Not Losing Weight? 4 Reasons Why That Happens (Even When You're Doing Everything Right!) Losing weight can be a difficult and emotional process. It can be very frustrating when you feel like you are doing everything right to lose weight but don't see any results. Why am I not losing weight? You're probably eating too much. First, breathe. It's important to exercise regularly and eat well, but … [Read more...]
8 Effective Workout Tips Backed by Scientific Research
Would you be interested in hearing some workout tips that can help you lose weight? Now, you might be thinking, “Yeah sure. I’ve heard it all before. I've tried everything and nothing works! Most of the "workout tips" people hear are based on someone's personal experience, rather than scientific evidence. People follow and believe in workout tips even if they aren't guaranteed to work because … [Read more...]
How Much Exercise Do You Need for Better Health at Any Age?
The leading health authorities provide official guidelines for how much exercise you should get every week and the types of exercise that could benefit you, such as cardio or strength training. Having a science-backed target is useful. The amount of exercise you need will differ based on factors like your age, gender, health, and hormones. Starting your exercise journey can be intimidating, … [Read more...]
How does physical activity benefit your health?
Physical activity is anything that helps improve or maintain your physical fitness and health. This could include going for a run, playing a sport, or doing household chores. It can include: Everyday activities . For example, walking or cycling to work or school, doing housework, gardening, DIY around the house, or any active or manual work that you may do as part of your job. Active … [Read more...]
Walking Is the Best Cardio Workout, Here’s Why
If you think that only high-intensity activities can help train your heart, you are wrong. There is a much simpler and just as effective exercise you can do. A cardio workout is an exercise that gets your heart rate up. There are a lot of types of cardio exercises. This can be, for example, running or walking. In winter, skiing. Jump with a rope at home to get fit. Brisk walking is a great … [Read more...]
Heart Rate Zones for Cardiovascular Exercise
Making sure your workout falls within a targeted heart rate zone can help to ensure that it is both safe and effective. figuring out how much you need to exercise helps you get to your goals more quickly. The app also allows you to monitor your exercise routine to make sure you are not pushing yourself too hard and putting your health at risk. To get the most out of cardiovascular exercise, you … [Read more...]
5 Mental Health Benefits of Strength Training
The goal of strength training is to increase your physical strength by doing exercises that work your muscles. You can see your results and improvement over time by measuring your strength. In strength training, the goal is not to build muscle size or endurance, even though those effects may occur. If you want to get stronger, you need to lift heavy weights. Strength training offers other … [Read more...]
How to Avoid Feeling Hungry After Runs
Many runners experience hunger after running, known as the "rungries." Perhaps it has happened to you. After a run, you may feel hungry again soon after eating a meal or snack. So what's a hungry runner to do? If you're finding yourself hungrier than usual after runs, it may be helpful to explore the reasons why and then use some simple tips to help address the issue. This way, you can ensure … [Read more...]
Getting Bodybuilding Clients Competition Ready
With the large growth in the fitness industry, a large number of regular people are starting to consider participating in fitness competitions. Sometimes people have succeeded in goals related to weight loss or muscle building, and get enthusiastic enough to want to join the ranks of competitive fitness athletes. There are levels for people who are just getting into fitness competition - there are … [Read more...]
LESS ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION THANKS TO EXERCISE
Research shows that regular exercise has benefits for psychological health as well as physical health. One study was conducted among patients at a medical center's psychiatric ward. Those who worked out regularly reported improved mood and self-esteem, lower anxiety, and other mental health benefits. Other research has shown that participating in sports or going to the gym is connected with lower … [Read more...]
How Does Exercise Affect Purpose?
Most people can't agree on what the word purpose means, but mental health professionals feel that in general, it is having a reason for living - it is having life goals. And they have shown that people who have better defined life goals, have a greater satisfaction with their lives. But the benefits of life goals don't stop there. People with life goals helps people reduce their stress, and live … [Read more...]
Battle Tested: Beginner-Friendly Battle Ropes Workouts
People have always utilized ropes, be it as a tool or as a strength training method. Its use as a tool goes back a very long way in time, whereas using it for strength training is more recent. The use of ropes in strength training is the basis for the program known as battle ropes. One of the benefits of battle ropes is that it tends to defy gravity, as happens in other exercises, but it also aids … [Read more...]
Should you exercise on an empty stomach? Part 1 – KetoNutrition
There has been a lot of debate as to whether a person should be exercising n an empty stomach, or after a meal. Exercising on an empty stomach is fasted exercise, and fasted exercise is based in metabolic health. When you do utlize fasted exercise, you do burn more fat than you do when you exercise after eating a meal. Also when utilizing fasted exercise, you don't see much of a change in blood … [Read more...]
Tips from the world’s fittest 96-year-old: ‘Retirement is the worst thing you can do’
Charles Eugster is 96 years old, but he is also a champion bodybuilder, rower, and sprinter. He credits nutrition and exercise for a lot of his success, but he also credits staying productive at his age. He doesn't even like to hear the word retirement. There is a statistic that shows that after retirement age, depression doubles every five years. And he feels this is from feeling useless, by not … [Read more...]
The Best Fitness Tools & Apparel to Level Up Your Fitness
The trend toward "smart" products has extended to fitness tools and apparel that allow a personalized approach to working out. Peloton bikes and treadmills are examples of smart exercise equipment. They each include a touchscreen and can support customized workouts. Hydrow is similar to Peloton, but is a rowing machine. A smart mirror, called the Mirror, can be used for strength training, yoga and … [Read more...]
Building Muscle: Best Foods, Fitness and Nutrition Strategies
Not only will consistent strength training help you achieve a physical aesthetic that you're after, but it will also increase your levels of strength and stamina. With an improved body fat composition, many find that they improved vascular function, better blood glucose readings, and much more. It is also important to note, however, that overtraining can set you back from reaching all of these … [Read more...]
Best Muscle-Building Supplements for Women
Although research is still developing when it comes to which supplements work best for each demographic, there is still some gender-specific date to consider. A great example of this is how women tend to have leaner tissue than the average man. Because of this, they are not able to store as much endogenous creatine. Due to this, some may find that taking in a creatine supplement allows them to … [Read more...]
Dynamic Stretching Demonstrated: Workouts & Exercises
Dynamic stretching occurs when a person experiences resistance while stretching that is beyond the normal ROM. A few examples of dynamic stretching include prisoner squats, tube walking, and multi-planar lunges, which are all performed in a standing position. Dynamic stretches on the floor include the hip-spine-shoulder stretch and the Core 4. By beginning and ending workouts with ballistic … [Read more...]
Cardio Workouts for Senior Clients
Right now, there are over fifty four million Americans that are over the age of sixty five. And it is recommended that they get exercise every week, that's either moderate or vigorous intensity. Beyond that, it is recommended that they exercise they do be a combination of resistance training, balance training, and cardio. And for those that aren't in good enough health to do the recommended 150 … [Read more...]
A Guided Mantra Meditation To Soothe You [VIDEO]
Mantra based medication can help soothe you. Combining a mantra with specific breathing styles can lead someone to a very peaceful state of mind. Mantra refers to a word or saying that is continuously repeated. This is a tool that has proven over time to work. The repetition of the mantra serves to calm the mind, by affirming thoughts that are positive. Yashoda Devi Ma is someone who can help … [Read more...]