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The history of weight lifting depicts that in ancient period of prehistoric tribes has major importance, in that period the testing of manhood was done by weight lifting. They have lifted heavy stones such as Blue stones of old Dailly, Dinnie Stones and Inver stone to show the power moreover it was the matter of prestige to the tribal kingdom in ancient age however, it is not possible to find the exact date of the first weight lifting championship.

Perhaps, the testing of human strength is very old may be older than civilization of human being. Lifting heavy object images are shown in ancient Egyptian records, which are in scripted, in Chinese text and Greek carvings.

Weight lifting is a sport in which participant attempt to lift heavy weights mounted weights on steel and barbell. Precisely, the execution of which is a combination of flexibility, power, concentration, will power, skills, discipline, athleticism, fitness, technique, physical and mental strength. As per the history of weight lifting, weight lifting is informally called as weight training, weight lifting trains the athlete for functional strength, utilizing the body’s major muscle groups.

Although, Weight lifting plays an important role in the success of many athletes, however, when not done according to the proper method, it can cause many problems concerning with health. Technique is the most important part in lifting the weight, and without proper method, weight lifters will get hurt before they have the opportunity to receive the benefits from weight lifting.

Considering the available facts, the history of weight lifting first began in Europe in the late 1880 and the champion of the competition was crowned in 1891. On those periods, there were no other sub division and the crown went to the man able to lift the maximum weight. Weight lifting competition was clubbed as a part of athletics in 1896; however, weight lifting was excluded in the 1900 games. Again, the art of weight lifting was notice in 1904, but the game was not included in Olympics however, in 1920, weight lifting has been accepted as a game and provided with its own right.

In those periods, Olympic introduce some strange weight lifting programs such as, one and two handed lift with no weight division however, rules where changed in 1932 and five sub division has been established and form three discipline for the competition viz. snatch, press and clean and jerk.

In snatch, the weight lifter lift the weight above the head in one fast-uninterrupted movement however, in the second movement the weight is brought to the shoulders and after that weight is jerked out above the head. Although, in the second movement the weights are lifted in two stages makes it easier and the lifted weights.Later in 1972, press division was abolished and only snatch and clean jerk where accepted as the sports to Olympic discipline.

As a revolution in 2000, women also put their feet in this powerful event in Sydney. Hence, the history of weight lifting show the journey of the powerful game attain a high level of place in the world Olympic.The History of Weight Lifting

The history of weight lifting depicts that in ancient period of prehistoric tribes has major importance, in that period the testing of manhood was done by weight lifting. They have lifted heavy stones such as Blue stones of old Dailly, Dinnie Stones and Inver stone to show the power moreover it was the matter of prestige to the tribal kingdom in ancient age however, it is not possible to find the exact date of the first weight lifting championship.

Perhaps, the testing of human strength is very old may be older than civilization of human being. Lifting heavy object images are shown in ancient Egyptian records, which are in scripted, in Chinese text and Greek carvings.

Weight lifting is a sport in which participant attempt to lift heavy weights mounted weights on steel and barbell. Precisely, the execution of which is a combination of flexibility, power, concentration, will power, skills, discipline, athleticism, fitness, technique, physical and mental strength. As per the history of weight lifting, weight lifting is informally called as weight training, weight lifting trains the athlete for functional strength, utilizing the body’s major muscle groups.

Although, Weight lifting plays an important role in the success of many athletes, however, when not done according to the proper method, it can cause many problems concerning with health. Technique is the most important part in lifting the weight, and without proper method, weight lifters will get hurt before they have the opportunity to receive the benefits from weight lifting.

Considering the available facts, the history of weight lifting first began in Europe in the late 1880 and the champion of the competition was crowned in 1891. On those periods, there were no other sub division and the crown went to the man able to lift the maximum weight. Weight lifting competition was clubbed as a part of athletics in 1896; however, weight lifting was excluded in the 1900 games. Again, the art of weight lifting was notice in 1904, but the game was not included in Olympics however, in 1920, weight lifting has been accepted as a game and provided with its own right.

In those periods, Olympic introduce some strange weight lifting programs such as, one and two handed lift with no weight division however, rules where changed in 1932 and five sub division has been established and form three discipline for the competition viz. snatch, press and clean and jerk.

