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Working with Resistance Bands

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Written by AstroNutrition 23 June 2011
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When it comes to getting a good workout, some contraptions and props are more useful than others.  Resistance or simply exercise bands are some of the better options as they require relatively little investment, are tiny and easy to store, and can help get you into shape.

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Leg Curl Exercises

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Written by AstroNutrition 19 January 2011
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Going to the gym can often be an intimidating experience, there’s just so many machines there, and some machines can be used in a variety of different ways. One such machine is the leg curl machine, which is very easy to use but the various exercise which you can do with it may not be immediately obvious by just looking at it.

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5 Ankle Stregthening Exercises

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Written by AstroNutrition 6 November 2008
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<meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Win32)" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> The ankle is the area on the body which is most commonly injured. Because almost each <a href="http://astronutrition.ca/advanced_search_result.html?submit=Search&submit.y=0&submit.x=0&keyword=sport&search_in_description=1">sport </a> or exercise involves the feet and ankles, it is very difficult to do much when you have an ankle injury. Here are five exercises to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.prevention.com/cda/article/3-moves-to-strengthen-your-ankles/c7d0ba28da363110VgnVCM20000012281eac____/fitness/body.by.design/leg.exercises">strengthen</a> your ankles and feet: </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="comment_add first"><a href="/blog/comment/reply/8394#comment-form" title="Add a new comment to this page.">Add new comment</a></li> <li class="node_read_more last"><a href="/blog/5_ankle_stregthening_exercises" title="Read the rest of 5 Ankle Stregthening Exercises.">Read more</a></li> </ul> <div class="big_links"> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=www.is.gd/K5yNOL+5+Ankle+Stregthening+Exercises+%23Exercise+and+Fitness+%23workout+%23stretching+%23sports+%23injury+%23weights+%23feet+%23exercises+%23ankle+%23foot" class="tweet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tweet!</a><a href="/blog/rss.xml" class="blog_rss">Subscribe to Astro</a> </div> </div></div> <!-- /node-inner, /node --> <div id="node-8307" class="node node-teaser node-type-blog"><div class="node-inner"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/blog/3_exercises_washboard_abs" title="3 Exercises for Washboard Abs">3 Exercises for Washboard Abs</a> </h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="comment-count"> 0 comments </div> <div class="submitted"> <span class="submitted-user">Written by <a href="/blog/user/astronutrition" title="View user profile.">AstroNutrition</a></span> <span class="submitted-date">9 July 2008</span> </div> <div class="terms terms-inline"> in <ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy_term_72 first"><a href="/blog/blog_topics/exercise_and_fitness" rel="tag" title="">Exercise and Fitness</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_660"><a href="/blog/keywords/abs" rel="tag" title="">abs</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_709"><a href="/blog/keywords/bicycling" rel="tag" title="">bicycling</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_1166"><a href="/blog/keywords/core" rel="tag" title="">core</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_24"><a href="/blog/keywords/diet" rel="tag" title="">diet</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_1167 active"><a href="/blog/keywords/exercises" rel="tag" title="" class="active">exercises</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_236"><a href="/blog/keywords/slimming" rel="tag" title="">slimming</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_495"><a href="/blog/keywords/stomach" rel="tag" title="">stomach</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_162 last"><a href="/blog/keywords/weight_loss" rel="tag" title="">weight loss</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="content"> <p class="MsoNormal"> Summer is in full force even if your beach body is not exactly there yet. 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