Running a 5K is an achievable, yet challenging objective for anybody. As a result, it makes an ideal goal for someone trying to get off the couch and into an active lifestyle. Without a plan, however, you will struggle to make it to the finish line on the big day.

The core is at the heart of virtually every move you make in the gym. As the link between your upper and lower body, it is your functional power base. It is also responsible for midline stabilisation.

The way you control your intake of oxygen has a lot to do with how you feel. More specifically, by learning to breathe for maximum oxygen intake, you'll be able to significantly reduce your stress and anxiety levels.

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.

When it comes to maximising fat burn, supercharging your cardio fitness, and building awesome endurance power it’s hard to beat a HIIT workout. HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training. It involves short, intense bursts of work followed by equally short rest periods.

During the hours of sleep, your muscles can become stiff and immobile. A wake-up stretch routine will wake up your muscles, allowing them to feel more supple as the blood flow increases.

The ketogenic diet is a high fat, moderate protein, low carb diet designed to force the body to switch from using glucose from carbohydrates to using ketones from fat as its primary energy source. It does this by restricting the intake of carbohydrates and increasing the amount of fat consumed.

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.

Life is an accumulation of habits. If we can accrue more good ones and fewer bad ones, we will thrive, both physically and mentally. Here are 5 wellness habits that you should focus on, along with some tips on how to stick with them.

If you thought you had to dedicate a large chunk of time to your workouts to get a super effective cardio effect and burn a ton of calories, you haven’t done HIIT. High Intensity Interval Training allows you to get in a very intense workout in less than half the time you might normally spend. That makes it the perfect solution for those days when you can’t fit in your regular workout.

If you’re putting up with aches and pains, or if you’ve recently suffered a muscular injury, you’ll likely do anything to find relief. For many people, though, yoga doesn’t readily come to mind as a therapeutic tool to help provide that relief. In this article, we’ll shed light on the benefits of yoga therapy for injury recovery.

You are what you eat.

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.

Well-being is front of mind for many people, largely as a result of the pandemic and the health challenges it has presented. The integration of health and tech has seen a plethora of health and wellness apps to guide our journey come onto the market. Let’s check out 5 of the best.

There have been a lot of innovations in the fitness industry in recent years. Among the most exciting is the integration of digital technology with traditional fitness equipment. At the forefront of that movement is an Italian company called Technogym. This company sets out to transform cardio exercise from boring and monotonous to fun and engaging. Let’s discover how you can make cardio fun with Technogym.

Your life is nothing more than an accumulation of days. And your day is the result of the habits that dictate how you fill the minutes that make up those days. When you incorporate mindful habits into your daily routine, your life will have more purpose, more direction, and more forward momentum.

Finding a workout that seriously combines fat burning with muscle building isn’t easy. Most do one well and the other just slightly. But there is one form of heavy duty functional training that activates fat loss and muscle growth equally well …

sled training.

Let’s face it - we’ve had a lot of health challenges over the last couple of years. But now we’re in a new year.

Why not make it your resolve to make 2022 your healthiest ever?

Doing so doesn’t have to require drastic changes. In fact, the healthiest people I know all say the same thing …

Great health is all about doing the little things consistently.

Partner workouts, where you train with your loved one, are a great way to share your passion for health and fitness. Couples who work out together have been shown to develop a stronger relationship and to experience faster exercise results than those who do not. Here is a fast and furious 25-minute partner workout that will get you and your partner sweating together - and loving it!

Stress is something that we can’t avoid in this hectic, fast-paced society. But we can do something about the way we respond to it. By regulating our breathing, we are able to trigger the body’s relaxation response to counter stress.