http://www.aitank.com Showing you how to maximize your fitness Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:24:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If endurance is a critical component of your overall fitness then listen close. You NEED to know what lactate threshold training is. Why you ask? Well to put it as simply as possible, your lactate threshold determines how long and how hard you can exert near maximum effort, or to ... http://www.aitank.com/2010/02/break-down-the-wall-lactate-threshold-training/ How many of you all remember the presidential fitness tests when we were in grade school? Well there is new test which is based on the same program aimed at adults. Created in 2008, the adult fitness test is meant to test the aerobic fitness and muscular strength and endurance of ... http://www.aitank.com/2009/12/a-presidents-standard-of-fitness-do-you-measure-up/ The past few years have been unkind to many of the world’s top athletes. Olympic hopefuls to MLB sluggers to Tour De France cyclists, have all fallen prey to intense scrutiny as we seek to maintain the image of a pure natural athlete. I am not going to talk in ... http://www.aitank.com/2009/12/the-subculture-of-steroids-and-performance-enhancing-drugs/ The question on when and how to stretch and warm up is one that comes up often. It is one of those, made to complicated because we think about it too much things. And from all this thinking have spawned several myths which we will talk about here later on. ... http://www.aitank.com/2009/12/dynamic-flexibility-part-1-what-is-it/ There comes a point when all of us think that we can not go anymore. That another step would kill us, turn of the pedal drain what little energy we have left, rep under the weight of a barbell crush us. Well the truth is, you are thinking you can’t ... http://www.aitank.com/2009/12/beating-down-the-wall-mind-over-body/ Here is some health advice that we can all get excited about. Recent research is showing a stronger casual link between alcohol consumption and coronary health. Before we get into the details let me say a few words. Drinking in this article will be defined as no more than one drink ... http://www.aitank.com/2009/12/alcohol-and-your-heart-a-reason-to-raise-a-glass/ In a previous post we discussed what it means to be physically fit and some factors that contribute to a state of overall fitness. Cholesterol was one of these factors and so this we are going to discuss what it is and how it influences our health and well-being. Cholesterol is ... http://www.aitank.com/2009/12/cholesterol-its-not-the-evil-you-think-it-is/ I am sure you have heard the term antioxidant thrown about everywhere from the back of your yogurt cup, to the tea you drink and the vegetables you eat, but do you really know what this class of nutrients does. Think of it this way, your body is a war ... http://www.aitank.com/2009/12/antioxidants-waging-war-within-our-bodies/ Step into a gym and what do you notice first? The big guys right. What some people are able to transform their bodies into amazes all of us at some point or another. Men who look like descendants of Hercules himself. It is only natural for us to want to ... http://www.aitank.com/2009/12/are-you-explosive-functional-strength-explained/ So I’m at the gym today and what do I see but three girls “working out” in the shortest shorts ever, talking and laughing like it’s the most fun they’ve had in their lives. Now, why did I just put “working out” in quotes? Because there’s a difference between actually working ... http://www.aitank.com/2009/12/rant-push-yourself-like-your-life-depends-on-it/