INTRODUCTION Over the years, I’ve collaborated with an eminent Australian polymath (Dr. Grant Donovan of Perth) in conducting research on lifestyle change. Our work has focused on understanding whether adults have a better than 50/50 chance of benefiting from efforts to improve their lifestyles. Our double-blind, crossover, randomized horizontal and dignified trials have explored a […]
Most of us have heard of the benefits of intermittent fasting. We’ve also heard of the dangers of sitting too much. Well, recent research shows the benefits of short, periodic bouts of movement – what I am calling intermittent activity. I have talked about this in detail in my book, Today is Still the Day. […]
There are many to choose, but it is possible that the best mindfulness exercises are those that are simple and accessible to all and that can still really help us to live in the moment. Mindfulness does not just happen though – just as with most things that are worth doing, Mindfulness has to be […]
When we all started our initial fitness journeys, we never thought to consider that specific gear is required for specific exercises. Well, at least I didn’t. I used to run, exercise and cycle in my casual vans shoes. I used to always run into frontal knee pain after smashing my feet down on the pavement […]
Treadmills are the most surely understood home exercise machines. It’s clear why. Adjacent to incredible running shoes, a treadmill may be unquestionably the most basic purchase health mentors, sprinters or joggers can make. In every practical sense anything your cardio planning demands – slants, beat, between times, and long partition – you can do on […]
Working out is daily routine to improve on fitness, also to loose weight and an activity to engage in for fun and a means of someones personal lifestyle. Your body goes through a variety of motions and emotions, however that is not when you are working out, it is usually at different times and exercising […]
The Pull-Up. For some people, its viewed as humble bodyweight movement that can be performed effortlessly after an all night alcohol bender right before you pass out. For others, it is viewed as an elusive movement reserved for the athletically inclined or gifted. Whichever camp you’re in, this guide has something for you. The purpose […]
Stretching is an essential and an integral part of every workout program, especially mobility stretches because flexibility is considered to be part of the five most important components of everyone’s fitness It should be included in all regular training regimes and these are the main reason why: Reduction of Injury Risk When a person is […]
Over the last few years has your weight steadily increased? Do you wonder where that svelte teenager who could eat and drink anything without putting on or a pound has gone? Has “maybe tomorrow” become your mantra when you think about taking action? Or have you sadly accepted that this is now me and you’re […]
Resistance training also is known as strength or weight training has become one of the popular forms of exercise both for enhancing individual’s physical fitness and for conditioning athletes. No disrespect to cardio, but if you want to blast fat get in shape and rock everything that comes your way, weight lifting is where it’s […]