Getting an injury is no fun, especially when it forces you to abandon your exercise routine. While most focus on the treatment and the healing process, taking a break from the training is sometimes worse than getting injured. However, regardless...
Foam rolling – or any sort of do-it-yourself tissue release – is a wonderful thing. We can treat a plethora of injuries and muscle imbalances in the comfort of our own homes, which is something that even top-level athletes of...
Massage therapy in a nutshell. Massage therapy is the manual manipulation of soft body tissues to enhance a person's health and well-being. The process emphasizes better muscular-skeletal mobility over strength training. It is generally used for pain reduction, releasing tension,...
A hot cup of coffee can be a fantastic way to give you the energy and focus you need to finish your day. Unfortunately, it can also keep you up all night, leading to you needing even more caffeine to...
You take a look at yourself in the mirror and immediately whine about how you don’t like the way your body looks. You decide there and then to start on a diet – and take it seriously this time around....
Unilateral exercises involve the use of a single leg or single arm in working out rather than using both concurrently as in bilateral training. Training both sides at once offers a lot of benefits but may also lead to injury...
Raise your hand if you thought that stretching was just stretching, and there were no nuances to it. Hold a stretch for a bit and call it a day – nothing to see here. It isn't exactly rocket science, so...
Basics of postural alignment Good posture can be described as the body's ability to sit, walk, stand or lie in a position that places a minimal strain on supporting muscles, ligaments and joints during movement or activities. When posture suffers...
Modern society can be hard to deal with. We worry about everything from our own happiness to the current state of climate change; that’s stress on levels from personal to global, and everything in between. No wonder so many of...
Eggs have always been a staple in anyone's list of comfort foods. They're cheap, easy to prepare, and are delicious. And while we take them for granted as we eat them every day, we tend to forget how special and...