Brisk walking has the biggest health benefits
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There are three benefits walking provides that particularly stand out – reduced mortality, reduced heart failure risk and improved cognitive functioning.
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10 inspiring fitness tips keeping you motivated
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The following 10 fitness tips may not be on your workout radar but they are meant to encourage, advise, and inspire you to keep up the good work and effort on promoting your health:
Health perks of public parks
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The great outdoors has always been our playground and what a better way for getting physically fit than to enjoy natural scenic beauty and park activities they have to offer. It is being realized more and more the role public parks play in improving our health in several ways – to promoting physical activity to improving mental health and even the potential of reducing health care costs.
Read MoreGet Inspired To Exercise
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According to the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, Americans can do a much better job of exercising and being physically fit.
Read MoreA Simple Exercise to Build Your Core
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Thousands of years ago, our ancestors somehow managed to get themselves into shape without benefit of abdominal crunchers, Stair-Masters, or rowing machines.
Read More“Don’t have enough time” is not an excuse anymore!
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A new study may turn the tables on people who claim they are “too busy” or “don’t have enough time” for exercise.
Read MoreFive Most Important Nutrition Strategies in a Mass-building Phase
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If you want to help your body with nutrients to make the most of your hard training, take a look at the following tips.
Read MoreConsider the lowly pinky.
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Unless you play guitar professionally, you probably don't think much each day about your little finger, your “pinky.” It's our hand's weak sister, almost an evolutionary afterthought in a species gifted with opposable thumbs.
Read MoreTry Heart Rate Interval Training for a Better Workout
/Interval training has been believed to be the best workout for most people. Studies that date back to 2007 show that even people who've experienced heart failure achieved greater cardiovascular benefits from aerobic interval training. So how do you track your heart rate and train in specific heart rate zones to maximize the benefits and get better results? Heart rate monitors, or many state of the art exercise machines which have heart rate monitors built in, can help you track your heart rate.
Read MoreHere's Your Exercise Routine...for Work?
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One of the biggest issues facing us as a modern society is that our lives revolve around sedentary activities. Driving, lengthy commutes, our office jobs, TV and movies. Everything is done sitting down. According to the WHO (World Health Organization) physical inactivity is the 4th leading cause of death globally. Prolonged sitting will also increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by 90%.
Read MoreYou Can Learn to Love Exercising
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Exercise can seem so difficult and at times we really dread the idea of lifting a weight or stepping foot on a stairstepper. The truth is, is you embrace exercise it really can make an impact on your overall health and well-being. The hardest part begins with getting started. The key is changing your perspective on exercise and being active. This doesn't necessarily mean you have to run on the treadmill for an hour. Love the idea of toning? Do yoga. Enjoy getting your groove on, embrace zumba. There are a million and one options for adding physical activity to your daily routine. Even just 20 minutes can do wonders and after all, is better than nothing.
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