In snatch, the weight lifter lift the weight above the head in one fast-uninterrupted movement however, in the second movement the weight is brought to the shoulders and after that weight is jerked out above the head. Although, in the second movement the weights are lifted in two stages makes it easier and the lifted weights.Later in 1972, press division was abolished and only snatch and clean jerk where accepted as the sports to Olympic discipline.

As a revolution in 2000, women also put their feet in this powerful event in Sydney. Hence, the history of weight lifting show the journey of the powerful game attain a high level of place in the world Olympic.



Date Published: Aug 01, 2009 - 1:44 pm

In order to reap the benefits from the intense exercise I recommend to my Fat Burning Furnace students, you must get adequate rest.  I can’t stress this fact enough.  In fact, rest is just as important, if not more important that the actual exercise.

By Rob Poulos, Fat Loss & Fitness Expert & Creator of ‘Fat Burning Furnace

During the high intensity resistance exercise that my students perform, the muscles experience tiny injuries or tears.  The body’s response is to adapt and repair, getting stronger and larger muscles, which of course leads to burning more fat and a leaner body.

But this growth and repair process won’t take place if the body is not allowed the time to do its job.  Too often, people rush back into the gym, as many have been inundated with the “more is better” axiom when it comes to exercise.  But if we don’t get out of the body’s way and let it do its magic, we will experience poor results.  We won’t burn fat like we want to, and we will just end up demotivated or possibly give up our efforts altogether.

If you don’t get enough rest or sleep, you’ll have a very difficult time building the fat-burning muscle that will transform your body.  And you’ll also have a tough time burning fat off too!  That’s why we can’t work out too long or too often when using a sufficient intensity level.  When giving the body an intense stimulus, such as proper weight training, you can’t keep hammering it into the ground.

If you did this, you’d quickly over train your muscles and negate your body’s ability to recover from exercise.   Your immune system could become so worn down in fact, that you might even get sick…this happened to me a few times in the past when I wasn’t paying attention to getting adequate rest and sleep.

And this repair and recover process doesn’t happen overnight, it usually takes 2 days or more, So make sure to keep between 1-3 days of rest between your properly conducted resistance training workouts, or you will be short-circuiting your chances of success to burn fat and build lean, strong, muscle.

Now that we know how important rest is to burning fat and building muscle, we also must understand the most important component of rest…otherwise know as sleep.  Sleep is the ultimate recovery tool, and not only for recovery from exercise.  It’s a recovery tool from any stress you take in throughout the day.

Whether it’s from family pressures, work issues, or finances, etc., increased stress can be dissolved by adequate sleep.  And don’t think you can burn fat maximally when you’re over-stressed by other things in your life.  A high stress level can shut down the effectiveness of your ability to burn fat, among other things.

So make sure to get adequate sleep.  What’s ideal?  I would recommend no less than seven or more than nine hours.  In fact, seven and half hours per night might be the perfect amount!

Research has shown that we sleep in cycles of 90 minutes or so.  It has been suggested that if we wake up too far before or after one of these 90 minute cycles, you will probably feel groggy for a good part of the day. So try the 5 90 minutes sleep cycles, or 7 and a half hours…you’ll most likely wake up feeling well-rested and energized, and your fat burning furnace will show it’s appreciation, allowing you to burn more fat faster.

Claim your free copy of Rob Poulos’s “7 Secrets Of Permanent Fat Loss & Fitness” at his website: http://www.fatburningfurnace.com

Rob Poulos is a celebrated fitness author, fat loss expert, and the founder and CEO of Zero to Hero Fitness.  Rob created the world’s most efficient method for fast and permanent fat loss with his “Fat Burning Furnace” system to help those looking to put an end to restrictive fad diets, long boring cardio workouts, and the need for super-human willpower for goo



Date Published: Jul 05, 2009 - 5:43 pm

By Rob Poulos, Fat Loss & Fitness Expert & Creator of ‘Fat Burning Furnace

You’ve heard it a million times from people trying to burn fat, “I just don’t have time to get to the gym.” Well that really shouldn’t be a problem once you understand how you can get a proper fat burning workout done with basic or minimal equipment.

In order to get a great high intensity fat burning workout, like students of my Fat Burning Furnace system get….one that stimulates the growth of lean muscle tissue, accelerates your metabolism and fat burning, and provides cardiovascular conditioning…you need to perform a variety of exercises that work all of your major muscle groups in the same workout.

