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Fine-tune your fitness

Men's Fitness, April, 2003

As someone who takes the MEN'S FITNESS message to heart, you're faithful to your cardio routine and nutrition regimen in the quest to stay lean and healthy. Being human, however, you occasionally stray from the path. That's not a problem unless it becomes a habit and your fitness efforts start to suffer. Turning things around doesn't require a total training overhaul, but rather just addressing a few common mistakes, like ignoring pain when you shouldn't or fasting at night for fear of weight gain. We'll teach you how to avoid eight aerobic and 10 nutritional blunders that commonly waylay the best intentions.

Train Your Trunk for All-Around Gains

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You don't want to miss our Swiss ball/dumbbell home workout, it's easy, it's fast, and best of all, it works your core stabilizers, the foundation of your entire body. The Swiss ball belongs in your training program for a number of reasons, including injury prevention, better balance and increased endurance. Add dumbbells for resistance and you have yourself a killer, easy-on-the-wallet at-home setup.

Keep Your Battery Charged All Day

The most critical hour of your workday is 3 o'clock, that nutritional no-man's-land between lunch and dinner when your head starts to nod and your eyelids start clamping to your eyes. But energy dips aren't just random occurrences. The foods you eat throughout the day determine how you'll feel near the end of it. We have the meals and snacks that will sustain your mental and physical stamina from dawn to dusk.

Fine-tune your fitness

Men's Fitness, April, 2003

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