Posts by Marcelo
4 Ways To Tone Up and Build Strength Fast
If you’ve ever tried to tone up your body or build strength, you’ve probably tried a number of different (fad) diets, exercise techniques and even used a personal trainer. You’ve spent hours in the gym and done 100s of sets of squats. But somehow you STILL haven’t got the results you want. Why do you…
Read MoreThe Importance of Muscle for Overall Health
Most people still believe in the mindset of Resistance Training as an application to build large muscles or only appearance (physique) improvements. What about we have a look into this modality of exercise and the physiological adaptations that are happening while proper resistance training is applied. What is resistance training? Resistance training is a physically challenging…
Read MoreWhat it takes to remaster you HEALTH?
Don’t worry, we are not expecting for you to be perfect. But at some point you must realise how remastering your HEALTH is the most important action you must take. Most of the Fitness industry rely on the expectations of 100% devotion to the cause of being fit and healthy, but trust me, not even…
Read MoreChannel 7 discovers the science behind the Intense Health Interlude…
So how do you fit an hour’s workout into just 20 minutes… We spoke to Channel 7 News about our Interlude process, that combines private training with exclusive ARX technology to completely customise your exercise process. So what is Interlude? 20 minutes. One-On-One. No Sweat. Machine Measured. With nationwide exclusivity of the revolutionary ARX…
Read MoreThe “Toughen Up” pill…
The “toughen up pill” is that simple reminder that in order to get what you want you must put the hard yards in, it doesn’t really matter the area of your life you look at, if you want something, you have to work hard for it. Business, physicality, sports, personal development, etc… In here we…
Read MoreAddictive behaviour – Why for some humans is so hard to eat healthy?
Human behaviour – Such an interesting topic with different aspects, is it ok to be addicted to positive and good things, right? Addictive behaviour It feels good! So, i should get more of it right? And what about when it feels good but you know it isn’t the best for you and you…
Read MoreMAN VS MACHINE – EFFECTIVE / EFFICIENT & SAFE EXERCISE!
Understand more about how we do exercise at Intense Health Clinic by watching this video! We combine this effective, efficient and safe way of exercise with a customised nutritional journey… We measure and track your progression not only with the best software integrated system to our ARX (ADAPTIVE RESISTANCE EXERCISE) machines but also having a…
Read MoreStronger muscles lead to stronger brain
“The more we can get people doing resistance training like weightlifting, the more likely we are to have a healthier aging population,” says Dr. Mavros. “The key, however, is to make sure you are doing it frequently, at least twice a week, and at a high intensity so that you are maximizing your strength…
Read MoreWhen Active Muscles Lengthen: Properties and Consequences of Eccentric Contractions
If you have been to Intense Health Clinic, you already experienced how ARX machines can match your own capabilities in both phases of the muscle contraction, concentric and eccentric. Humans are in average 40% stronger on the eccentric phase of each exercise. Understand even further on this study for American Physiological Society the benefits…
Read MoreWhat is Eccentric Training?
Eccentric Training adj., departing from the norm, not concentric, utilizing negative resistance for better client outcomes. Eccentrics is a type of muscle contraction that occurs as the muscle fibers lengthen, such as when a weight is lowered through a range of motion, or when a person walks downhill.The contractile force generated by the muscle is weaker than an…
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