Magnesium is an essential nutrient that plays an important role in muscular health and recovery. After a grueling workout, you need to replenish your electrolytes and magnesium levels. Magnesium and muscle recovery In a study involving marathon runners, researchers discovered that magnesium was ...
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An amino acid found in many dietary supplements for athletes may play a crucial role in the production of carnosine in skeletal muscle, suggest researchers from Brazil. A natural compound mainly found in muscle tissue and the brain, carnosine helps ...
Read More »Four seconds of high-intensity exertion throughout the day can prevent health damage caused by too much sitting
As much of the world remains confined at home due to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many people are trying to come up with new ways to stay healthy and fit in lieu of being able to go to the ...
Read More »Ease hip pain with these 9 chair stretches
Whether it’s arthritis affecting your hip bones, or just an unfortunate side effect of sitting in front of a computer all day long, hip pain definitely isn’t a fun experience. This pain can make everyday tasks like walking, climbing the ...
Read More »The Ugly Side of Health and Fitness
There’s an Ugly Side to health and fitness most don’t realize exists — until they experience it for themselves. That’s what happened to me, and I don’t want it to happen to you. Lose fat and like how you look ...
Read More »DOES FITNESS MAKE YOU UNHAPPY?
Let’s assume for one moment this isn’t a blog post. It’s a conversation that you’re watching. I’m not a writer. You’re not a reader. This is real life. And this is the conversation that hurts to the core maybe more ...
Read More »Born Fitness Workouts: The Full-Body Soul Crusher
Each week we share a snapshot of the training and workouts happening in the Born Fitness community. Sometimes it’s my workouts and other times it’ll be individual workouts from within the Born Fitness online coaching program. -AB The Workout I call it ...
Read More »WHAT IS WESTERN PERIODIZATION?
The Western periodization model, also referred to as linear periodization, has become very popular over the past few decades as a consistent method of preparing athletes for competition. This approach consists of different training cycles commonly referred to as micro, ...
Read More »Tone up in 10 minutes
Is it possible? Hell yes, according to US super-trainer Sean Foy. Women’s Fitness uncovers his speedy sculpting secrets. You’ve said it. We’ve said it. Heck, every woman in possession of both a packed diary and a gym pass has said ...
Read More »Your ultimate fitness holiday
Bored of your fly-and-flop holiday and looking for something more special this year? Discover your ultimate fitness holiday with BodyHoliday Overlooking the Caribbean Sea on the North-West coast of St Lucia sits BodyHoliday, the gorgeous all-inclusive spa resort. With its extensive ...
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