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I must start from warnings because a mixed training is not exactly an innocent experiment. Many of these workouts can give you for example sudden rise in heart rate, blood pressure, decrease in blood sugar levels. So, first of all - I recommend preventive medical examinations (eg. blood pressure measurement, auscultation, ECG, heart rate ECG and other indicated by a specialist). Such diagnostics can be easily performed by cardiologist (or you can obtain a referral to other specialist or a sports physician).

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Abdomen localized fat burning - does it exist?

Incited by catchwords: "get rid of belly fat by doing thousands of bends", "the best way to a muscular belly is aerobic Weider's six" many people still believe in localized fat burning. How many of your friends spend 15-20 minutes every day doing the same exercises? How many of them can show off with their beautiful, fatless bellies? Exactly. Now, why is that so?

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Clenbuterol: a high-risk burner

Many pages can be written about slimming properties of green tea, bitter orange and the cayenne pepper, at the same time indicating their desired influence on fat burning and the security of their application. However, there are people who do not seek compromises, those for whom effectiveness is the only thing that matters. An example of a controversial solution that is used both by high performance athletes and amateurs is a drug called clenbuterol, also known as "clen". Although misused can be a threat not only to your health, but also life, this drug has one advantage: it burns fat. We are not talking about subtle effects on lipolysis and thermogenesis but about a drastic acceleration of your metabolism rate.

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How many kilos of muscle mass can be built in a month?

"How fast can muscles grow?" - countless different theories speak of this matter. On the one hand, there are statements saying that you are able to build up to one kilogramme of muscles a month. On the other, some people claim to have achieved up to five times faster increments. What is the truth? Are there any limits to the muscle mass growth? If so, how to break them? This study will attempt to answer these and other questions.

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Kitchen scales and other gadgets, which are useful during diet

No matter which diet you decide to use, whether it's reduction, gain, or balanced diet, you may need kitchen gadets, thanks to which it will be easier and faster for you to prepare healthy and nutritious meals. There are many of such utensils. But which will be useful for everybody?

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