Using knee strengthening exercises for knee pain, hip and knee strengthening, and knee injury. Just imagine – you’re running, you’re moving towards your PB and feel absolutely great. You’ve woken up early, your mental game is on point and you’re moving ever closer to your fitness goals. And then… Your left leg begins to feel[…]
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Advice and Education
GymFreakz aims to help people make the right choices when they buy gym equipment. Our team will provide you with information about different machines, how they work, what features are important for your needs, etc. We aim to answer any questions related to fitness you may have in order for you to make the best choice when buying gym equipment or anything else gym related.
Using the right techniques like dynamic stretching, proper warm-up form, and other running warm-up exercises to reduce risk and injury It’s hard being a runner. It’s difficult being a weight lifter. But most of all, it’s hard being a human with so much risk of injury. From over-pronation, and risk in simply walking, to issues[…]
Boosting running performance, running form, and dietary intake to be as good a runner as professional athletes Becoming a better runner may seem straightforward. From eating right to simply running more, you may be a little lost as to why this article’s being written. However, just like anything, there are usually a few more tips[…]
Using all the tactics we can, like deep breathing, breathing exercises and aerobic capacity training to help us stay oxygenated Running out of gas is basically another slang term for running out of breath. Our engines simply stop working because we don’t have the fuel we need in order to press on. However, one obvious[…]
Utilising pistol squat progression to increase leg strength and enhance endurance abilities Some of us hate squats. In fact, the internet is so filled with videos of people exclaiming how much they hate them, I’m surprised anyone likes them at all. However, when you think about the sheer strength, mental game and exertion that comes[…]
Fixing body problems like neck pain, foot pain and muscle tension with the acupressure mat We’ve all run into game-changing problems. And when it comes to fitness, there’s a whole world of bodily issues that can stop us flat. If you’re like me and want to reduce any risk of getting injury then unfortunately, you’re[…]
Expelling the risks of over pronation, fixing the issues that plague our fitness regimes Overpronation can be a sickening affair. I know that sounds dramatic but we’ve all been there – running at our most rigorous, darting through our PB and then… Ankle injury. But it’s not just the injury that resonates, it’s the fear[…]
Measuring Vo2 Max relative to body weight, fitness level, aerobic fitness and athletic abilities Vo2 max is important. Simple. It determines so much of your athletic ability, and when measured, tells you so much about how to improve said ability and how much to increase exercise intensity. While it might be easy to read those[…]
Half marathon training to reach your goals, run for longer and get ready for race day Running a half marathon sounds terrifying. I mean, it did… before I trained successfully and completed the race in good time. Any goals we put on ourselves should be a little scary, otherwise, they’re probably too easy. We want[…]
Using classic methods to help you improve your speed: speed training, running speed, speed exercises… improve your game today. We all want to be faster. Even those who don’t necessarily run will probably want to improve their speed game, just for the sake of it; being better at stuff is a human drive. So, for[…]