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Fitness & Weight Lifting

Whether you are into freestyle or pre-choreographed aerobics, bodybuilding, weightlifting, or powerlifting, discuss your goals, worries, techniques or add some positivism and experience to the subject.

Ideal exercise to remove back pain

Answered by a doctor

My back is killing me. I used to be fast moving and resourceful person capable of doing many tasks simultaneously and in the shortest period of time. I was good at basketball, swimming and karate. Now I can’t lift my leg more than few inches off the floor. I walk like a zombie. Is there an...

by User avatar ruperto

weight workouts for swimmers

I was suggested that in order to become faster and more successful swimmer I have to be stronger, have more power, stamina and endurance. I fail to see the real reason. Anyway I have decided to start lifting weights. After all, looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger can turn few female heads. I...

by User avatar quinlan

Aerobic exercises and their muscle groups

What aerobic exercises work which muscle groups. I am looking for some cross training ideas. Say if I want to cross train and work on my glutes or my hip flexors. Which ones are good for the abductors? The exercises I have available are: Treadmill Stairclimber Elliptical Exercise bike...

by User avatar Running Brewer

Weight lifting and/or cycling?

I am a cyclist who has quite a few years of riding under my shoes. I have been considering lifting weights lately. I hear that lifting weights is pretty demanding and that I will have to stop cycling when lifting weights. Is that true? What should I choose weight lifting or cycling?

by User avatar daniel

Polar watches and weight loss

I run to lose weight (only very very moderate weight loss so far) and I need all the help I can get. I realize that I have not been too strict with my diet and that's the main reason for my sub par results. I was looking at one of these gadgets, one of these polar watches which, they claim, can...

by User avatar macandal

Lifting for a Distance runner

I'm a middle distance guy (800m and 1600m) and can be thrown into a 400m as well if needed. So I was wondering what muscle groups to hit? I had been told a distance runner needs a strong, powerful back, and abs and lower back are obviously important. What else?

by User avatar Mr. 1600

Left bicep is weak (vs. right bicep). Question.

After starting out on the machines, I've switched to using free weights for my arm curls. And my left side is weak (at least compared to my right side). My left bicep fatigues midway thru 2nd set while my right bicep can continue on until conclusion of the third set with out a problem. (I'm...

by User avatar sonnylax

Training with weighted water bottle

Do you think training with weighed bottle is efficient? I’m a student and I don’t have too much money so buying professional set of weights is out of the question. A friend of mine told me that I can solve that problem if I take two plastic bottles of the same capacity and fill them with...

by User avatar patten

How many pushups can a woman do?

I want to strengthen my arm muscles and shape up my body. Thats why Ive started doing various exercises. But for some reason even after trying for a couple of months I still cant do pushups. How many pushups can a woman do? Even when I give my best I cant achieve more than 5 pushups at a time, and...

by User avatar savina

How to develop my lower back?

I have weak lower back. I don’t know how to develop my lower back. It is important to have strong lower back not only for the aesthetic reasons but in order to keep your spine in the right position and protect it form various injuries. I would appreciate any help.

by User avatar wilfred