chinup, simply raise your knees while hanging from the bar.
- Standing Single-Arm Shoulder Presses: Stand holding a dumbbell just outside your shoulder, with your palm facing you. Set your feet shoulder-width apart and keep your knees slightly bent. Raise the weight until your arm is completely straight, and then lower it to the starting position. Do 10 repetitions with each arm.
- Pushups with Row: Start in a pushup position as you grip a pair of hex dumbbells placed shoulder-width apart, your palms facing in. Lower your body, pause, and push yourself back up. Now pull the dumbbell in your right hand straight up to the side of your chest. Pause, and lower it. Repeat the move with your left arm.
- Lying Tricep Extensions: Lie faceup on a bench with your feet flat on the floor. Hold a pair of dumbbells at arm’s length above your head, your palms facing each other. Without moving your upper arms, bend your elbows to lower the weights until your forearms are past parallel to the floor. Pause, then lift back to the starting position.
Do 10 reps of each of the following moves, rest for a minute in between sets, and repeat for a total of three sets.
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10 Minute Workout
January 4, 2013 – 1:54 pm
If you don’t have much time to exercise, here is a quick workout you can try.
Before doing this quick workout, make sure you warmup properly. After the workout, make sure you cool down and stretch. During the workout stay hydrated.
From Men’s Health:
Blast through a bodyweight circuit before breakfast, but keep it short: Ten minutes of intense circuit training provides the same all-day fat-burning results as a 30-minute-long circuit of the same intensity, Gaddour says. Do this:
- 20 Jumping Jacks
- 12 Prisoner Squats: Stand with your hands behind your head, your chest out, and your elbows back. Sit back at your hips and bend your knees to lower your body as far as possible without losing the natural arch of your spine. Squeeze your glutes and push yourself back up to the starting position with your legs.
- 15 Pushups
- 12 Forward Lunges with each leg
- 10 Stickups: Stand with your back to the wall and feet about 4 inches from the wall. Place the back of your arms against the wall, with upper arms parallel to floor and forearms at 90 degrees. Raise your arms overhead while keeping them against the wall at all times. Slowly return to below the starting position, tucking your elbows into your sides and bringing shoulder blades together.
Rest for 1 minute between sets, and repeat as many times as you can before the time’s up.
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