Acro yoga enhances body awareness and overall health. Try acro yoga if you’re looking to branch out from standard yoga and experience something new. If you’ve mastered traditional yoga and want something new, try incorporating acro yoga into your routine. If you’re up for a challenge, try out the most effective acro yoga poses. Acro […]
Add ballistic stretching in your fitness routine for these reasons
Want to take your fitness journey to the next level? Try incorporating these popular ballistic stretching exercises into your fitness routine. Ballistic stretching involves bouncing motions that stretch your bodies beyond the normal range of motion. It is more commonly used by Athletes. These stretches muscles faster and farther than static stretching, which is done […]
The Benefits of Nose Breathing: Top 4 Reasons You Shouldn't Be a Mouth-Breather
Breathing is one of the most vital components of human physiology. The respiratory system brings in oxygen for energy production by inhaling and disposes of carbon dioxide as waste by exhaling. Although the human body can breathe either through the nose or through the mouth, your dominant breathing method might drastically shape your health …
3 Reasons to Start Your Gym Routine Before the New Year
Starting a gym routine in the New Year can sometimes be a counterproductive resolution. You’ll be trying to learn the ropes when the gym is full of people with the same mindset. Not saying you should avoid the gym in January. Rather, being proactive about your fitness routine and starting it in the fall …
3 Reasons And 3 Ways To Eat More Avocado
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3 Reasons And 3 Ways To Eat More Peanut Butter
Food fads: One moment kale nabs the spotlight, only to be supplanted by the next thing, whether it’s mache (“mahsh”) or almond butter. The new must-have food darling gets promoted on social media, recipes are written for it, and it is crowned as the latest secret to total health—until the next thing comes along. …
6 Big Reasons Your Legs Aren't Growing
Muscle-Growth Mistakes | Chest Mistakes | Shoulder Mistakes | Triceps Mistakes | Back Mistakes | Leg Mistakes | Calf Mistakes | Ab Mistakes Diehard lifters will tell you that leg day is the most important training day of the week. It’s the one where your body gets the loudest, clearest message to grow. It’s also the day when …
The Big Reasons Your Back Isn't Growing
Muscle-Growth Mistakes | Chest Mistakes | Shoulder Mistakes | Biceps Mistakes | Triceps Mistakes | Back Mistakes | Leg Mistakes | Calf Mistakes Mirror-muscle lifters may look good from the front, but we all know what happens when they turn around. Everything disappears! It’s an unfortunate case of “out of sight, out of mind”—and their overall development, posture, and shoulder health usually suffer from it over the long …
6 Big Reasons Your Calves Aren't Growing
Muscle-Growth Mistakes | Chest Mistakes | Shoulder Mistakes | Triceps Mistakes | Back Mistakes | Leg Mistakes | Calf Mistakes No muscle group is as stubborn to grow as calves. Years of little-to-no progress compels plenty of lifters to neglect their lower legs entirely and basically put their calves out to pasture. They become the “my calves don’t grow” type …
5 Big Reasons Your Chest Isn't Growing
Muscle-Growth Mistakes | Chest Mistakes | Shoulder Mistakes | Biceps Mistakes You might think that all that stands between you and the body of your dreams is drive, guts, focus, or determination. That’s what the influencers might tell you. But something else might be blocking you: All those training mistakes that leave you disappointed and injured rather than pumped …
The Big Reasons Your Shoulders and Traps Aren't Growing
Muscle-Growth Mistakes | Chest Mistakes | Shoulder Mistakes | Biceps Mistakes Google “shoulder training mistakes,” and the search engine will spit out articles featuring advise like “Don’t use bad form,” “Move a full range of motion,” and “Never go too heavy.” Well…duh! You won’t find that kind of overgeneralized silliness here. This is advice by lifters, for lifters, learned the hard …
The Real Reasons You're Not Getting Bigger
Once upon a time, it seemed like only young men wanted to build muscle. That’s definitely not the case any longer! But the more people there are who want it, the more people there are who are getting frustrated when the scale doesn’t go up like they planned. If you’ve been working hard but not seeing …
Women's Fitness: 4 Reasons The Word ''Toned'' Needs To Die
It’s damn-near impossible to search for anything related to women’s fitness without coming across the word “toned.” Magazines, television advertisements, group fitness classes, and diet books all claim to help women get those “toned, sexy arms.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard a friend say, “I wish my arms were more …
5 Reasons Your Calves Will Not Grow and How to Grow Them
Ever see the guys with skinny chicken legs in the gym and on the beach? To be symmetrical, your calves should be around the same size as your arms. Are yours close? Many bodybuilders are in denial about their weak areas and do not bring them up to improve their symmetry. Arnold Schwarzenegger came …