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World's Four Javelin Thrower's Reveal their Workout, Diet and Beauty Secrets

17 June 2016

It has been an absolute privilege for Ms. Namita Nayyar, President Women Fitness to interview the World's four most stunning Javelin Thrower's namely, Madara Palameika, Asdis Hjalmsdottir, Kara Winger and Liz Gleadle who in turn poured their hearts out and shared their most treasured secrets on what keeps them so healthy and fit. More>

 

• 5 O..blique Exercises for a Slimmer Waistline 

  Strong obliques will make your waist appear slimmer, improve your posture, support your lower back, and make your clothes fit even better. These move target your obliques and abdominals, while also increasing pelvic mobility and cardiovascular strength.

• Pilates for Runners  

  Running is performing the same movement over and over. This receptive motion leads to overdeveloped muscles such as the quadriceps, but also leads to weak and tight underdeveloped muscles such as the hamstring and gluts.

• Hip Mobility Exercises For the Best Golf Swing  

  A perfect golf swing is what all golf players look for. However, the muscles responsible for good hip function play an important role when it comes to making a good swing, and if you're hips are tight, even something as simple as a solid contact with the ball could be a challenge.

• Concentration Curl : the Most Effective Bicep Exercise  

  In this article we talk about the triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint. Your shoulders are composed of the larger deltoid muscles—anterior, medial, posterior—and smaller rotator cuff muscles that support the ball and socket joint.

• 5 Exercises to Define Your Deltoids  

  In this article we talk about the triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint. Your shoulders are composed of the larger deltoid muscles—anterior, medial, posterior—and smaller rotator cuff muscles that support the ball and socket joint.

• Top 10 Shoulder Exercises to Shrug Off Shoulder Pain  

  Shoulder pain accounts for 16% of all reported muscle and joint pain, second only to lower-back discomfort. The potential causes are myriad, from fraying cartilage and inflamed bursa to more serious tears in the rotator cuff (a juncture of four tendons at the top of the shoulder) that help it rotate smoothly and keep it stable.

• Top 10 Exercises for All-round Physical Fitness  

  If you have reached a plateau on muscle building or bulking, its time to check if you are working on these exercises focused towards improving endurance, stamina, strength, and flexibility.

• Kettlebell Exercises for Toned Abs  

  Everyone wants to have a great six-pack. Unfortunately abs are a difficult muscle to work out. Kettlebells are an excellent tool to do just that, and they can help you to transform your body.

• Battle Rope Workout for Blasting Calories  

  Battle ropes are notorious for firing muscles head to toe while blasting calories and fat — but they’re not for the faint of heart. These 1.5 to 2-inch thick 50-foot ropes generally weigh anywhere from 25 to 50 pounds, and according to a study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, swinging them for just 10-minutes can burn up to 112 calories.

• Top 10 Tips to Get the Best from Shoulder Training  

  Shoulders are an important and widely used muscle in the upper body. To build and maintain them these are the 10 tips.

• Body Weight Training: Top Fitness Trend for 2015  

  Get ready for push-ups, planks, lunges and squats. Using your own body weight for resistance, is projected to be the top fitness trend in 2015, according to a report from the American College of Sports Medicine.

• The Dumbbell Floor Press  

  If you are one of those who experience lower back pain with traditional bench presses洋oving to the floor can help tremendously in reducing lumbar extension that comes from excessive arching on the bench.

• Overhead Press: Exercise to Prevent Shoulder Girdle Injury 

  Rushing to perform overhead squats can lead to shoulder injury, development of shoulder strength and coordination first is critical, along with having a competent front squat.

• Triceps: Training the Three Heads 

  The triceps (three-headed) muscle take up two-thirds of your arm space, making it larger than the biceps muscle.

• Challenging 30 Minutes Ab Workout 

  The routine defined here is meant for advanced trainees and will target the core, upper abdominals, lower abs and the obliques.

• Muscle Confusion: A new fitness craze demystified 

  A definition of muscle confusion is “A training principle that states that muscles accommodate to a specific type of stress (habituate or plateau, also called homeostasis) when the same stress is continually applied to the muscles over time, therefore one must constantly vary exercises, sets, reps and weight to avoid accommodation”.

• Top 10 On-The-Ball Exercises For Great Abs 

  Ball exercises for abs focus on the upper and lower abs muscles as well as the oblique(s). Catch up on top 10 exercises to tone up and slim down your midsection.

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