11 Tips for Making and Sticking to Your New Year's Fitness Resolutions
As we kick off another 365 days, many of us are thinking about our goals and resolutions for the year ahead. One resolution that tops many people's lists is to get in shape and improve their physical fitness. But it can be tough to stick to your goals in the face of busy schedules, tempting distractions, and a lack of motivation. Whether you're a seasoned athlete or just starting out on your fitness journey, these 11 tips will help you achieve your goals and get on the path to a healthier, happier you.
Eliminate Holiday Season Stress with these 3 Yoga Poses
The holidays are a time for family, friends, and fun. For many people, they can also be a time of stress. If you're looking for a way to relax and de-stress during the holiday season, yoga might be the answer.
Best Beginner Workout Program for 2022
Picture this: you’ve thought about working out, but you’re not sure how you could possibly fit it into your already busy lifestyle. With the New Year coming up, it feels like the perfect time to reflect on your fitness goals and how to attain them.
Halloween Workouts To Help You Stay Fit And Festive
With Halloween coming up, some of you may already be worrying about how you’re going to stay in shape with all the Halloween candy and treats around. Well, we’ve got some fun Halloween workouts for you to help you keep fit AND festive!
Best Winter Fitness Tips to Stay in Shape
COLD, wet, and dark – winter days are not the natural time to want to get out and about and exercise. Indeed, our core animal instincts are to find shelter, warmth, and store food – not a good combination if you are seeking to maintain an exercise regime.
The Starting Strength Method - Why This Method Delivers Superior Results
The Starting Strength Method is currently the most effective way to get strong quickly and safely. In the first month, a typical trainee should add at least 60lb to their squat and deadlift, and 30lb to their bench and press. The method is usually thought of as just the programming: the prescribed sets, reps, weights, and exercises, but it's more than that. The method is two parts: the programming and the technique of the exercises. These two parts are what makes the method so effective and safe.
Strength Training VS. Cardio
Strength is the place to put your time, money, and energy, even if cardio is fun and readily accessible. There is a large misunderstanding on how the human body adapts to physical activity. The questions "should I do cardio for weight loss?", "if I do strength training, don't I have to do cardio too?", "won't having bigger muscles hurt my cardio?" come up a lot. The overarching answer to these questions is that strength training will improve your cardio substantially, but cardio will not help your strength much.
Tips for Sticking to Your Training Routine
It can be challenging to stick to a fitness routine. There are many distractions, personal and professional scheduling problems, and motivational issues that can prevent a trainee from getting into the gym when they need to. There are a few pieces of advice that will help improve compliance, and as a result, progress.
Planning a Unique Strategy for Successful and Consistent Weight Loss
Be honest - don’t you want the process of losing weight to be simple? Most of us harbor a belief that it can be, and that’s a direct result of how weight loss is marketed to us. The number of times we’ve heard, “calories in, calories out”— throughout our lives is incalculable.
Balancing Strength Training & Weight Loss
The most common goals new trainees have are “lose weight” and “gain strength.” This can be challenging, because calories and protein are necessary to gain strength.
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