You may have come across many in the gym who may be performing the bench press. It is one of the most common exercises to be included in an upper body workout routine and is the favorite of many athletes and fitness enthusiasts alike.…
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A Beginner’s Guide To Lunges
As we all know regular participation in strength training provides a multitude of benefits. This includes increased muscular strength and power, decreased risk of injury, and improved activities of daily living.
A lunge is an option for a lower body exercise that can help to achieve these benefits.…
All you need to know about BMI
Introduction
Body mass index (BMI) is a standard statistic used by healthcare facilities to assess the health of their patients. It has been used for decades as the standard for the evaluation of health based on body size, but it has repeatedly come under fire for its simplification of what being healthy truly requires.…
Stretching for Flexibility: Should you or Should you not?
Introduction
Stretching has been a mandatory part of training for decades. It is common to see people stretching or trainers helping their clients perform stretches post-workout. Stretching is a technique of lengthening and elongating a muscle or a muscle group, which helps improve flexibility. …
A Beginner’s Guide to Gym Equipment
If you’re a beginner, it can be overwhelming and confusing to choose the right equipment for your gym routine. You might not know what type of exercises are to be performed or how much weight should be lifted as a beginner.…
Strength Training Guide for Beginners
Imagine your first day in the gym. You are motivated and ready to do as much, in one day, as you can and as is physically possible. But you may have even noticed that as a newbie you are also as confused as a chameleon. …
The Beginner’s Guide to Progressive Overload Training
Do you feel like you are working out, but your workouts are not effective enough? Do you feel that you are not progressing in your fitness game or that you are stuck at that one number on the scale and that your body has not shown any improvements for a very long time period?…
How to Restart an Exercise Routine After a Long Gap?
There are several reasons as to why you may take a break from your workout. Sickness, lethargy, overwork, vacation, exams, or injury, may prevent you from following your workout routine. Reasons to take a gap from exercise although many, you must restart your workout as soon as this phase gets over.…
Importance of Warm-up and Cool Down
Are you someone who goes for the weights as soon as you enter the gym? Someone who starts running as soon as you step on the treadmill? Someone who runs home once your workout is over? If the answer to the above questions is a positive response, you my friend unfortunately may be in trouble over the long run.…