If you want to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle, then you must take regular exercise. The problem with exercise is, the majority of people tend to struggle to maintain it over a long period of time. This can be down to a lack of motivation or just plain boredom. If your…
Do You Know Importance Of Stretching Exercises?
Although stretching exercises were ignored for many years in sport, Post-Exercise Stretching is now an accepted part of the training routine. Its purpose is not the same as the stretching exercises carried out when limbering up. Post-exercise stretching is part of the dynamic phase of the work when warming up, whereas post-exercise stretching is carried…
Senior Exercise – What Seniors Need to Know About Personal Training
Given that exercise can reduce disease, prolong life, and increase vitality, it’s no wonder that each year more and more senior citizens are committing to a regular exercise program. Many seniors begin with a basic routine consisting of walking, riding a stationary bike, and using a few weight machines. This is a great start, but…
Sprint Training Is the New Cardio
What if I told you all those hours of cardio in hopes of getting a dream body were counter-productive? What if the more miles you put in every week, the more cortisol you produced, and the more your results slowed? What if the more miles you put in, the more muscle you lost? What if…
The Right Start – Running Suggestions For Beginners
Running is a pleasing, low-maintenance sport that it’s no shock many are enticed to enter it. Many beginning runners, nonetheless, initially find running somewhat injurious and exhausting and so give up. Truth is, it can be, particularly when the novice runners have not been correctly educated. To have the most out of running, it is…
Flexibility and Stretching Exercises
Flexibility exercise is an exercise intended to stretch soft tissues to prepare for the rigors of sport. It includes stretching which improve the range of motion of muscles and joints. Flexibility exercises have been prescribed for the relief of menstrual disorders, general neuromuscular tension and low back pain. This type of exercise focuses on improving…
Be Sure to Stretch Before Working Out
If you are the type of person who does physical activities on a regular basis, you know and understand the importance of properly stretching out. Whether you are playing sports, going for a jog, or taking karate lessons, if you don’t warm up and stretch out your muscles, you face a strain, pull, or worse….
Tips For Your Long Distance Training Run
A runner’s longest run of the week will vary from runner to runner. For one runner, it may be 5 miles – for another, it may be 25 miles. No matter how long your longest run of the week is – it’s important to get it done – and done correctly. Most runners, especially those…
Just How Important is Cardio?
After reading this interesting material, I hope you’ll think differently about cardio training and try something new. It’s not that I’m totally against cardio as part of your exercise routine, but is cardio training really what you need to get fit and healthy? If you continue reading, you’ll soon realize that I’m not really against…
Strength Training and a Change of Attitude For a Longer Healthier Life
Do we have to be a captive slave to the aging process and the negative images that it brings to mind? Is it possible to view this scary process in a different light and with a different attitude? The key to a long healthy life surely is all about attitude. It is about never settling…