Resources
BNET Resources
- The Bath: Enjoy It Before You Sell It
- A bathroom is probably one of the easiest and most affordable rooms to give a face lift and provide a "Wow" factor for buyers coming into the home. The author is not even talking about a complete remodeling, just a face lift that can change the room's look and shift...
- Tags: lift
- White papers 2006-04-28
Additional Resources
- Lift like a strong man: build brute strength with these nine gym-friendly strongman lifts, courtesy of American strongman Mark Philippi
- The lifts performed by the world's strongest men are demanding full-body movements that--when executed over a period of time--can result in a dramatic increase in overall strength, not to mention a crushing grip and a high anaerobic capacity. Even if you're not training for an actual strongman competition (which we...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Back in the game: use this routine to turn around your rear view
- IS YOUR BACK PLAYING catch-up with your chest and arms? Then try this back routine on for size. After a few warm-up sets of pull-ups, head over to the power rack, remove the safeties and place a bar inside the rack for dead-lifts. Begin with the bar touching your shins....
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Run & lift
- Exercise physiologists may not all agree on whether weight training benefits endurance athletes, but elite endurance runners aren't as wishy-washy: Most, including members of Team Running USA and many Olympians, include some kind of resistance training in their workouts. Although weight-training studies tend to be small, the results often indicate...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Age proof your body turn back time, without surgery: face-lifts, eye jobs, and brow surgery are becoming passe. To shave years off your face, more doctors are turning to these lessinvasive—and often more effective—options
- To look younger, you no longer have to go under the knife--or spend thousands of dollars. The newest injectables and skin-smoothing lasers combat brow furrows, fine lines, hyper-pigmentation, and other signs of aging for a fraction of the cost, with little to no downtime. "Scalpels are set to become a...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Our favorite new home workout tools; We sorted through the latest exercise products that promise to work your entire body and found these two top picks
- The Lebert Equalizer ($99; lebertequilzer.com) comes with two 8-pound, 29-inch-high metal hurdles, a DVD, and a poster of moves. You use the hurdles to work your arms, chest, back, and core, as well as to do cardio. WHAT IT DELIVERS The bars are good for dips and pushups...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Firm up your rear view
- Step climber Works legs, butt, shoulders, and abs This move has all the makings of a workout staple. It requires little equipment, can be done anywhere, and tones multiple trouble spots at once. "To prevent neck strain, focus on keeping your weight on your shoulders, not...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- The couple that sweats together …
- Partners who work out with each other resolve conflicts faster and communicate better, says Linda Vanderbleek, ph.D., an assistant professor of counseling at Troy University in Orlando, Florida. Boost your relationship fitness here: * In Seattle, try swing dancing (Eastside Swing Dance, $40; eastsideswing dance.com). Novices will be...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Not your average crunch; Get your hips in on the action and watch your belly firm up fast
- The payoff Tackle the crunch from a different angle with this anchored reverse lift. While you can't isolate specific areas of the rectus abdominus the main ab muscle, you'll tone up faster if you work it from a variety of positions. When you do regular crunches, you feel...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Want a sexier body? add pounds
- * You know hitting the weights sculpts muscle, but many women are still afraid to use heavier dumbbells for fear they'll bulk up, say researchers at the College of New Jersey. When they asked 46 women who regularly pump iron to choose a resistance for four exercises, only 5 percent...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Back from the dead
- Q I have wide lats and fairly good upper-back detail, but my lower back seems puny by comparison. It's not thick. What can I do to correct that? A Complete back development requires there types of movement: vertical pulls, horizontal pulls and lower-back movements. Vertical pulls (Pulldowns and...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Roll out the barrel
- Q Although I train hard using the latest equipment, I don't have a big, full, barrel chest like yours in your heyday. What could be the problem? A I The answer may be simpler than J you think. The best way to build 1 the chest is by...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Stack attack BCAAs + Lysine
- These amino acids will help you avoid overtraining when lifting at peak intensity * BCAAs The branched-chain amino acids include the three aminos leucine, isoleucine and valine. Leucine appears to be the most critical in the bunch, as it has been shown to single-handedly stimulate protein synthesis (which...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Shawna's success
- I received my BS in kinesiology with a minor in nutrition for athletic performance from San Jose State University. I am currently working as a nationally certified personal fitness expert/supervisor at a health club. In addition, I provide private personal training and nutritional counseling. I started bodybuilding around...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Weight for it
- When a top pro recently visited the Weider head-quarters in Woodland Hills, California, I asked him what he weighed. He said X pounds. I invited him to step on a scale, but he declined. Bodybuilders are notorious for invok-ing poetic license when citing mea-surements, lifts, etc. Thus, a 22" arm...
- Articles 2008-07-01
- Hong Kong
- WORLD MARKETS Shares snapped a four-day losing streak to rise 0.8 per cent in a truncated session, but gains were capped by a 2 per cent drop in shares of Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, Asia's largest listed bourse. The local market opened for trade at 6.30am...
- Articles 2008-06-26
- New York
- WORLD MARKETS Sliding oil prices lifted stocks, while the Federal Reserve held its key interest rate steady and reduced expectations for a rate rise at its next meeting. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose more than the Dow, which was little changed, edging up 0.04 per cent...
- Articles 2008-06-26
- LSE lifted by interest from Chicago and Qatar
- MARKET REPORT A combination of bid speculation and bargain hunting boosted the London Stock Exchange, which soared more than 14 per cent, or 117.5p, to 952p. Mid-afternoon market speculation suggested that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was eyeing the company, which was the strong- est...
- Articles 2008-06-26
- World datelines
- South Korea: Meat ban lifted SEOUL -- South Korea lifted an import ban on American beef Thursday, officials said, hoping to move on from a crisis that battered the pro-U.S. government with protests over mad cow disease concerns. South Korea and the United States...
- Articles 2008-06-26
- Ski resorts are looking ahead to summer
- The Utah ski season has ended. It ended last Sunday when Snowbird officially closed its lift. Now, resorts are looking ahead to summer adventures. Snowbird staff toured and reviewed the resort's upper slopes and with the hot temperatures felt it was time to close. Twice in the...
- Articles 2008-06-26
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
