Month: November 2022

Here are eight benefits of using free weights:

1.    WORK MUSCLES MORE EFECTIVELY – When you use free weights for strength training, you have to work harder against gravity. This is because you have to lift dumbbells or plates. As you maneuver the weight into different positions, this works out different muscles – including stabilizer muscles that aren’t activated as much on machines.

2.    CARDIO BENEFIT -In the first 4 weeks of strength training with free weights, your body builds muscle by contracting each muscle group. This helps to improve your overall strength while also burning fat

3.    GAIN STRENGTH AND MASS – After a period of regular strength training with free weights, the structure of your muscles changes to build larger, stronger muscles. Progress takes time, but you should start seeing results within a couple weeks.

4.    VERSATILITY – Free weights, like dumbbells or weight plates lifted on bars

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Diet Tips: Tips for a Flatter StomachEverybody wants killer abs. But, they take work. And, one of the unfortunate facts of life is – this seems to be the first place we put on fat, and the last place it leaves!

First – everybody has fat. Yes, even that person you see with a great six-pack – they have fat there as well.  There are two types of belly fat – the fat that is above your abdominal muscles, right under your skin. Then, there’s the fat under the muscle – that fat is called visceral fat. You need some visceral fat – it provides cushioning between your heart, lungs, and liver. But, too much of this fat is a bad thing – too much of it can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, dementia, and even some types of cancers!

Here’s what’s important to remember. Visceral fat hates activity! So –

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Pros and Cons of Training to Muscle Failure

Training to failure almost sounds like a self-defeating plan but muscle failure (in bodybuilding or weight training) is just another way of saying that the muscle is simply no longer able to perform another repetition. It refers to lifting weights to the point where a muscle can no longer contract concentrically. 

Most regularly, people don’t train to complete failure, if you try to push a little harder you might be able to do another rep as your trainer suggests! Those who train up to complete muscle failure are usually bodybuilders or powerlifters, with a specific goal of building larger muscles. However, training to failure also has its pros and cons, knowing both the aspects is essential to whether or not training to failure is right for you.

What is Training to Muscle Failure?

Lifting more weights (as much the body can handle) is a primary way of body building muscles

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Happy Thanksgiving from Fitness 4 Home Superstore

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of the year to think about all the things we are thankful for and to spend time with family and friends. Take some time out and enjoy the holidays. We want to thank all our family, friends and acquaintances for a wonderful year here at Fitness 4 Home Superstore. We want to thank you for your support, faith and trust in our home fitness products and services, and we look forward to another great year working with you.

We will be closed for Thanksgiving so that our staff can also enjoy spending time with their families. We will return on Friday, November 25th – stop by one of our three Valley locations for great deals and incredible savings!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Bob Lachniet
Co-Owner/ President
Fitness 4 Home Superstore

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Bob Lachniet is the owner of Fitness 4 Home Superstore.

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Are Fitness Wearables the Future of Healthcare & Wellness

Now-a-days, our lives revolve around smart devices- apart from phones, there are smart toasters, smart home devices, smart security devices, etc. In the age of ‘everything smart’, the wearable industry has stepped in with extremely innovative and intelligent health and fitness devices. Fitness, health and data tracking wearables or commonly known as fitness wearables have been catching popularity lately, helping us stay informed and in-touch with ourselves.

What is wearable technology?

Wearable technology is integrated in electronic devices that are physically worn by individuals in order to track, analyze and transmit personal data. These ‘smart IoT devices’ can track various biometric data from heart rate to sleep patterns and much more.

Wearables (as we commonly call them) are electronic devices that are worn on a person in order to accurately relay or transmit important medical, biological and exercise data to a database.

What are Fitness Wearables?

Fitness wearables are associated

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