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Going gaga over yoga
Pop icon Madonna is probably one of the most popular bi-products of commercialized yoga. Since she started to come out…
The Power of Stretching
Stretching gives one the ability to have explosive power available at one’s fingertips without the need to warm up. Of course most of us are not martial artists or agents. But, you’ll be happy to know there are plenty of other benefits.
Stretch for Fitness Success
An informative article from personal trainer, Anna Fleet, on the benefits of stretching and strength training.
How Daily Duties Can Help Us Meet Our Daily Exercise Requirement
Most of us would definitely exercise if we only had the (extra) time, but since we don’t. Well, according to experts your “valid” excuse is in reality a “poor” one.
Despite what you’ve been conditioned to believe, like the need to join a group, gym, etc and devote a designated amount of time per day to your workout routine, experts assert it’s actually a lot easier than that. In fact, they note that a few minutes, a few times a day (of physical activity) adds up. And, you …
The Importance of Stretching
Among the methods applied in sport training, one that has been used more and more lately is stretching. The word, English in origin, is used as such in many other languages and it comes from the verb to stretch (meaning, in this sense, ‘to make your arms, legs and body as straight as possible so that your muscles become long and tight’). More exactly, we talk about stretching the muscles, the joints, the tendons, the ligaments, etc.
Enhance Your Flexibility
Staying limber can offset age-related stiffness, improve athletic performance, and optimize functional movement in daily life.
How to Deal with Muscle Cramps
Muscle cramps are temporary contractions of the muscles and they usually appear during physical effort. The sensation is similar to the one you have when you feel a strong, involuntary tightening of the muscle group that you can’t control any more. There are many causes which bring about cramps, but they happen most often because of insufficient warming up before training.
How to Stretch your Way to Fitness
Not many things pay off for the body as much as stretching.
Clothes and Shoes and Stretching
Now that we have a trainer, our next concern is to be equipped with the proper shoes and clothes, so our training experience can be maximized.