Fitness
Tone Your Butt: How to Build Gluteal Muscles
While few men specifically target their butt when working out, there are many reasons you should make your gluteal muscles a priority. The body uses your glutes to propel the legs when walking or running, so having a strong butt can help a person perform better in sports and other activities. Also, research suggests that your butt is one of the first things more...
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Strengthening Your Core: 5 Fitness Tips
Building a strong core is one of the most important things you can do in an exercise routine. Your core is the base for your body, so having a strong core can help improve your posture, prevent back pain and get you that desired athletic figure. Here’s what you need to do to strengthen your core.
Use a Stability Ball
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How to Train for a 5K Race: Tips for Beginners
Running a 5K for the first time can be a bit daunting, especially for those that are just starting to run regularly. Knowing how to prepare for a 3.1-mile will not only improve your performance when the big day arrives, but it will also help ease your mind by answering any questions you may have about training for a 5K. Here are some tips for guys to get more...
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Improve Your Bench Press: 8 Fitness Tips
If there’s one exercise every man should perform, it’s the bench press. The bench press is one of the most effective moves to target your upper body muscles. To help you lift heavier weights and improve your bench press, we’ve put together this list of eight fitness tips for men:
1. Use visualization. Visualization has been used successfully for more...
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How to Get a Perfect Beach Body
When warm weather strikes, will your body be beach-ready? If your goal is to get a perfect body, you’ve come to the right place. This list of seven diet and fitness tips will help you get a body you’ll be proud of showing off when shirts come off. Let’s not waste any more time: Here’s what you need to do for a lean physique.
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How to Improve Flexibility Fast
When we think of reasons to work out, we tend to think superficially. We’re striving for flat abs, doing endless bicep curls for bigger arms or focusing on another “glamour” muscle. While exercise will certainly help you achieve all those things, regular physical activity can also produce some less visible – but very important -- changes. Among more...
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How to Build Chest Muscles: 6 Men’s Fitness Tips
While a lot of guys focus on getting a set of flat abs, they should also be working on getting a bigger chest. A well-built chest turns heads and can make you appear bigger – a definite plus for guys seeking to gain significant size. It’s also critical to an overall strong core. If you want big, muscular pecs that command respect, use the following more...
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How to Improve Men’s Cardiovascular Endurance
When it comes to cardio workouts, endurance is critical to your performance. Workout endurance is almost entirely dependent on the body's fuel reserves. Your body’s main source of fuel is glycogen, which generally goes unused with normal daily activity. Once there’s an increase in exertion, however, your glycogen stores start to deplete – and so does more...
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How to Get Rid of Back Fat
Your belly isn't the only place where fat is stored. You can also store fat on your sides and back -- the male equivalent of a muffintop. Follow these men’s weight-loss tips to get rid of back fat and achieve a tighter torso.
1. Create a calorie deficit. You can’t spot reduce fat – you have to reduce overall fat. To do this, you need to make sure more...
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5 Common Men’s Fitness Myths
We all want to make the most of our workouts, but unfortunately there’s a lot of misinformation out there in the fitness world that could be limiting your results. We’ve sifted through it all to put together this list of the most common men’s exercise myths. Read on as MenScience helps separate the facts from the fiction.
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