Darren O'Connell - Articles

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Quitting Smoking – the Nicotine Substitute Method
"It's not the nicotine in cigarettes that's harmful. It's the smoke." That was the tag line provided by a manufacturer of nicotine gum during the famous debut of their product's commercials a decade ago. Read
By: Darren O'Connell | 06/03/2008 | Quit Smoking
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Weight Loss Diet Programs
Obesity or over weight badly affects the health of a person. To retain the health, it is important to reduce the over weight. A weight loss diet program is the best solution to being overweight. Read
By: Darren O'Connell | 25/02/2008 | Weight Loss
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Anxiety Stress and Quitting Smoking
When you are running late trying to finish a project at work it is not uncommon to start feeling major anxiety. Plus, the fact that a disagreeable boss may be breathing down your neck does not exactly make the day go by easier. Read
By: Darren O'Connell | 17/02/2008 | Quit Smoking
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5 Secrets to Massive Muscles
If you're looking for serious muscle growth then you will need to follow some universal muscle building rules. Muscle growth will only occur when certain elements are in place and triggered correctly..... Read
By: Darren O'Connell | 21/01/2008 | Bodybuilding
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Building Massive Leg Muscles Without the Squat
The squat is considered the king of all exercises when it comes to building muscle. When done correctly with heavy weights and for the right amount of reps usually 8 to 12, it is the most effective growth producing exercise you can do, along with the dead lift and very heavy presses. If you are on a muscle-building routine that does not involve the squat then you are not really on a muscle-building routine. So is there anything else you can do if you just do not want to squat or you simply don’t like the exercise? Read
By: Darren O'Connell | 21/10/2007 | Muscle Building
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Bringing Out the Abdominal Muscles
When it comes to exercises for the abdominal muscles you’re spoilt for choice, there are so many to choose from. That’s great but which ones are the most effective is the question and in what order. Read
By: Darren O'Connell | 01/10/2007 | Aerobics
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10 Reasons to Quit Smoking 2 Day
We all know that thousands of people die each year from diseases brought about by smoking and we are all aware that smoking is the culprit in the cause of many cancers. We’ve all been warned about the dangers and we are aware of the thousands of dangerous chemicals in cigarettes... Read
By: Darren O'Connell | 29/09/2007 | Wellness
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My 10 Steps to Massive Muscles
Building muscle is easy, you just have to know how it’s done and apply that knowledge. There are so many things that you can do wrong when trying to build muscle that it is very important that you attempt it with the correct knowledge, otherwise you’ll end up wasting your time and energy with little or no results for all your efforts and expense... Read
By: Darren O'Connell | 24/09/2007 | Muscle Building
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Health, Fitness, Weight Training, Smoking and Drinking
Some Benefits of Weight training; 1. It is the best way to maintain and improve ones health from a variety of diseases and premature death. 2. It makes a person feel better and increases ones self confidence, prevents depression, anxiety and gloom. 3. A weight training lifestyle helps a person live longer than an inactive person. 4. It instils discipline into a person, making other things in life easy. 5. It makes one stronger physically and mentally. A good diet should have nutrients from all the food groups. This is made up by 3 basic groups: Read
By: Darren O'Connell | 07/01/2007 | Wellness