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How Weightlifting Lifted Her Up: A Story on Fitness & Friendships

You always see and hear stories from people about how getting serious about fitness has helped them be healthier and look better. What you don’t hear so much about is the kind of people you meet in the world of fitness. Weightlifting? Why not? Before I join The Vanguard in June, I could count the …

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Olympic Weightlifting: How to Perform Your Best at a Competition

This year of 2015 will be the 3rd year that I have been specifically training in the sport of Olympic Weightlifting. Since embarking on this roller coaster journey, I’ve learned a lot more about myself and still know there’s plenty more room for improvement. The best way to test my progress in this case would be participating …

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The Craze about CrossFit: Should You Get Into It?

The Gist of It CrossFit is a workout program that aims to strengthen your core and condition your body through various functional exercises. It’s mostly used by police academies, martial artists, soldiers, and athletes to improve their performance. It’s important to find a gym with an experienced trainer and a community you are comfortable with …

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How to Be Your Own Personal Trainer

Personal trainers are physical health and fitness professionals. They take on the role of your own one-to-one fitness coach, nutrition mentor and hardcore motivator. When you join the gym you’ll often get discounted rates or free sessions for their in house personal training, or you can find ‘freelance’ trainers running sessions from their homes or …

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Get the Most of Your Gym Membership: 8 Gym Classes You Should Join

Don’t just stick to the rows of cardio and weight machines when you go to the gym. Varying your workouts not only helps to prevent boredom, but also plays a key role in helping you get past workout performance plateaus. Most of the more popular gyms here offer up a variety of workout classes, where you can …

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Zumba Changed My Life. Here are 10 Reasons It’ll Change Yours

Before I discovered Zumba, life was only about working. I was one of the top business consultants at a large multinational company, and all I cared about each day were closing deals, talking to my merchants, and planning my next holiday. I never had enough time to stop and think about what I’m doing, or figure out …

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