10 good fat loss tips!

October 4th, 2010 • Build Muscle, Eating Healthy, Life Improvements, Recovery Series, Weight Loss Series
Tags: acid, Angela Dowden, Arm-Bar Hotness, Calories, Cardiovascular, Fat, Fatigue, Food, Green, Hotness, Life skills, lifestyle, Loss, Matt Roberts, meals, Memory, Nutrients, pasta, Protein, Rice, size, skip, strength conditioning, Tea, weight

Arm-Bar is back after a break. We are sorry to the readers of the blog. Arm-Bar is a blog run by professionals and we try to give you the best content about health, fitness and boxing – free. All content is backed with sources, links and research bodies. We just want to have a blog where we can post great articles .. some better than others that are all free and provide good relevant content. Read more »

4 simple ways to improve your day

July 28th, 2010 • Eating Healthy, Life Improvements, Weight Loss Series
Tags: Brain, Breakfast, Cardiovascular, Fatigue, Food, Life skills, Man, Memory, Men, Mind, motivation, Nutrients, positive, Protein, Time, tips

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BEAT Endurance BOREDOM

July 22nd, 2010 • Running, Weight Loss Series
Tags: Brain, Brains, Cardiovascular, Endurance, energy, Fatigue, Focus, Goals, Jogging, Mind, mind frame, mind set, Reps, Run, Running, tips, treadmill

Sail through long sessions with tips from treadmill experts. It’s to easy to start your session with a nice 10 min stretch, hit the cross trainer for 15 mins and then jump on the treadmill not even to make it to 20 mins because of those nasty demons.. beat the boredom with these tips and stay focussed and locked in your training mind frame.
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FOUR ways to STAY younger!

June 21st, 2010 • Eating Healthy, Weight Loss Series
Tags: Alzheimers, Cardiovascular, detox, Endurance, Fatigue, fitness, Food, girls, homocysteine, Honey, Jogging, ladies, pollen, Protein, sex, sexual, testosterone, thongs, Treadmill tips, vitamin b, vitamins, woman, women

Four easy steps to making yourself younger.
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5 IRON-RICH FOODS

June 1st, 2010 • 1 comment Brain Series, Eating Healthy, Recovery Series
Tags: Brain, Bran Flakes, cancer, Cardiovascular, Crab, Fatigue, Fish, Food, foods, Grilled, Improve Concentration, Iron, Nutrients, Omega-3, Rich, Rump, Sardines, Sesame Seeds, sleep, Steak

A diet high in iron is vital for men who exercise because of its role in transporting oxygen around the body. But iron deficiency causes other problems, including tiredness and difficulty concentrating. The NHS recommends at least 8.7mg per day for men. Here are the best foods to up your intake.
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4 Foods that are good for running and not bad for you – myth buster

April 28th, 2010 • Running, Weight Loss Series
Tags: Carbs, Cardiovascular, Cheese, Dairy, Egg, Endurance, Fat, Fatigue, Food, Heart, HI, Iron, Jogging, Lean Meat, Magnesium, Nutrients, Nuts, Omega-3, Protein, Red Meat, Reps, Run, Running, Steak, Swiss, Weight Loss, Workout

Many foods that are called “bad” are actually “good” for you.Welcome back these foods but not at once. Just forget the old nutrient taboos that surround them.
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7 INSTANT SPEED TIPS

February 9th, 2010 • 1 comment Running
Tags: Cardiovascular, Fatigue, gravity, head, instant, position, Run, Running, shoulders, speed, tips, torso, Treadmill tips, Weight Loss, woman, women

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13 things you never knew about chocolate

January 27th, 2010 • 1 comment Eating Healthy
Tags: anemia, cacao, Calories, Chocolate, coco, cocoa, Fatigue, fats, fever, Food, foods, gout, kidney stones, Nutrients, sugar, sweet, tuberculosis, xhaustion

Chocolate is a combined mixture of cocoa paste, cocoa butter and sugar. Just saying the word cocoa is delicious enough. These days, in the commercial sector, we find starch, diverse sugars and fats – as well as vegetable proteins inside it.

