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		<title>Sore Leg Muscles After Snowboarding or Skiing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sore Legs or Muscles After Snowboarding or Skiing?
Your typical day snowboarding or skiing may go from 2 hours to as many as 5! How many times a week or even month would you say you get that kind of exercise? Probably zero. Having sore quads, hamstrings, calves or lower back are the usual suspects after [...]


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		<title>Increasing Testosterone Levels Naturally</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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Testosterone, responsible for turning boys into men.
Testosterone is a steroid hormone, from the androgen group. In humans it’s secreted in the testes of the male and ovaries of females. Small amounts of testosterone are also secreted by the adrenal glands.
In men it plays a key role in health and well being. On average an adult [...]


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		<title>Why Use Proper Form</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Form]]></category>

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The benefits of using correct form when lifting weights can be numerous. The best reason being to put the tension on the right muscle and ensure it receives 100% of the muscle growth stimulation. Small changes in grip or angles can put pressure on your joint or even different muscles. A common example of bad [...]


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		<title>5 Exercises to Improve &amp; Get in Better Shape for Snowboarding or Skiing Season</title>
		<link>http://www.alexgolke.com/5-exercises-to-improve-your-snowboarding-skiing-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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Stoked for snowboarding, but no snow yet? Perfect let’s get in shape so we can fly higher and move quicker. Let’s look at some muscle groups that we both can agree are worked in snowboarding and skiing as well:

Abdominals: used for making turns
Quads, Hams and Glutes: definitely used for crouching and taking off a kicker
Calves: [...]


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		<title>My joints crack or pop, should I do the exercise anyways?</title>
		<link>http://www.alexgolke.com/my-joints-crack-or-pop-should-i-do-the-exercise-anyways/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a question I had at one point. Whenever I would do seated overhead tricep extensions with a dumbbell my elbows would make a popping sound. Now it wasn’t a painful click or pop, if it was painful I would have stopped the exercises immediately. It always happened during the same part of the [...]


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		<title>It’s completely undigestable, but its proven to reduce the risk of heart disease.</title>
		<link>http://www.alexgolke.com/it%e2%80%99s-completely-undigestable-but-its-proven-to-reduce-the-risk-of-heart-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The miracle food? Fibre of course. Eating fiber has many benefits for your health. The consumption of soluble fiber has been shown to protect you from developing heart disease by reducing your cholesterol levels. The consumption of insoluble fiber reduces your risk of developing constipation, colitis, colon cancer, and hemorrhoids
The two types of dietary fibre:
Soluble [...]


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		<title>Catabolism: If we prevent muscles from breaking down, they can only grow.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catabolism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No not cannibalism! Catabolism, it’s the state in which your body is breaking down. The body will be in a catabolic state when we fast, or go without food for several hours.
A person is assumed to be fasting after 8 to 12 hours. Many of the metabolic shifts of fasting take place as a meal [...]


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		<title>The Glycemic Index</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bodybuilding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glycemic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Glycemic Index or GI is a measure of the effects of carbohydrates on blood sugar levels. Carbohydrates that break down quickly during digestion, releasing glucose rapidly into the bloodstream, have a high GI; carbohydrates that break down more slowly, releasing glucose more gradually into the bloodstream, have a low GI. For most people, foods with [...]


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