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The Ups and Lows of Fitness

Peripheral Heart Action training (PHA) is a dynamic way to exercise, using controlled resistance exercises in a way that makes your heart pump faster – much like aerobic training. PHA alternates upper body exercises with a lower body exercises, allowing you to maximise your results in minimum time. PHA is quickly becoming the preferred workout […]

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Cracking the Workout Code

Strength training, once the exclusive domain of athletes and bodybuilders, has recently acquired a new importance in the areas of fitness, health, and weight loss. For the first time, the Public Activity and Public Health Guidelines, a joint recommendation from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association, has recommended strength training […]

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Deck of Cards Upper Body Workout

A popular bodyweight workout for when there aren’t weights around requires only a deck of cards. Many like using a simple shuffle to mix things up and avoid dull “100 push-ups followed by 100 sit-ups” ordeals while still banking many overall reps. First, an exercise is assigned to each of the four suits. For example, […]