You might have heard of metabolic age. You might not. It’s not a common measurement for health and fitness, but if you’ve ever stepped on one of those smart scales in the gym, it’s a reading you might be familiar with. There’s a continual stream...
When we think of core workouts, a couple of things come to mind. Sit-ups. Planks. A floor-based ab workout. A visibly toned tummy. It’s easy to reduce core workouts to these simple things. And whilst they’re rightly associated,...
There are lots of things people do in a bid to become healthier. It’s easy to fall victim to quick fixes and fads that see us doing pretty odd things in the name of health. Downing apple cider vinegar, exercising in the middle of the night, or...
Yoga offers the chance to focus on the present. Being mindful of how the body appears in space and the sensation of the movements you’re making. Instead of thinking about the future, the past, or the what-ifs, Yoga encourages you to ground...
If the list of benefits that exercise can bring was written in a book, it would be thousands of pages long. Think Lord of The Rings. Or War and Peace. Whatever genre you’re into. We know about exercise and its effects on our physical fitness: stronger...
It’s well known that those who often exercise and like lifting heavy in the gym need to stock up on their protein. Visualisations of toned men and women sipping on a protein shake in a tight fitted t-shirt come to mind quite quickly. Do those muscles come...
