fitness
Fitness regimes, advice, and trends in the Longevity health and wellness sphere.
4 Week Pregnancy Workout Routine Plan
Need a workout that will ease some of the aches and pains of pregnancy, while making you stronger and feel good about yourself? Then try the following exercises on a daily basis (or alternate days, as you feel) and add some stretching for flexibility. Stretching of large muscle groups like quads, hamstrings, chest, and back will help to prevent pregnancy-induced injuries and relieve discomfort. Another benefit of exercising in pregnancy is that you’ll not gain any unnecessary weight and post-partum your body will return to normal in no time.
By Mina Outreach7 years ago in Longevity
Fitness Tips for Busy Professionals
According to many surveys carried out, the most common answer for not exercising is “no time.” People are neglecting their health by making no time for physical activity. Other factors for not exercising include lack of motivation, negative thoughts, fear of judging, fear of embarrassment and failure etc.
By Health Valuables7 years ago in Longevity
5 Ways to Become a Better Fitness Instructor
As a fitness instructor, your life depends on the people you’re working with. If they like the way you encourage them to work out, and the way your workouts are structured, they will think highly of you, and show up to your workouts instead of those of a different instructor. Becoming a good fitness instructor relies on several different factors. Here are the five best ways you can become a better fitness instructor within the year.
By Paisley Hansen7 years ago in Longevity
How to Stay Cool While Exercising This Summer
As fun as it is to spend time outdoors in the summer, the heat can make a strenuous workout absolutely miserable. What might have come easy for you in the spring or fall might feel impossible when you factor in higher heat and humidity. And yet, you can't very well give up on your exercise routine for three months. You need to maintain your good habits, if only to take advantage of the pleasant summer days that you will experience.
By Paisley Hansen7 years ago in Longevity
5 Best Summer Workouts for a Summer Body
The heat of the summer season can feel a bit overwhelming depending on where you live. Instead of hiding from the sun, how about going outside and taking advantage of that heat to help you melt and burn even more fat. Plus, there are some activities you can't really do in the other seasons and so much beautiful scenery outdoors you can see while you are getting your body in shape. Your workouts do not have to be so monotonous, leaving you dreading the next day. By getting out in the sun to do the following five summer workouts, you will see great results and feel inspired to do them often.
By Kevin Gardner7 years ago in Longevity
Maintaining Muscle Strength
You’ve spent countless hours at the gym crafting your version of a perfect body. So much sweat, time, and money have gone into creating the version of yourself that you want to see in the mirror. However, at a certain point, you might begin to think that you can take a day off or add an extra cheat day. After all, the muscles you’ve worked so hard to develop took a long time. How much could you actually lose by taking the occasional break?
By Paisley Hansen7 years ago in Longevity
Three Low-Impact Exercises for Bad Knees
Knees can be a constant source of frustration, especially for people who want to exercise more. However, like anyone who has ever experienced knee pain can tell you, knee injuries almost always flare up when you try extreme cardio. This is particularly true of running, which can be hard on your knees. Knees are the most frequently injured joint in the body for both people who run and people who don’t. The problem is that when we think about getting our heart rate up, running is often the only thing that comes to mind. And because knee injuries can flare up and even worsen with this high-impact exercise, many people are disincentivized to give cardio a go. Nevertheless, there are solutions to this problem that can enable you to get in your dose of cardio without hurting your knees and leading to long-term joint damage. This article lists three exercises that you can start to incorporate into your workout regime today.
By Paisley Hansen7 years ago in Longevity
How to Set Realistic Fitness Goals
Goals are important to have We make goals to help us make it through our schooling, we have goals in work, and we have goals for our fitness levels. They help us to have something that we’re reaching for--something that motivates us to change the way that we live. Some of the hardest goals for people to hit are fitness goals. This is because we set them too high, or we have unrealistic expectations going into achieving the goal. This creates a spiral downward because we set ourselves up to fail over and over again. To break the habit of failing your fitness goals, what you need to do in order to set a goal that you’ll succeed at.
By Indy Summers7 years ago in Longevity
Can You Use Cardio to Enhance Weightlifting Workouts Without Unwanted Catabolic Burn?
Becoming strong through weightlifting is an important goal for young men. In order to develop their muscles, they will focus almost exclusively on lighting weight and bodybuilding select muscle groups until they pop. The toned and sculpted look is very popular for young men who want to look as tough as they feel. What is true for young men is also true in the universal sense for anyone set on developing muscle and adding weight instead of losing it. Because muscle cells weigh four times more than fat cells of equal size, getting ripped won't be a trip down the scales. Of course, when it comes to lifting, it all boils down to testosterone levels and raw power more than muscle mass for a certain set of lifters.
By Kari Oakley7 years ago in Longevity
