Some of the apps highlighted here are tracking tools. You can log workouts, count calories eaten, and collect stats about all your runs to see overtime how you’re improving. Fitness apps can also be coaching apps that put you in touch with a personal trainer or nutritionist who will check in with you once a…
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If you ask other athletes to name a benefit of cross-training, all of them will mention injury prevention. But although injury prevention is by far the most widely recognized benefit of cross-training among athletes, it’s hardly the only one. Athletes can also use cross-training to rehabilitate injuries, improve fitness, promote recovery, enhance motivation, rejuvenate the mind and…
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For the uninitiated: Pokémon GO is an app, built by Nintendo and Niantic, Inc., in cooperation with The Pokémon Group. Technically billed as a mobile game, it leverages a few basic smartphone technologies—GPS and camera, mostly—to merge the fictional, digital world of Pikachus and Pokémon Gyms with the physical, wholly real world of sidewalks and…
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Bodyweight training, when done right (and well) can truly enhance your body aesthetic. It can get your heart rate up and leave you in a pile of your own sweat if you’re willing to get serious with it. And Tabata training — eight, 20-second segments of work followed by 10 seconds of rest—definitely qualifies as…
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Wouldn’t it be great to get firm, toned abs in 30 days? We created a challenge that will get you a six-pack in time for any event. You’ll not only look amazing — you’ll strengthen your core which will lessen your chance of back pain. Best of all, you can achieve this in just a…
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You absolutely love your job! It’s interesting, rewarding and challenging. It also might be hazardous to your health. Office spaces are set up to require little movement, making it easy to gain weight. Before you know it, you’ve added 30 kilograms on your frame. Besides increasing weight, desk jobs also increase the strain on…
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Although there has been limited investigations linking the influence of compression garments on athletic performance, it appears the use of compression garments may have a positive effect on athletes during exercise and during recovery periods following exercise. As no studies have reported negative effects on exercise performance or perceptions of pain, the use of compression…
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The key to fat loss is calories. You have to expend more than you consume. There are two ways to do this: burn more calories with exercise and eat fewer calories. Gain Muscle Over 60% of the calories you burn are from your body’s resting metabolic rate (RMR), which is the amount of energy…
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