Over the past couple of years, I have stopped buying gym equipment that promises to make training smoother or more efficient. Instead, I have accumulated a small collection of odd and old fashioned tools that mostly make things harder. None of these were bought as part of a plan. They just solved problems I kept… Continue reading
“The band is to remind you that your ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure!” What if one piece of easy fitness equipment could totally change your home workout? It's exactly what Joseph Pilates saw more than a century ago - and it's what modern Pilates resistance bands (also known as… Continue reading Guest Post: A History of Pilates Resistance Bands: From Hospital Bed Springs to the Ultimate Home Fitness Essential
Fitness means many different things for many different people. Some people prefer to get big and strong, while others prefer to have maximum endurance. Through all corners of the internet, fitness magazine culture, and written fitness manuals, you will find almost as many nuanced opinions of how to optimize your fitness as there are people… Continue reading Getting Fit While Getting Totally Flexible: A Handy, Small Guide
Cardio is a form of exercise that results in an increased heart rate as well as improved muscular functioning which ultimately leads to general body fitness. Cardio as a form of physical exercise, involves engagement of larger body muscles, often referred to as gross motor activities. Apart from raising the heart rate during exercise, cardio… Continue reading Guest Post: Cardio Exercise and its History in Health and Fitness
There is a lot of talk in the press right now about the difference between leading an active lifestyle and actively exercising for fitness. The benefits of both these approaches are enormous, especially if you have a desk job. But can either be effective in improving your health? Generally speaking, if your health needs improvement,… Continue reading Fitness To Improve Health – What You Need To Do
Jogging for hours and doing hundreds of sit-ups a day should make you totally ripped, but what if your belly weight is still there? The reason why you can’t get rid of that stubborn fat are numerous and connected to your age, lifestyle, diet and stress level, so you need to identify your biggest opponents… Continue reading Guest Post: 5 Reasons Why You’re Not Losing That Stubborn Belly Weight
If you want to lose some weight to improve your health, get fitter and simply look and feel better about yourself, then cycling just might be the thing you’ve been looking for. Here is how to lose some weight by hitting the pedals. Take a look. Why choose cycling? Even though running is the queen… Continue reading Guest Post: Cycling is the new running: lose weight with cycling
Aaptiv? What in heaven's name is an Aaptiv? This unsurprisingly was my first reaction to a name which gave no indication of what the product promised to deliver. My ignorance was, admittedly, tempered by the fact that I had been lucky enough to be able to try the app out for two weeks. Who could say… Continue reading Product Review: Aaptiv Personal Training App
Joining the gym is probably one of the best decisions you can make for your health. The workouts don’t have to be intense and the goals you set don’t have to be too ambitious, but any sort of physical activity will drastically improve your physical and mental health. This doesn’t mean that it’s something that… Continue reading Guest Post: 5 Things to Consider Before Joining the Gym
Something that we can all agree on is that to be as physically fit as possible, you need to put a lot of work in. If you get to the right point with it psychologically, then all the work can actually be quite enjoyable, and not feel like work at all. But it is definitely… Continue reading The Route to Peak Physical Fitness
