Easily Incorporate Active Recovery If you just recently completed a very high-intensity workout (or maybe a couple of days in a row of workouts that are more intense than you are used too), it’s probably time to give your body a rest. Overtraining is a major risk when you don’t give yourself a chance to recover. But […]
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Keep The Foods You Love During the 2017-2018 period, the CDC found that 42% of Americans were obese compared to 34% a decade earlier. They also found that as obesity levels rise, the number of Americans on diets does too. Most diets consist of cutting out your favorite foods to lose weight. However, there are ways to
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Building Better Hamstrings The hamstrings may not get a lot of attention—you may not even know where they are. Whether you work them or not, they are always working for you. It’s important to include exercises for hamstring development into your leg day workout. Hamstrings account for most of your ability to balance upright and
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Cycling and Your Heart Did you know cycling is gentler on your body than running? While running burns more calories, cycling doesn’t cause as much wear and tear on your joints. And, unsurprisingly, most people are able to cycle longer than they can run. Spinning promotes a healthy lifestyle and shouldn’t go overlooked. During the pandemic, many
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Women Should Absolutely Lift Weights Weight lifting for women makes your muscles stronger and makes you feel better. Here’s just a few of the ways that adding weight lifting to your routine can benefit you. (If you have any further questions about adding weight training to your routine, you can consult your doctor or check
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Diet and Your Mood Did you know that 19% of Americans or about 47 million people suffer from some form of mental illness? From depression to social anxiety and PTSD, quality of life can be significantly reduced when the mind isn’t functioning as it should. The good news – lifestyle and diet can, in many cases, make all
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Avoiding Overtraining Exercise accounted for 468,000 injuries in 2019. That’s more injuries than any other category of sports and recreation. Getting and staying fit means intense, challenging workouts. But when those workouts result in injury, you may be suffering from overtraining. There is indeed such thing as too much exercise and it can have both physical
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HIIT vs Steady State Cardio If you’ve been exercising for years and find yourself hitting a plateau, you’re not alone. In fact, this happens to almost everyone at some point in their fitness plan. Are you considering switching to a new type of workout, but aren’t sure which one you want to try? HIIT workouts
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Overcoming Gym Anxiety Gym intimidation is a real thing that about 50% of Americans say they experience. If gym anxiety is keeping you from getting in shape, you aren’t alone. Luckily, there are a lot of great tips out there to help you overcome this problem. Read on to learn how to overcome gym anxiety
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Staying Fit While Working From Home Learning to stay fit while working from home can be challenging, as you can start to combine work life and home life into one category. This can quickly lead to a sedentary lifestyle that can have adverse effects on your health. You can quickly develop back problems and the
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