You have a few choices in what equipment to use. But I am here to tell you that you don’t need fancy equipment or a membership at the hot fitness center in your area. All that is really required for your fat burning workout is good old-fashioned barbells and/or dumbbells…or less. In fact, you can work your entire body from head to toe with a good set of adjustable dumbbells and a simple bench.

Keep this in your home and it takes very little space and is always accessible for those fat burning workouts you’d have to skip otherwise. After all, the proper workout I’m talking about averages about 15-20 minutes…but if you factor in the transit time to and from the gym, it can become more difficult to stick to your routine.

I highly recommend getting a basic setup at home for those times, or you can even use this exclusively. I personally always workout at home and it has its advantages. You don’t have to wait for the next station or machine on your routine at home. This is very important in relation to pulling the maximum cardiovascular benefits out of the same muscle building and fat burning workout…keeping your time between exercises down to 60 seconds or less.

Home workouts are also great for those that might be a bit intimidated by working out with weights in public at the gym. If you feel this way, don’t fret, you’re not alone. This is especially true for some of the ladies, as weight training is traditionally thought of as the guy’s territory in the fitness center. Nothing could be further from the truth, but if you’d rather perform you fat burning workout at home, then do it!

Another excuse for skipping workouts that I hear a lot is related to travel. For busy people, this is a reality. You go on business trips. You go on vacation. You go to visit out of town friends and family. Now, when working out properly, like I teach my Fat Burning Furnace students, you’re only exercising for 2-3 days per week, but if you’re workout day falls on a day when you’re out of town, what to do?

Yeah, you could try and find a local gym to go to, but that can be a hassle. There are actually several fat burning bodyweight exercises you can do without the use of any equipment.

Movements like the pushup, chin-ups, sit-ups, etc. can provide enough muscle stimulation to keep you conditioned until you get back home. You’re using your bodyweight as the resistance, rather than dumbbells, barbells, or machines.

So don’t let those standard excuses work their way into your vocabulary…you can get a great fat burning workout wherever you are, anytime!

Claim your free copy of Rob Poulos’s “7 Secrets Of Permanent Fat Loss & Fitness” at his website: http://www.fatburningfurnace.com

Rob Poulos is a celebrated fitness author, fat loss expert, and the founder and CEO of Zero to Hero Fitness. Rob created the world’s most efficient method for fast and permanent fat loss with his “Fat Burning Furnace” system to help those looking to put an end to restrictive fad diets, long boring cardio workouts, and the need for super-human willpower for good.



Date Published: Jul 05, 2009 - 5:18 pm

Weight lifting tips are as plentiful as there are weight lifters. If you have been around the gym for any time at all you have definitely met someone that has the perfect weight lifting program and is willing to share it with anybody that will pay attention.With all the muscle this weight lifter has developed you think he knows his stuff and you decide to take his advice. As you probably figured out just because his weight lifting tips worked for him it does not mean it will work for you. We all have a different genetic makeup and our bodies respond differently to each exercise. You must find what works great for your physique and learn what exercises your body responds to.

If you have experimented with different weight lifting exercises and bodybuilding techniques and you still aren’t seeing results then these four weight lifting tips will help you get on track and start seeing some gains.

Body weight only exercises are a great way to start. This is a great way to warm up your muscles and also to pre-exhaust your muscles to help force them to grow. This technique to training is a way to shock and awe your muscles. The goal is to make sure we limit the chance of injury. Begin by doing 3 sets of standard non-elevated pushups and continue on to close grip pull-ups. These two exercises will give your upper body a fantastic workout and set the stage for the workout that follows. You have to shock you muscles to force them to grow.

You must do cardio at least three times a week. Cardio training is one of the most neglected and underused method of weight training for those that are trying to gain lean muscle mass. The reason for its importance can’t be overstated; cardio is a great way to increase the oxygen and nutrient absorption for each muscle group. You don’t want to exhaust yourself before the heavy load you will be placing on the muscles you will be working out for that day.

Supersets are another fantastic tip to build muscle that will shock your muscles into some serious growth. Supersetting allows you to place constant stress on your muscles.Working the same muscles one after the other is an example of super setting. You can do one set of lat pull downs and then immediately do another set of bent over rows. This will work two different areas of your back and also shock these muscles into growth by adding more stress to these areas.Chest and triceps can be supersetted to stress different but complimentary muscle groups.

