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Let’s be honest, gyms are packed with tons of machines, devices and install new ones to impress and get gym-goers excited about. A lot and most equipment in the gym is useful and practical; however, there are some machines and exercises performed with these machines that I absolutely, 100% believe you should stay away from or use with EXTREME caution if you feel confident enough to avoid a serious injury. It’s really a matter of looking at the risk to reward ratio.

1) Leg Extension Machine

Every gym has one of these and is used by nearly everyone when it comes to looking for the easy way out to leg training. Aside from it being a less impressive isolation exercise for the quadriceps, it really puts the knee in a very vulnerable position by placing sheer forces and unwanted torque at the knee when in the bent position. With heavy resistance, this can ask for an ugly ACL injury. Also, it’s not a functional movement performed in our lives like a squat is, so instead perform squats or lunges and you will benefit from a significantly greater stimulus for your legs.

2) Lat Pull-Down Machine

Now there’s nothing wrong with lat pull-down, but to receive the best benefit from it, please just keep the bar in front of your chest. Countless times I see people pull the bar behind their neck with the mindset that it’s more effective. The only thing that this motion is more effective at is causing shoulder impingement. Most people don’t possess the most flexible shoulders, but unless you do then just be very cautious.

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Do you have some spare time during your workouts to give something new a try??

We hope so, because according to FitPerez contributor Justin Janoska, you should be doing core exercises. They're exactly what they sound like — moves to stabilize and work your core!

He's got 5 different things you can attempt, and who knows… maybe you'll add them to your daily routine!

We recommend it!

Check out the steps (above) to get that core you've always wanted!

Justin just so happens to be a passionate fitness trainer certified by NASM, as well as a sports & exercise nutritionist, and would love to hear from you on Twitter & Facebook! Make sure you check out his website HERE… and if U wanna know more about core exercises OR anything else, U can always email us at Questions@FitPerez.com!!

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Before you go crazy with ab exercises, try core stabilization exercises first such as plank variations or anything that forces you to maintain a neutral spine position. Be sure to check back later for a video demonstration.

- Passionate fitness trainer certified by NASM, as well as a sports & exercise nutritionist, Justin Janoska. Make sure you check out his website HERE, and follow him on Twitter & Facebook!

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Holy hell, you guys!

We JUST mentioned Aimee Copeland's progress a little bit yesterday — like how she's been able to do an amazing amount of exercises as a part of her rehab.

Little did we know, she was already mastering THREE sets of prosthetics, including the hooks where her hands used to be.

For a 24 year old who lost 4 limbs to a flesh eating bacteria, she is super tough, driven, and inspirational.

It's gotta be hard, but we'll be damned if we don't see Aimee reaching her goal sooner than later!

Keep it up, Aimee!

Watch her dad talk about her (above)!

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It's the 50th anniversary of breast implants!

On this most special anniversary, Timmie Jean Lindsey, an 80-year-old great-grandma who was the first recipient of breast implants, is reflecting on her fun bags.

She wasn't even looking to up her bust back in 1962 when she ran into the surgeon who needed a guinea pig to test out his new boob bags.

She just wanted to have a chest tattoo of some roses removed when he said she'd be the perfect candidate for his new process.

She said:

"I had never heard the term 'guinea pig' back then. I just thought it was a privilege to have it done. It wasn't a big deal to me. I went from a B to a C cup. But it made men more aware of me. More men would whistle at me."

She's been lucky. They never ruptured or leaked in all her years.

Though they did get a little calcified so they are a little stiff if she does certain pectoral exercises.

One of her granddaughters had to have a double mastectomy and a full reconstruction.

"It just looks so natural. They can build them up just like the real thing. I'm so proud that it's available to so many women. It's not vanity getting reconstruction. I think it's necessary. It puts them back whole again. I'm so happy if Dr. Gerow's silicone implants are what started it all."

People forget, they're not just about cosmetics, they can really build a woman back to normal should the worst happen.

We don't often say this, but… hooray boobs!

[Image via Daniel Deme/WENN.]

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That sounds weird. No, nobody is going to be sending your Kate Middleton's legs for any price.

What we're trying to say is that you can have fab, sculpted legs like she does — for very little money!

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Ever wonder how Eva Longoria keeps that body so completely rockin'??

Well, hard work of course!

And we're not just talkin' about fitness, but diet too:

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