Most people think of circuit training as a way to push the body – raising the heart rate, building endurance, feeling muscles burn. But there’s another layer hiding in plain sight: when you study a circuit, set the poster aside, and try to complete it without looking until the break, you’re not just working out…
Here, there is some magic sparkling dust that you can sprinkle all over yourself and instantly feel energized and eager to get up and work it, work it like there is no tomorrow. Or, here is a magic pill that gives you an itch until you go and work it off running here and there…
A beautiful body doesn’t begin with a diet and/or a gym membership. It begins in your head. And that beautiful, mindful you then finds its way out for everyone to see. It begins with self-respect, love and understanding that your mind and your body are interconnected. The path to a better physique doesn’t lie through…
How you feel during training is not always a reflection of how fit you are. If you know just how to manage it and use a variety of mental tricks you don’t just get to feel better than you would otherwise, you will be performing better, doing more and work out harder. Fitness is, mostly,…
Social psychologist, Erich Fromm, made a career out of divining that our bodies are incredibly smart. We are now learning that they are also incredibly responsive, although it may not seem like it at first glance. They respond to our lifestyle, what we eat, how much we eat, what we do to them and what…
You can be a gamer and you can be into fitness, if you know how to find the balance between the two. More than that, one can complement the other quiet beautifully once integrated, there has been plenty of gamification in fitness and plenty of fitness in gaming in recent years. The two have a…
Here’s a simple truth you already know: No amount of motivational posters will help you if you are not in the right place in your head, if you push yourself too hard, never let off steam and fail to manage your expectations. This begs the question: how do you get to that right place inside…
Everything starts for a reason and fitness is no exception to the rule. Unless you have a really good reason to start you won’t be able to stay committed and follow through with your resolutions. The good news is that most of it is mental which means you can actually put a plan of action…
The key to a healthy and happy life lies in finding balance, not in denying yourself life’s basic pleasures like comfort food and TV. Provided you can balance things out with exercise and healthier food choices, you can and, arguably, should indulge yourself. The basic principle of it is familiar because we’ve all had it…
Studies show that most people gain weight when they are in a relationship. It’s not just that the hunt is over and we already have someone to share our life with and we don’t feel the pressure to stay in shape, it’s also the fact that we now have to coordinate everything we do with…
