Lunges primarily work the large muscle groups in each leg, but they also strengthen your core muscles. How do you ensure proper form? This is an important question – not only will incorrectly done lunges be ineffective, they can also lead to muscle imbalances and affect your core stability when doing other exercises. Properly done[…]
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Increase your pain tolerance and pain threshold so you can avoid the need for pain relief. Do you suffer from chronic pain? Maybe you’re about to do something painful, like get a tattoo? Maybe you want to reduce your reliance on pain medications. Whatever your reasons, keep reading for our tips on how to raise[…]
Boosting your resting heart rate from normal resting heart rate to increase blood flow and enhance performance Heart disease and high blood pressure – two cursed terms in the world of medicine. After all your heart is one major component that keeps everything ticking, so when it’s comprised you might face another type of clock.[…]
Using the best anti heel strike techniques to stop your foot strike from ruining your running form Remember the last time you dropped a glass on the floor? The way it hit the floor, the area of the glass that made impact and the damage it caused? Every bone in our body, main muscle, tendon,[…]
Toe spacers help correct toes, but what are they really doing for your foot health? If you think about it, most things are devices. From the glass you drink your wine from to the dog bowl filled with Christmas carrots, as long as it’s a physical thing with a function, you could say it’s a[…]
How to prevent heat rash from burning you out Heat rash, prickly heat, and issues with sweat glands – what do these have in common? eat rash, prickly heat, and issues with sweat glands – what do these have in common? They can burn a big fat hole throu They can burn a big fat[…]
Using high intensity interval training, endurance sports and endurance training, and cardiovascular system focusing to improve your Vo2 max. Interval training, broad aerobic fitness, your favourite endurance exercise… there are many ways to improve your Vo2 max. But before getting into those, let’s identify what Vo2 max really is. Why don’t we step away from[…]
Jump your way to a healthy body ‘How to use skipping rope’ is one of the most searched-for phrases in the combat sports world. Why? Because skipping can provide a great full-body workout with quick progression – the cool thing about jump rope skills is that you can go from basic jump rope exercises to[…]
Want to improve your health and gain control over your addiction to sweet things? Keep reading to find out more. According to the American Heart Association, the average American will eat around 77 grams of sugar per day – over three times the recommended daily amount of six teaspoons for women. As most people know, sugar[…]
Look after your mental health and reach your fitness goals by getting enough rest! Stress fractures, irregular menstrual cycles, muscle soreness, chronic fatigue, weight gain? Too much exercise from a high training load can cause overtraining symptoms that really get in the way of your goals and training sessions. It might sound strange, but if[…]