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How and why: the dumbbell clean
The dumbbell clean is a full-body exercise that works muscles from across the body in a multi-phased, intense movement. It makes up part of the dumbbell clean and press, which...
What do diamond push-ups do?
Diamond push-ups are a progression of the traditional push-up, meaning they’re a more challenging variation of the original. If you’re looking for a new bodyweight challenge that shifts muscle focus...
How to use intervals to improve your running performance
Running is super accessible. We all know that. We lace up our trainers, and off we go, running at a steady pass until we complete our loop or get tired. After a while, progress can start to...
What’s better for the body: running or walking?
When we think of exercising for health and fitness, our minds immediately go to running. To be healthier, I must run. Running means, I'm fitter. Time to put my trainers on. It's an accessible...
7 great home exercises for the upper body
The upper body is hard to hit without weights. It can seem as though there’s a limited supply of home-friendly exercises that challenge you enough to make some fitness progress....
Why your core is so important in keeping you healthy
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...
Here’s how to improve your running times
If you need some motivation to keep your running up, here it is. Runs which today seem impossible, with practice, will one day seem effortless. It's important to remind ourselves of that...
Is doing 10,000 steps a day really that important?
Whether from your fitness tracker, or every influencer across social media, we're always told 10,000 steps a day is a golden number. That hitting 10k gives us a health and...
How many reps should you do of each exercise?
In the gym or at home, we often have to craft our own fitness routines that match what we're looking for that day. Whether we're using heavy barbells, light dumbbells, or maybe...
