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15-Minute Evening Stretch to Destress After a Long Day
If you’ve been on your feet all day long, or even if you’ve been sitting at a desk, your muscles are going to be pretty exhausted. Investing fifteen minutes before bed to stretch them out will go a long way toward relaxing them, helping you to destress, and setting you up for a good night’s sleep.
Easy Warm-Up Exercises
If you want to avoid injury and have a more enjoyable and beneficial workout, you need to take your warm-up seriously. A good warm-up should last between five and ten minutes. By the end of that time, you should have increased your heart rate and prepared your muscles for the work to come.
How Does a PT Help Me on my Fitness Journey?
Are you wanting to get more out of your workouts? Considering hiring a personal trainer but not sure if it’s worth the effort or the money? Then you’re at the right place. In this article, I’ll spell out five dozen benefits that come from working with a personal trainer.
Looking to Build Your Back - Try These 5 Exercises
When it comes to building an impressive, rugged muscular back, you have to work every area. That means targeting the latissimus dorsi, trapezius, and erector spinae muscles. In this article, we’ll lay out the five best exercises to work these muscles most effectively.
HIIT for Beginners
You’ve probably heard of high intensity interval training, or HIIT before. It’s been around for over a decade, but it has become hugely popular in the last few years. HIIT started out as a method of running on the track, but is now being applied to all sorts of types of training, including bodyweight and resistance exercises. In this article, we’ll explore how to incorporate HIIT training into a beginner training routine.
A Brief History of Pilates (plus a simple workout).
Without a German immigrant to the United States named Joseph Pilates in 1925, there would be no such thing as Pilates. In this article, we briefly track his story and the parallel development of the Pilates phenomenon.
Getting Back into Training After COVID
Returning to your exercise routine after contracting Covid can be challenging. You may be lacking in energy and strength, making you feel like you’re back at square one. You may even be still unwell as you deal with the effects of long covid.
Morning or Evening? When is the Best Time to Exercise
Carving time out of your day to exercise is a challenge. So, if you’ve got the choice, it pays to know whether you’re going to get more bang for your buck by exercising in the morning or the evening. In this article, we take a look at what the science and the practical applications say about the best time to exercise.
4 Reasons to Add Kettlebells to your Workouts
You’ve probably seen those strange bowling ball like iron weights in the corner of your gym. You may have even wondered why anyone would use them when dumbbells are so much more user-friendly. Well, it turns out there are some distinct benefits to adding kettlebells to your workouts.
How the Cold Weather Affects Your Workouts and How to Use it to Your Benefit
There’s no doubt that the onset of winter presents an extra challenge for people who work out. The temperature plummets, the skies open up and it gets harder to get out of bed in the morning. But it’s not all bad. There are some training benefits to working out in the cold weather.
Let’s investigate.
5 No Equipment Pilates Moves For When You Missed A Class
You love your Pilates class, but there are times when life gets in the way and you miss a class.
You don’t have a reformer at home, so what can you do?
Fortunately, there are some very effective Pilates exercises that you can do at home with no equipment at all.
In this article, we present 5 no equipment pilates moves for when you miss a class.
The Best Exercises for Strong Legs
Your legs are the power base of your body. The stronger they are, the more power you’ll be able to generate. For most people, however, the legs are an underdeveloped part of the body, both in terms of muscle size and strength. If you’re in that category, it’s time to do something about it. In this article, we lay out the six best exercises for strong legs.
Why You Should Try Personal Training
If you are a regular gym goer you’ve probably seen people working out with personal trainers. Maybe you’ve thought that trainers are ok for gym newbies but a waste of time for seasoned exercisers like you. Well, not so fast …. scheduling a workout with a personal trainer every few weeks could be just what you need to take your training to the next level.
In this article, we’ll explore 5 reasons why it makes sense to have a regular session with a PT.
9 Tips to Keep You On Track
Getting started with a fitness plan is a transformative decision that can improve every aspect of your life. The real challenge, however, is to maintain the regularity and consistency of your exercise routine month in and month out. In this article, we present 9 proven tips to keep you on track to achieve your fitness goals.
How to Break Through a Weight Loss Plateau
Few things are as frustrating as hitting a weight loss plateau. You’re doing all of the right exercises the right way, disciplining yourself to stay clean on your diet and cutting back on the amount of food you eat each day. Still, your weight on the scale won’t budge. If only you could figure out a way to restart your fat loss journey! Well, we’re here to help. In this article, we reveal the most common reasons that people get stuck on their weight loss journey and what you can do about it.
How to Return to Exercise After Contracting Covid-19
So, you’ve had Covid-19. It’s knocked you around, thrown you out of your routine, and wrecked you physically. But now you’re better and ready to get back into life. A priority is to get back into your regular exercise routine. But how should you go about it? Let’s find out.
How to Rebuild Your Gym Routine
The global COVID pandemic has affected all of us. If you are a regular gym goer, there’s a high likelihood that your workout program has been affected, either by our club closure or having to quarantine due to exposure to the virus. Getting back into your gym routine can be a real challenge. In this article I’ll provide a roadmap to getting back into your pre-pandemic routine.
Why You Should Run A Marathon
Running a marathon is a major life challenge. It requires a huge investment in time, energy and commitment. So, if you’re going to do it, you need to have a pretty compelling reason to do so. In this article, I’ll provide you with 6 of them to help you nourish your marathon mojo.
4 Tips to Change Your Training Mindset
Your ability to reach your fitness goals is totally dependent on your mindset. Unless you’ve got it right, you’ll always fall short of your potential. Here are 3 hacks to help you develop that killer mindset to conquer your goals every time.
How To Make Time For Working Out When Working From Home.
Working from home has become a reality for many of us over the last few years. The transition from working in an office to having an office at home brings with it many benefits. However, there are also challenges. One of them relates to exercise. Previously, you may have hit the gym on your way to or from work. But now you don’t have to leave the house at all. If you’re not careful your well cultivated workout routine can soon go out the window. Here are four things you can do to make time to workout out when you’re working from home.