Fitness Tip: What if I’m Injured?
If you sustain an injury that you suspect is a minor muscle strain, the best approach to encourage healing is mild stretching coupled with ice a minimum of three times a day for 15 minutes each...
Fitness Tip: Home Gym Workouts
Many people feel that they need a lot of equipment in order to get a good workout, but you will be surprised at what you can do with just a stability ball...
Losing Weight vs. Cutting Weight
For someone attempting to lose weight strictly through exercise and healthy eating, you can expect to lose 1/2 - 1 & 1/2 pounds per week...
Stretch Before or After Exercise?
You may have wondered it it's best to stretch before or after exercise. Well the answer to that depends on a couple factors...
Fitness Tip: What’s the Best Exercise
People frequently ask me, "what's the best exercise for..." In reality, there's usually never any one BEST exercise, the key is choosing an effective exercise and performing it correctly...
Fitness Tip: Fat Calories
When it comes to calories, many people don't understand how many more calories they are consuming when they're eating foods high in fat...
Fitness Tip: 4 Components of Fitness
A healthy fitness program will consist of 4 components: resistance training, cardiovascular conditioning, flexibility/stretching, and healthy eating...
Fitness Tip: Karvonan Formula
The Karvonan Formula can be used to determine your optimum heart rate training zone. It works like this: Take the number 220 and subtract your age, then subtract your resting pulse.
The Big Guns – the Biceps
The segment will discuss the biceps—the opposing muscle group to the triceps. Located on the anterior (front) portion of the upper arm between the elbow and the shoulder, these muscles are responsible for flexing (bending) the arm at the elbow.
Building the Triceps
Today I’ll be discussing the triceps muscle (the back of the upper arm) and what exercises to perform in order to build and tone that area of the body. First, let me give you a little background about the triceps.