Getting the right amount of protein is crucial to your post workout recovery and growth. Immediately after you workout is the most critical time for you to drink a protein shake. The first twenty minutes after the workout is the time when your body absorbs the most protein.

Using these weight lifting tips and being consistent are your best chances of success.

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Rocko has been training and writing articles about weight lifting and weight training for over 25 years and has tried and used many different techniques. You can find more of his insightful articles at Rocko’s Weight Lifting Tips

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Date Published: May 21, 2009 - 10:11 pm

During these busy days it happens to miss our gym training which is not good at all. Sometimes we miss it once than we think nothing bad will happen if we miss it again and then again and again. As a result we loose muscles form and shape.
MusclesProd.Com wants to help you at this point and we begin a series of articles related to training when you have no time or your time frame is limited. These articles will help you to get to know how to train when you have a busy schedule. This way you will keep your shape.

We will write about most effective exercises for major body parts. What exercises to combine,what super-sets to do and how many repetitions.

Any article would be possible to discuss on HyperMuscles.Com forum.

Our team would be happy to hear your feedback on this. You can do this on HM forum too.

Today we will train arms in 30 minutes.  Biceps and triceps.

So, lets begin, 5 minutes of warm up then we start with biceps.

First exercise will be standing barbell curls.

First 2 sets are done with light weight in order to warm up. Then we do 3 sets increasing weight so the last set will be for 8 repetitions.

Second exercise is “Hummer”. We will do it seated and with 2 hands in the same time. 3 sets with 10-12 repetitions.

Then we move to the triceps.

First exercise is Barbell Close Grip Bench Press.

3-4 sets of 15-12 repetitions would be good.

And the last exercise is Barbell Triceps Extension. 3 sets of 12 reps.

That is for today.

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Date Published: May 21, 2009 - 10:11 pm

Springtime is here and now is the time to start working on your plans to get ripped for the beach. Guys everywhere are getting focused on getting ripped and building muscle. What are you doing to make sure you’re adding mass?

You still have time, but there is only a couple of weeks until the summer is in full force. You could waste time and money to try to start your own routine and/or diet plan. Its hard to know where to start and where to find credible muscle building routines. Creating a workout and diet plan takes a trained professional. Besides, you will be much more motivated with a structured plan backed by the experts.

However, hiring a professional to work with you one on one is expensive and time consuming. You are busy already with other things. Fortunately, fitness experts have put their experience and knowledge into easy to read guides for muscle building routines that you can download.

Muscle building guides give you all the information you need for both nutrition and workout plans. There are ton of useful facts in these guides. Did you know that instead of using salad dressing you can make your own out of equal parts cottage cheese and buttermilk, with herbs and spices? And it only has 9 calories? Did you know that you can build mass working out only two times a week? Do you know that you can expect to gain 5% strength per week if you are a beginner? Did you know what the proper speed of most lifts are? It’s 4 seconds up, 4 seconds down. I didn’t know any of this, until I read the guides.

Muscle building routine guides will give you the instruction and discipline you need to get ripped.
You’ll be surprised how easy it is to get started. You won’t need to waste a lot of money on equipment and accessories. In, fact you can often just use some basic dumbbells and weights to start building mass. These plans will get you going quickly, using proven muscle building techniques. You’ll start seeing the results in a matter of days.

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Date Published: May 17, 2009 - 11:52 pm

So how much time should you rest between sets during strength training?

Through years of trial and error and plenty of reading on the subject I can tell you that your rest period should be just long enough to get back to full strength-without losing focus. For most people this is about 3 minutes.

When lifting heavy you need to make sure you rest long enough to gather your resources for the next set. Keep in mind, when you’re lifting weights, your purpose is to make that muscle grow. You need to overload the muscle with a weight as heavy as you can handle with good form for it to respond.

To truly maximize this process, you need to go at it with maximum intensity. There’s simply no way to attack the weights properly if you’re still huffing and puffing from the previous set. You see a lot of people shortening their rest periods when they’re trying to lose body fat. They tend to lighten up the weights their lifting and take less time between sets. The science behind body composition improvement shows this to be less effective and efficient.

The most efficient way to burn calories and reduce body fat is through your diet. To create an even greater deficit between the calories you consume versus the calories you burn (the key to proper fat loss), you can add cardiovascular training. I believe a combination of both is the best.

