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Single Versus Multiple Weight Training Sets
Do you need to do more than one exercise set in weight training or will one set give you the same results?

Before or After? When to Do Cardio in Your Weights Session
When to do cardio in a weights session. The sequence of aerobic training in a weights session is controversial. Should cardio be done before or after a weights session? Find out more.

Strength and Cardio Lifting at the Same Time
Strength and muscle is one aspect of fitness -- aerobic conditioning is something else, usually acquired by running, cycling or rapid movement sports. Yet you can acquire reasonable cardio fitness with weight training -- but you have to know how to do it.

Leg Extension Exercises - Beneficial or Dangerous?
Leg extensions are weight training exercises done with a lever machine in a gym. The exercise works mainly the quadriceps muscles of the front of the thigh. Debate over the safety and utility of this exercise is long standing.

How to Design a Weight Training Program
The design of a good weight training workout program depends on a range of factors including the aims of the trainee, his or her experience, access to equipment, age and time constraints.

Weight Training on a Budget
Gym subscriptions are not inexpensive, so it's nice to know there are ways to keep up your weight training at home or in the outdoors. Here are a few simple tips and strategies to save on gym memberships when you need to cut back on fitness-related expenditure.

Workouts with Weights for Many Purposes
Choose a weight-training workout for a variety of aims and objectives.

A Workout to Prevent Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis, a thinning of the bones, can be targeted with a workout program with weights and impact exercise, which can help to increase or maintain bone density.

Tips for Safe Weightlifting and Injury Prevention
Training with weights is not excessively dangerous as long as a few simple measures are followed. Good technique and the choice of an appropriate weight are the two most important factors in ensuring that you have a relatively safe weight lifting experience.

The Best Time of Day for Weight Training
Knowing the best time for you to weight train can improve your weight training outcomes. Many things affect this decision, including your body clock, work, socializing, environment and weather, and your health and perhaps age. Also, there just could be good technical reasons to train at a certain time of day. Read on to find out more.

How to Train the Abdominal Muscles
The abdominal muscles are comprised of the rectus abdominis, the transverse abdominis and the internal and external obliques as well as a few less significant muscles. The article discusses the function of each and exercises that can be used to train these muscles.