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How does frequency affect recovery, controlling for intensity and volume?
What exactly is the body's mechanism to recover from the stress of strength training and to adapt to greater loads, and how does frequency of training affect this mechanism?
For illustration, consider two people not on drugs:
Person A squats 6x5,…
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Should I start breathing deep immediately starting a sprint
After my warm up, I have a relatively low breathing rate. When I begin to sprint should I start breathing quickly and deeply immediately or wait until I'm just out of oxygen?
If I start deep breathing immediately I tend to get light-headed. If I…
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What is the protocol for muscle maintenence (stay the same mass)?
Let's say a bodybuilder has been lifting heavy in the 8-12 rep range, eating a high protein diet, and so has attained substantial muscle mass. Now the bodybuilder would like to just maintain the same muscle mass. How should the exercises and diet…
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How does riding a unicycle compare to riding a bicycle for weight loss?
I see many on-line calculators for calculating calories burned while riding a bicycle. Would riding a unicycle be similarly useful for losing weight?
I notice there are several differences between riding a bicycle and riding a unicycle:
Bicycles…
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Purpose of rectus abdominis training
It looks like the rectus abdominis plays a role in posture and contributes a bit towards increasing intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). Also, it is used for trunk/lumbar flexion as well.
However, what benefit is there to having a particularly "strong"…
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What to eat after a late night workout?
I'm currently on the Abs diet, and am also trying to gain lean muscle for the start of my basketball season. I have basketball practice from 9pm - 10pm, and at the moment we're just playing a full game so it's a pretty intense workout.
My problem is…
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What's the opposite exercise to the squat?
Is there a good bodyweight antagonist exercise to the squat? In the same way the push up has the pull up or the inverted row?
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How to properly stretch your Iliotibial Band?
I've recently heard about having a tight Iliotibial Band and how its important to stretch it.
However since I've been stretching it (gentle 30 second stretches, a variety of them in succession), it seems to be getting tighter.
I don't know why this…
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Can you actively prevent or fix flatfoot?
Is it possible to actively prevent or fix/heal flatfoot by means of exercises (stretching, muscle strengthening etc.)?
Passive prevention or fixing would mean f.x. arch supports / orthopedic insoles - which is not what I am referring to.
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How to prevent gym gloves stench?
After using my gloves for a while, they begin to stink. I don't try to launder them too much as it's wrecking them. I have had those for 2 years already, and they're still usable. I don't want to waste them by throwing them away. It's not an option…
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Pull-ups - should I start greasing the groove?
I started working out a couple of months ago. Currently, I can do 5-6 clean normal pull-ups and 7-8 clean chin-ups. So far my training has involved going to the gym 2-3 a week.
If I wanted to increase these numbers, possibly doubling them, how…
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Is it possible to bulk up and reduce belly fat at the same time?
I had a misconception that doing lots of abdominal exercises/crunches helps to reduce belly fat. I want to bulk up at the moment, for which I believe I have to follow a calorie surplus diet. But, If I am not mistaken, doing cardio along with…
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What is the best source of renewed energy on longer runs?
I like running longer runs (e.g. half marathons), but after 15-17 km I ofter need some sort of energizer apart from the water you get along the route.
The question is then what exactly to take, as there seems to several different sorts of energizers…
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Lower back pain when performing lying leg raise
I was trying to do the exercise "Leg raising" :
The problem is that : First it feels very difficult while raising my legs with a sharp lower back pain. Inaddition, during moving my legs up and down , it is very difficult for me to keep my back…
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How to get a better cardio benefit while running with a slower partner?
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I have started running regularly with a partner who has a smaller stride than I do. Because there is only so much time in the day, my partner-running workouts have replaced my normal solo-running workout. The partner-running workouts are…
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