Training with lighter weight loads will simply slow your muscle growth. In fact, you’ve got a good chance of actually losing some muscle due to a combination of lowered calorie intake (diet) and less demand on the body to retain muscle mass.

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Date Published: May 17, 2009 - 2:31 am

Why so many people choose bodybuilding and what makes them going to the gym or train home year after year?  Let’s find out.

1. First thing you get from bodybuilding is health. Our bodies were created in such a way so without moving we get many diseases, we get fat, we feel bad, and we have headaches and the list may continue. So, movement is life.

2. Beautiful body. You may ask anyone if he/she wants a beautiful body and the answer will be “YES”. But how many of them are doing something to get that body of their dreams. Some are going to the gym for a few weeks then laziness take over them.  Others go to gym only when summers begins and train just for this period of time. Others are motivated only when they see people around them good looking but this motivation is just for a short period of time. If you want to look great go to the gym at any period of the year.

3. It teaches you discipline. You start by taking a notebook and writing there everything you should do and after everything you did. You write training principles there and you follow them. When you are in gym you write there each set done, each repetition done and after training you look back and mention what great work just did and you benefit by it.

4. Self-Confidence. This benefit comes after previous. When you see that everything which was planned was done and even if it was hard to do, anyway you did it that really increases your self-confidence.

5. Bodybuilding teaches you to put goals and achieve them. That’s another reason why Arnold Schwarzenegger praises bodybuilding. When you write in your notebook that on next chest training you will lift with 10Kgs more and you prepare yourself for this and then you do it you really learn how to apply this in your life.

6. Respect for those who practice other sports. As long as you are apart from sport it is easy to judge others, once you are in sport you understand that if you want to achieve something you need to work and this is not always easy. The same is with other kind of sports. And all of us are a large family where everyone is doing what he can.

What bodybuilding did for you?

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Date Published: May 13, 2009 - 4:16 pm

It seems that one can no longer read or hear anything, especially where athletics, athletes, and sports are concerned, without hearing the word “steroids”. But, just what are steroids exactly? A very simple definition is “fatty substances which can naturally be found in the body, or can be artificially created.”

Steroids usually fall into one of three categories:

NATURAL steroids include hormones, such as testosterone and estrogen, sterols, and cholesterol. The body makes these on its own, usually in the correct amounts.

CORTICOSTEROIDS, such as corticosterone and cortisol, are naturally-occurring. Others, such as prednisone and cortisone, are synthetic, or “man-made”.

ANABOLIC STEROIDS are synthetic hormones that, when introduced to the body, acts almost exactly like the natural male hormone testosterone. These are the ones most commonly mentioned in references to steroid use in athletics, athletes, and sports.

Steroids are used to treat a variety of illnesses and ailments, or are sometimes given in conjunction with other medication, such as antibiotics, in order to enhance their effectiveness.

Now that the word “steroid” and the more commonly-used terms have been identified, attention can be given to the term legal steroids. In its proper setting, this term means any steroids, natural or synthetic, which are properly used for medical or pharmaceutical purposes Sometimes, however, “legal steroids” no longer become a term, but, rather, an “issue”. This is especially true in the sports field.

The problem may not be whether or not steroids—natural, synthetic, anabolic, or otherwise—is “legal” in the true sense of the word. If prescribed or recommended by health care professionals, and used in the manner in which they were intended, for the true purpose in which they were intended, then that is fine.

It is a known fact that steroids, both natural and anabolic, but most often anabolic, are used to improve performance in sports and athletics, or to “boost” what nature has already provided. Both professional and amateur athletes and sports participants do this. However, there are rules and regulations which clearly state whether or not this is allowable, and in what, if any, circumstances.

The decision to incorporate steroid use for performance enhancement or physical improvement is, and should be, personal. All factors should be weighed.

And, yes, it is true that the Internet has provided the means whereby one can view advertisements for, and purchase, steroids online. When contemplating the decision, one should be aware that local, state, national, and international laws exist regarding the sale and purchase of steroids online.

Availability does not imply permission. The prospective buyer must be aware of the laws that pertain to this in regards to one’s location at the time of purchase.

I have either been given a steroid shot or been prescribed steroids when given antibiotics, so I am familiar with the medical/pharmaceutical uses. My interest in sports and athletics fueled my curiosity concerning other aspects of legal steroids and finding steroids online is simple.

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Date Published: May 06, 2009 - 1:16 pm
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