Best Fitness Tips

Create better Abs

Do not work your abs every day. "Physiologically, abs are like any other muscle in your body," says David Pearson, Ph.D., C.S.C.S. an exercise scientist at the University of Ball State. Train only 2 or 3 days a week.

Protect your neck

Put your tongue on the roof of the mouth when doing abs. "It will help align the head properly, which helps reduce neck strain," says Michael Mejia, C..S.C.S., Men's Health exercise advisor.

Keep Limber muscles

If you are under 40, hold your stretches for 30 seconds. If you are over 40, they hold for 60 seconds. When you reach age 40, your muscles become less flexible, so they need to be stretched longer.

Do not drop the ball

To catch a pop fly in the sun, use your glove to shade his eyes. It is bigger than his free hand and put the leather in the perfect position to hook the ball.

Grow muscle, save time

Keep your weight workouts under an hour. After 60 minutes, your body starts to produce more of the stress hormone cortisol, which can have a testosterone-blocking, the effect of muscle wasting.

Exercise in the Order

Use dumbbells, barbells and machines, in that order. "The muscles smaller stabilizers are used with weights fatigue before their larger muscle groups," says Charles Staley, a strength coach in Las Vegas. And progress to the machines, which require less help from the smaller muscles, as he grows tired.

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