Yes, chocolate can be a stimulant, euphorisant, and anti-depressor. It is not, alas an aphrodisiac according to the majority of scholars in the Science… I think it would be fair to say that “chocolateers”, would say otherwise, based on the idea which goes back to the beginnings of civilization, even  before its arrival in Europe: it was the 16th century, while the Aztec’s  prepared a drink called tchocoatl (made of cocoa nibs) known for its nourishing, fortifying, and even aphrodisiac qualities.

1) Chocolate contains the same addictive, crave-inducing components believed to contribute to alcoholism.
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3 PHASE INSTANT RECOVERY PLAN FOR KNEE INJURIES

December 17th, 2009 • Recovery Series
Tags: Fatigue, Hurt, Injury, Injury Recovery, Knee, Muscle, Pain, Patellas, Pulled Muscle, Relief, Repair, Stretch, Stretching, Tendonitis

Patellas are your knee caps. A common type of injury that you will know is your knee and the back of your lower leg. It is a common injury, a painful and a difficult one to recover from completely – it’s a shame when you’re in pain as you can’t train to your full capacity. The knee joint has to support the most bodyweight, thus making it the most vulnerable to any injury sustained through training. Because of the movement and weight of your body, as well as the impact of training – especially when running – it’s critical that you know the most common ways you can injure you knee and the most common ways to repair it. The most common injury is called patellar tendonitis, an inflammation of the knee tendon that is caused by overuse.

Patellar tendonitis is common in sports that involve jumping or changing direction quickly and regularly like football and running. It can be painful in itself but has wider implications because it places additional strain on the hip and knee joints, which could lead to further injuries and more time on the sidelines. Follow this three step series of wall squat exercise to treat the problem and strengthen your knees. Read more »

3 WAYS TO BOOST YOUR BRAIN

December 8th, 2009 • Brain Series
Tags: Brain, Brains, Eggs, Endurance, Fatigue, Fish, Flaxseed, Goals, Isolation, Kiwis, Life skills, Omega-3, Protein, Workout

Everyone always asks about ways to keep your body in shape. Here’s three ways you can keep both your mind and body in top shape.

There’s now yet another reason to keep yourself in shape – you become smarter. The University of California (UC) conducted a research study that found people who had higher body mass had smaller brains. This included memory and planning areas of the brain.

I want to show three quick and simple ways to boost your brain, let’s face the music – if you spend 45 minutes on a treadmill four times a week, for the next 6 months – that is an average of 180mins a week which is 720mins a month which is 4320 mins half a year, which is 8640 mins of running a year. That is a 144 hours and about 6 days of running non-stop. The amount of calories you can burn, the amount of endorphins you can release is incredible. Being fit means thinking fit – I know that makes no sense, but here is a statement someone said to me at the gym: “If you look good, you feel good”. Read more »

4 STEPS TO GO FROM SCRAWNY TO BRAWNY

December 1st, 2009 • Build Muscle
Tags: Biceps, Bodyweight, Build Muscle, Caffeine, Calories, Cardiovascular, Curls, Deadlifts, Eggs, Fatigue, Fish, Isolation, Junk Food, Kilogram, Lean Meat, Man, Men, Muscles, Nuts, Protein, Reps, Six-Pack, Stronger, Workout

You can muscle up next year after all the holiday food with some of these simple tips. Before I mention them I wanted to let you know about some cardio boosters. Cardio boosters are a way to jump your energy levels and place your brain into thinking you can work out longer. I’ll give you an example: A cup of coffee or anything containing high levels of caffeine can reduce your brains perception on how hard you think you have trained. The high levels of caffeine (Note I have not mentioned Lucozade Sport with Caffeine Boost – I find it the worst taste and I can never finish it, the Lemon Plus one) act as stimulant that interferes with the part of your brain that is responsible for dealing with pain – The University of Illinois in the US say’s that the caffeine can give you this energy boost resulting in you training for longer without mentally and physically taking note. Another cardio booster is having a warm shower before your morning training sessions – not only because it’s like -100c outside (Manchester) – but having a hot shower gets your blood pumping to your muscles and priming them for action and doubling as an effective warm-up ahead of early-morning sessions, helping you avoid strains and tweaks. Take a read of our “4 steps to go from skinny to biggy”.. Read more »