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Fitness Science: Bodybuilding, Powerlifting And Weightlifting, It's Hard To Tell The Difference

Bodybuilding, powerlifting and weightlifting, if you are not a fitness professional or experienced fitness enthusiast, you may be very clear about the difference between them, because people who do these exercises are working with "Iron" Every day.

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Fitness Science: Changes In Cortisol That Affect Your Body Shape, Here's What You Need To Know

Most of us have probably heard of cortisol and we all associate excess cortisol with a loss of muscle and an increase in belly fat.

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Fitness Science: What Are Fast And Slow Muscles? It's Important For Your Athletic Performance

Do you guys feel like there could be someone who could complete a high-intensity interval training circuit, but could barely run a few kilometres? Or, what if a marathon runner couldn't even jump a box? It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that, but if that's the case then the difference could be in the composition of their skeletal muscles. Your body has two types of skeletal muscle fibres: Slow contracting (type i) and fast contracting (type ii).