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The latest buzz word phrase in the fitness industry is the term “muscle confusion”and this concept has been around for awhile. The goal is to confuse your muscles so you can avoid plateaus and keep getting results. To create confusion, you can change the speed at which you perform your exercises with your PowerBlock Dumbbells, or slightly change the technique of the exercise itself.

Amazingly, your body can adapt pretty quickly and when it does, it essentially becomes more efficient and efficiency means your body works smarter and can more easily accomplish a movement, thereby conserving energy. The idea of muscle confusion is to constantly change thing up so that your body doesn’t have time to adapt. By doing this it forces the body to have to work harder, thereby burning more calories and building more lean muscle.

One of the most popular forms of exercise for fitness and fat loss is interval training. High- intensity training (HIT) using a Sole Treadmill has replaced the long drawn out cardio workout at 60% to 65% of your maximum heart rate, or the fat burning zone. The old routine or “steady state” cardio performed for long periods of time, allows your body to release cortisol, a stress hormone, which in turn will break down muscle tissue and is exactly what you don’t want in the battle against fat loss.

Besides wasting time, you are placing unneeded levels of stress on your knees, ankles and hip joints. By mixing bursts of high intensity work with low intensity periods of recovery, you are overloading both the aerobic (working with the ability to process oxygen) and anaerobic systems (working at high levels where oxygen can’t be processed constantly) at the sane time, getting the benefits of both aspects of training simultaneously. Interval training is more physically demanding than lower-intensity training, but by putting the extra effort, this will allow you to reap the benefits quicker and more effectively.

PureSport Workout and Recovery was developed by Dr. John Ivy, head of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas. While working with world-class athletes, including Michael Phelps and coaches, he tested and perfected a sports drink that has no caffeine, less sugar and the right ratio of all-powerful protein and carbs. The PureSport Workout Drink is taken before and during your workout and it will help you stay hydrated, mentally alert and will help you in maintaining energy throughout  all your exercises.

Dr. John Ivy also developed PureSport Recovery, which along with being good tasting (very important to me), it helps minimize soreness by helping your muscles recover quickly. the best time to drink PureSport Recovery is within 15 minutes after exercising to give your muscles what they need when they need it. The next day you will be a lot less sore and you will be ready for your next workout. Michael Phelps uses it and so can you, give it a try.

When setting up an exercise program, you will definitely want to set up a cardio program and the perfect machine is a Sole Elliptical Trainer which is a very low-impact cardiovascular exercise machine. This elliptical trainer is compatible with all ages and fitness levels and allows you select the difficulty levels through the incline and intensity levels.

When beginning, the first order of business is creating a routine and making cardio exercise a habit. Try to set up a time that will not interfere with your daily schedule but instead will become part of it. Be flexible, if you find that morning exercise isn’t working, don’t be afraid to try a different time of the day. Try choosing days that will be good for you to exercise on, and them cross them out on your calender so you can readily see the days you have committed to your routine, and new life style.

When you want input into a sports drink that that will deliver, PureSport went to 14 time Olympic Gold Medal winner Michael Phelps to help them develop one. The main ingredient protein, which is the body’s ultimate building block, and your muscle’s best friend, immediately repairs tissue at the cellular level even when you sweat. PureSport features a performance tested 2.67:1 Carb to Whey Protein ratio that offers potent one two punch.

The carbs give you instant energy while the protein acts as a reserve tank of fuel and together they sustain your energy, increase your endurance and help your muscles recover no matter how had you workout. Through GNC, the PureSport Workout Drink is perfect to take before and during exercise to stay hydrated, mentally alert and maintain energy.

Knowing that there are many benefits with interval training, such as; you can work yourself just as hard in 15-20 of (HIT) than doing 1 hour of normal low-intensity training, you can also build up your endurance and burn more calories, not just during the exercise, but for up to 36 hours afterwards because your metabolism is still fired up. You can incorporate your PowerBlock Dumbbell exercises just as you would during your cardio workouts. All you have to do is pick any number of exercises, and perform the same routine.

Since you are using different exercises and muscle groups, you can reduce the rest period, and move on to work another muscle set, producing a short, sharp workout with maximum results. There are no boundaries to how many intervals you can perform, or how long you should work or rest for,  just ensure the rest period is enough to allow you to work again for a maximum effort, but not so long that you are fully recovered. Experiment with intervals and find your level but remember; you can workout hard or you can workout long, but you can’t do both!

PowerBlock Dumbbells has several models of the Powerblock line that meets the needs of every fitness enthusiast from beginner to world class athlete. They start with a 3-24lb set all the way to a 50 lb set that expands to 90 lbs than expand later to a 130 lbs. The compact design of PowerBlock puts an incredible weight range in a minimum amount of space.

The PowerBlocks are very simple to work, you use a selector pin much like a weight stack machine in the gym. You simply put the selector pin under the amount of weight you want to lift and when you pick up the handle that’s how much weight you have. How do you know how much weight you are lifting? Easy, each of the different models all have color coded side rails on the weight plates that correspond to an easy reference color coded weight chart on the handle of the dumbbell set.

If want to start out the day and give your hamstrings , lower back and abs a good workout, than try the good morning exercise with Troy Barbells. How low you can go with this exercise depends on your flexibility across the posterior chain of muscles including the hamstrings, gluteals and lower back Very important note before you start, Don’t push this exercise too far beyond your own capabilities.

To start, place the barbell with a weight you can handle easily on your shoulders and let it rest on your trapezius muscles of the upper back in the shoulder area. Have your feet shoulder width apart, than brace your abdominals and remember to breathe normally (out with exertion and in on recovery). Keeping your back straight, bend at the hips until the hamstring muscles at the rear of the thigh start to limit your movement, then bend a little further to give them a stretch, but not to feel discomfort. Make sure to maintain a similar sort of straight back as you would when lifting from the floor, don’t curl your back over and keep your legs straight without bending the knees.

When running on a Sole treadmill because the weather makes it impossible to run outside , or just out of the pure convenience of having it in your home there are a few tips to follow to make your workout more effective. Try to set your treadmill with a slight incline (1% to 3%) which will simulate an outdoor run on a gentle uphill course.  With this in mind, do not make the incline too steep, because this can lead to Achilles tendon or calf or calf injuries.

A big mistake people make is to hold on to the handrail or even the console, and the handrails are there only to help you get onto and off the treadmill safely. Try and practice proper body form by keeping your arms at a 90 degree angle, just as if you were running outside. Make sure you don’t lean forward and keep your body upright, because it’s not necessary to lean forward, the treadmill pulls your feet backwards, so you need to pull your feet from the belt before they are driven away by the belt.

Strength training with PowerBlock Dumbbells helps you build muscle and endurance and this can be very helpful because muscle is much more efficient at burning calories than fat is. The more muscle you have, the easier it will be to keep off excess weight. In strength training, you exercise in short bursts and your body relies on sugar stored in your muscles for its fuel.

Strength training benefits your body by helping to build lean muscle tissue and increase bone density which helps in the fight of osteoporosis. By also helping to increase your metabolism, this will help in your long term weight loss. Another great benefit of strength training is that it reduces cholesterol and the risk of heart disease.