LionStrength Fitness Blog

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Posture a Key to Exercise

Posture is very important for any and all lifts.  If you can’t keep the natural arch in your spine while performing bicep curls, tricep presses or any pull from the ground, you’re not going...

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Why Kettlebells?

Why did I choose Kettlebells? About 10 years ago I found an article on the swing in one of the popular fitness magazines.  After reading about it, and seeing this big iron ball with...

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Muscle Fibers and Uses

Intro to Muscle Fibers: There are three different muscle fibers: The first one I’m going to discuss is type 1 muscle fiber. This fiber is red in pigment (color) due to it’s content of...

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Winter Workouts

Most people think that the best time to get in shape is in the summer time, well there is a couple things wrong with that school of thought.  Number one Rome wasn’t built in...

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Protect Your Back

Protect your back while performing overhead lifts. There are a few simple things that I’ve found very useful and must be employed to lift effectively. First you want to breath deep into your abdomen...

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Coffee Time

Coffee is really good for me? While coffee does have negative effects, there are positive ones as well.  For starters coffee has more antioxidants than green tea.  Next because of the caffeine in coffee...

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Eat More to Lose Weight

  Why should I eat more to lose weight? In order to increase your metabolic rate, and have your body constantly burning calories, one needs to eat at least 4-6 times a day.  Our...

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Importance of Water

We all know water is important, but we sometimes forget. Here are tips to help you stay hydrated. As the weather continually changes, I feel it’s important to mention the effects of proper hydration....

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Eat your Carbs

Contrary to popular belief, eating carbs is an important part of dieting, Here is why: I see a lot of diets out there today that restrict or cut carbohydrate intake.  This is not the...