The Mind-Muscle Connection

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• iVillage has a test that determines your body type through answering multiple choice questions.  Knowing your body type can help you plan your diet and exercise programs accordingly.
• Bodybuilding.com is sponsoring the 2010 Military Challenge Contest.  Active, verteran and reserve military members  are judged based upon best body definition and physical attributes and ability to achieve goals.  There are awards for Best Male, Best Female and Best Overall for each branch of the military – Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.  Winners will compete for the grand prize and title – Bodybuilding.com Military Spokesperson of the Year
• Training with dumbells stimulates a large number of muscle fibers and therefore can result in muscle growth at an accelerated rate.  Here are some Dumbell Exercises for Building Muscle and Strength. 
• Some advice for the college bound individuals.  Note – Beer is not considered a healthy late night snack
• Just an overall quality site, The American Society for Nutrition website offers excellent information about quality nutrition and practice
• One of the best pre-workout supplements available, Jack3d by USP Labs offers mind-blowing energy, focus and pumps.  SupplementReviews.com has the very comprehensive low-down on the goods.
• Can’t touch your toes?  LiveStrong.com has activites for people with limited range of motion, including stretching exercises, water exercises and yoga
• A press release associating poor fitness with increase in prevalence of cardiovascular disease.  It sounds elementary, but the numbers on poor cardiorespiratory fitness are shocking.
• 20 healthy recipes from allrecipes.com.  Frogmore Stew?  Sounds alarming, looks amazing
• Phil Starn challenges you to maintain a positive mindset by keeping a  positivity journal as part of a resolution to perform 12 30-day challenges this year
• Last but not least, Ronnie Coleman trains legs.  Light Weight!

In the quest to get bigger, faster, stronger and leaner, lifters turn to resistance training to get them to their goals.  Providing resistance against movements can be accomplished in many ways.  Isometric movements are where the body part is holding still against a force.  Isotonic movements are where the body part is moving against the force.  The overall goal for resistance training is to gradually and progressively overload the musculoskeletal system so it gets stronger.

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