[ad_1] When it comes to exercise there are two groups of people: those who love it and those who tolerate it. Both groups however struggle with time. In the modern world no one has enough of it and even those of us who love exercise because of the way it makes us feel struggle to…
[ad_1] The body is a physical thing. It is made up of muscles and bones which make it look like its mechanical work is powered by an assembly of cables and pulleys. Everything it experiences includes some kind of contraction or relaxation of these muscles so the heart acts like a pump and the lungs…
[ad_1] If you’ve ever been punched in the stomach, as a kid, and ended up on the floor gasping for breath then you have an immediate grasp of what the vagus nerve is. We don’t use our stomach to breathe with but lying fairly close to the skin at approximately the point between the stomach…
Compared to the shoulder the knee is a seemingly simpler hinge joint that permits articulation between the femur (thigh bone) and tibia (shin bone) and between the femur and the patella (kneecap). That however doesn’t mean there is anything simple about it. The fact that it is one of the most frequently injured joints speaks…
When the worst illness that could affect us was the common cold in winter, exercising while sick was a lot easier to tackle. Covid-19 has changed all that. By introducing a new set of post-illness symptoms and conditions to deal with it has changed the approach to getting back to fitness after contracting the disease….
There are some things in fitness that are counterintuitive and because of that they don’t become immediately obvious until they’re explained. The way we use our arms and legs is one of them. Now, usually, we train our arms by doing push-ups or by lifting, and we train our legs through squats and jumps and…
Those of you who actively use micro-workouts to maintain your fitness, already understand that incremental improvements require more structure but less energy to achieve and still deliver the fitness results you are looking for. The ‘catch’ in the approach is time. While your body and mind respond to the pressure being applied the adaptations take…
We all know we should eat more fruit and vegetables… but we don’t. They are just not as convenient as sandwiches and pies, not as comforting or tasty for someone whose taste buds are not used to them. And even if we do love the taste and are convinced fresh fruit and vegetables are good…
Making something easy or accessible (or not) is how you change your snacking habits. We snack more and we snack more often because it’s easy and because it’s convenient, we snack before a meal, afterwards and sometimes instead. We snack all day and it very soon becomes a habit to snack and grab something we…
We often struggle to drink enough water. Although we know we should do it we often forget, or don’t feel like it or drink anything else but that. We get dehydrated which then leads to dizziness, headaches, sluggishness and confusion rendering us less than productive and unable to concentrate and get on with our day….
