Benefits of having a Small and Easy Workout Routine When you’ll do the same exercises for 30 minutes each and every day you will get familiarized with them. They will get easier, and the next time you try them you’ll know exactly what to do and what not to do. The probability of physical injuries happening will also be reduced. A smaller workout routine means, that the … [Read more...]
5 Benefits of Full-Body Training
The ideal plan is to go to the gym or exercise at home three or four times a week, each day targeting a different body part or muscle groups. That way, all parts of your body get an equal amount of physical activity and develop muscles and strength at more or less the same rate. However, ideal rarely ever happens in practice. Devoting that much time to fitness and exercise … [Read more...]
What to Eat Before and After a Workout
Are you clueless on which foods to eat before and after a workout? We share some ideas in this article. Have you decided to finally lead a healthier lifestyle? Are you planning to do some workouts this weekend? Then good for you! But do you know what to eat before and after a workout? Feeding your body before and after a workout is just as important as say, stretching … [Read more...]
Start Exercising and Stick To It – Practical Guide
You have set some new goals to improve your fitness level and lead a healthier lifestyle, but you seem to find it difficult to stick to a regular fitness regimen? If you are determined to begin exercising and to stick to this more active lifestyle, here are some tips which can help you: Properly define your personal reason for regular exercising In order to be motivated to go … [Read more...]
Ancient Japanese Art of Stress Relief
Relax. You deserve it, it's good for you, and it takes less time than you think. It might seem obvious that you’d know when you’re stressed, but many of us spend so much time in an anxious state that we’ve forgotten what it feels like when our nervous systems are in balance—when we’re calm yet still alert and focused. While a certain amount of stress in our lives is … [Read more...]
A Simple Home Workout For a Bikini-Belly in the Summer
Tighten your stomach in just 6 weeks without doing a single crunch. This effective workout routine was developed with targeted strength moves to help you develop a strong, flat stomach and cardio bursts to blast away the extra layer of belly fat. A lot of the moves are based on the plank as it targets your entire core rather than individual muscles, combining it with … [Read more...]
5 Simple Exercises That Will Transform Your Body in Just 4 Weeks
While many people choose to go down the road of gym membership, special equipment and supplements, there are also those who like to keep it simple – eat less, but healthy and perform bodyweight exercises at the comfort of their home. By doing these 5 exercises daily, you’ll start seeing improvements in your waistline size and overall body composition in less than a month! … [Read more...]
7 Foods You Should NOT Eat Before a Workout
When it comes to gearing up for workout, you need to make sure you have a combination of carbs and protein to provide a stream of energy during the strenuous exercise and enough nutrients to repair your muscles afterward. Not eating before a workout can result in low blood sugar, light-headedness and fatigue. While it might be common sense not to load up on cupcakes, pizza, … [Read more...]
This Exercise Will Improve Your Spinal Health & Posture (Essential for Chronic Sitters)
After the work we did with our series of back and spinal exercises, we return to the topic with a simple, but important exercise for spinal health – Lateral Leg Lift. Anybody who tends to sit a lot will eventually experience problems and symptoms associated with prolonged sitting, like reduced spinal flexibility and fragile back muscles, resulting in bad posture and increased … [Read more...]
15 Simple Exercises You Can Do At Your Desk
Research shows that sedentary office workers are doing long-term damage to their health by sitting all day. A deskbound can increase your risk of heart disease by 64%, remove up to 7 quality years off your life and is linked to chronic health problems like high blood pressure, depression, diabetes and obesity. Sitting is slowly killing us desk jockeys. Today, the average … [Read more...]
