For fitness freaks and enthusiasts, you should always try to figure out how much any gym equipment weighs before you can start using it. In as much as it’s a daunting one, it is always imperative that you know what weight you are about to lift beforehand.

One such strength training equipment that raises questions over its weight is the barbell. It’s an item that reigns supreme when it comes to strength training.

If you take a quick peek around the gym, you will notice different types of barbells and other oddly shaped weight bars.

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It is that time of the month again. By now, you know the drill all too well. A weird nausea, cramps, bloating, a backache, mood swings, and cravings are starting to take a toll on you. As if you have not had enough to deal with already, you get a bonus in terms of increased body weight.

Just the other week you felt slimmer and pretty good, and then overnight, you feel bigger. Some of your jeans trousers no longer fit too.

You feel more confused about what is going on in you as the scale confirms that you have indeed added on an extra couple of pounds. This is what we call period weight gain.

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Are you currently prescribed or seeking a prescription for muscle relaxers to relieve chronic pain? If so, you should be aware that there are serious health risks associated with the use of these medications.

Muscle relaxers can be highly addictive and, for this reason, are not the best solution for long-term pain relief.

Some muscle relaxers can take as long as two weeks to be completely eliminated from your body. Understanding the side effects associated with these medications and the factors that contribute to addiction will help you determine whether this type of treatment is right for you.

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When we think of exercise, we are usually very focused on what the heart is doing. We want to know how many beats per minute it is going, how to speed up our heart rates or slow it down, whether that is for cardio or fat burning.

We buy fancy gadgets to track it all, then compare our results to our past data as we move forward in physical training.

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If you live an active lifestyle or you do some bit of exercise from time to time, recovery is an essential aspect to consider. The relationship between perspiration and recovery after exercise is sort of difficult to define.

However, it could be the difference between an exercise routine that is effective and that which isn’t. Perspiration can be defined as the process of sweating or the actual sweat itself.

You may then ask, how is perspiration related to recovery after exercise? Well, in this article we will demystify this issue with facts.

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What does a strong body mean to you? Bodybuilding means strengthening the smaller layers of muscle around and beneath the larger muscles in the body. The goal is to have as strong a body as possible.

Bodybuilding is the development of the body using diet and exercise for a healthy lifestyle. Bodybuilders combine cardio workouts with targeting specific muscle groups. This burns fat as well as building muscle for an optimally defined body.

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Back when I was a gym and exercise novice, one of my goals was to get toned, bulging biceps. So I started cranking out set after set of curls, lifting dumbbells and barbells without much planning.

It’s only after a lot of research that I came to realize my haphazard approach wouldn’t work to build up my goal arms.

Like most people who don’t take time to learn these things, I failed to realize that not all bicep exercises were created equal. Exercise selection is important as different workouts subject your biceps to varying levels of intensity, thus affecting their effectiveness.
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