Category: Fitness Goal Achievement
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Muscle Fiber Type-Specific Training: The CHEST (Pectoralis Major)
This post is part of a series focusing on muscles with specific muscle fiber compositions. It emphasizes the importance of working different parts of the pectoralis major for optimal results in chest training. Various exercises and resources are suggested.
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Muscle Fiber Type-Specific Training: The Lower & Middle Triceps! (Medial Head) + BFR Application
In the Fitness-Tip Friday series, emphasis is on specific triceps muscles for targeted training. The medial triceps requires special attention due to its unique composition, and the usage of BFR training can help achieve this.
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Muscle Fiber Type-Specific Training: The Gastrocnemius (Bottom AND Top)!Muscle Fiber Type-Specific Training:
The post discusses the significance of differentiating training for the soleus and gastrocnemius calf muscles due to their varying muscle fiber composition. It emphasizes the need for tailored exercises to maximize results.
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Muscle Fiber Type-Specific Training: The Soleus!
This post highlights the significance of training the soleus muscle, which has the highest percentage of slow-twitch fibers in the body. It emphasizes using low weight, high volume, and slow contractions for effective activation.
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Muscle Fiber Type-Specific Training: The Lats!
This Fitness-Tip Friday series focuses on muscles with fast-twitch or slow-twitch fibers for effective training. Emphasizing the latissimus dorsi, it highlights exercises to maximize growth and explores gender differences.
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Muscle Fiber Type-Specific Training: The Upper Traps!
The author is starting a new series on fiber-type training tips for specific muscles. The first tip focuses on training the upper traps with heavy, explosive movements for maximum growth.
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Neuroscience-Based Brain Hacks for Goal Achievement: STOP Making “Realistic” Goals!!
In a 3-part series on fitness tips, the final hack emphasizes setting challenging goals, as research shows increased difficulty leads to greater achievement. Embrace challenging, desired goals for success.
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Neuroscience-Based Brain Hacks for Goal Achievement: Endowment Effect + Loss Aversion!
In preparation for the New Year, a 3-part Fitness-Tip Friday series offers neuroscience-based strategies for successful goal-setting and achievement without relying on willpower. The second strategy combines the Endowment Effect and Loss Aversion to create a fail-proof system. This entails rewarding oneself with a significant amount of money for achieving a goal and establishing a…
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Neuroscience-Based Brain Hacks for Goal Achievement: Subconscious Priming via Visual Fixation!
In preparation for the New Year, the post unpacks techniques utilizing neurobiology to achieve 2024 fitness goals. It emphasizes the ineffectiveness of willpower and introduces the “Subconscious Priming via Visual Fixation” hack.
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Underrated & Underworked Muscle #10: Quadratus Lumborum! (“QL”)
In this Fitness-Tip Friday mini-series, the quadratus lumborum is highlighted as an underrated and underworked muscle with crucial importance in preventing lower back pain and maintaining good posture. Work it along the lateral plane for optimal effectiveness.
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