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The New Rules of Lifting for Women
In The New Rules of Lifting for Women, authors Lou Schuler, Cassandra Forsythe, and Alwyn Cosgrove present a comprehensive strength, conditioning, and nutrition plan destined to...
The New Rules of Lifting
Ten unique programs for fat loss, muscle gain, and strength improvement for beginners and elite lifters. Want to get more out of your workout and spend less...
The Book of Muscle
The World's Most AUTHORITATIVE Guide to Building Your Body You probably know a lot about building muscle. You know which curl is the best for your biceps,...
The Testosterone Advantage Plan
Wide shoulders, narrow waist, thick chest, muscular arms and legs: today's male ideal physique is the same as that of ancient Greece. Aerobics and the Food...
The Home Workout Bible
Get bigger biceps, broad shoulders, a bigger bench press, powerful legs, cut abs . . . without ever leaving your home! The body you want, in the space...
Built For Show
No-nonsense workouts to build a lean, strong, eye-catching physique. Every young, single guy is looking for an edge, some way to get single women his age to...
Huge In A Hurry
Men's Health Huge in a Hurry will add inches to your muscles and increase your strength, with noticeable results quickly, no matter how long you've been...
I woke up this morning looking like I've been bobbing for French fries. Two-thirds of my face -- nose, cheeks, ears, chin -- and all of my neck are red as a tomato. All because, practically on a whim, my wife, her brother, and I took...
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This study shows that breast-cancer patients feel better about themselves when they pump iron:
The physical and psychological benefits of exercise are well-documented. But this study is the first to apply scientific methodology to looking at how weight-training helps women who have had breast cancer.
"This may...
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Have any questions related to The New Rules of Lifting? Now there's a dedicated subforum over at JPfitness.com for you to ask and for me or Alwyn or another reader to answer. ...
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According to a rat study, running solo hurts your brain:
Many people find it hard to maintain an exercise schedule on their own -- and a rat study may explain why.
Researchers from Princeton University in the US say exercising with others is better for the brain....
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This isn't a shocking revelation, but companies selling fitness products seem to be pursuing personal trainers as an adjunct sales force:
Water companies, athletic apparel makers and shoe manufacturers have all enlisted fitness instructors and trainers as so-called "ambassadors" or "influencers" for their brands.
Paying professional athletes to...
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I've said a bunch of times that all exercise programs have more or less the same effect, in terms of health and longevity. That is, you get the benefits if you exercise, and you don't if you don't. The differences in benefits, I suspect, are trivial....
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You just think that curling is shuffleboard on ice, or perhaps bowling without the speed and power, or perhaps the athletic equivalent of cleaning your garage.
But you'd be wrong. According to this story in the New York Times, it's actually a more rigorous physical challenge...
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