<![CDATA[FitConnect -- Blogs: Yavor's Recent Blog Entries]]> http://blogs.fitconnect.com FitConnect.com -- It's OK To Brag! Copyright 2007-2008 FitConnect LLC <![CDATA[Ladies, Don't Do This Workout Unless You Want a Slim and Firm Body]]> Yavor on 2/7/2008 (2 comments)

The workout makes the body harder and stronger and burns fat. It should take you about 45 min. If it takes longer, the rest intervals are too long. Do it 3x per week.

A1, A2, etc means that you will be alternating the two exercises with minimal rest. Take as much time as you need to go from one exercise to the other.

A1 Barbell or dumbbell squats 3 sets of 5-7 reps
A2 lat pulldowns to chest with pronated (overhand) shoulder width grip 3x5-7
B1 Barbell or dum...]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:10:03 GMT <![CDATA[Don't Goof Around Doing Lousy Exercises if Your Goal is Developing Muscle]]> Yavor on 2/7/2008 (4 comments)

The key to developing muscle is progressive overload. This means that you must challenge your body with heavier and heavier resistance. The problem is that if the progressive overload is not objective and consistent, you are only going to be fooling yourself instead of actually improving. For example if you lift heavier, bur your form deteriorates, there is not real OBJECTIVE progress being made.

What exercises are lousy and why will they diminish your progress

If you ...]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:11:48 GMT <![CDATA[Are You Sabotaging Your Gym Progress]]> Yavor on 1/21/2008 (5 comments)

What is the purpose of training your muscles

Weight training is a kind of stress. When your muscles, as well as tendons, bones and internal secretion glands are exposed to the stress of resistance training, they fatigue and break down a bit. The organs and tissues subsequently recover and become stronger than before.

What is progressive overload

In order to get stronger, the body has to experience conditions that are increasingly more difficult. If month a...]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:18:59 GMT <![CDATA[Why Pushups Are a Waste of Time]]> Yavor on 1/19/2008 (9 comments)

Yeah, I know, pushups are actually a very good exercise that you can do in the comfort of your home. I just needed a catchy title.

I have always wanted to be able to do 100 push ups. It just seemed like a big strength feat. Kind of like benching x number of plates or being able to do 20 pull ups or a single one armed chin up.

I have tried several routines. Some have worked better than others. One of the routines that I tried can be found at the following site:
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