Ah wellness! How has yours been during the pandemic? In response to the current health, well-being, stress and anxiety challenges, the Keep Fit Kingdom team have developed a short, exciting wellness test study. Our hope is to inspire and encourage people to take care of their health using a simple, ...
READ MORE +People workout for different reasons. Some do so to achieve fantastic physical shape, while for others it's about helping them manage an underlying medical condition. Regardless of your overall aim for working out, you will still most likely experience sore muscles (DOMS) after rigorous training of ...
READ MORE +Foam rolling is a widely used therapeutic technique used by a variety of individuals, from the likes of recreational exercisers all the way to professional athletes. It is typically used during warm-ups and cool downs, inducing benefits by way of myofascial release. Myofascial release is a form of ...
READ MORE +You use a lot of energy when you exercise, workout, or do any physical activity. The fuel sources in your body are depleted, causing your muscles to get sore and make you feel tired. If your energy levels are not replenished within 30-60 minutes, it can be harder for your body to recover. That's ...
READ MORE +A Friday night takeaway after an arduous week of work; sitting down in front of the TV with an army of poppadoms, legions of pizza and battalions of chips, is one of the hardest things to give up if you’re pursuing a healthy diet. They’re so attractive because they’re so easy and comforting. But, ...
READ MORE +When you’re trying to boost your fitness, whether it be in terms of strength, endurance or sporting performance, it’s easy to solely focus on the intake of macronutrients. Protein, carbs and fibre, for example, tend to get the limelight. Micronutrients however, which are mostly vitamins and ...
READ MORE +Whether you’re used to hitting the gym, or it's the first workout since your New Year’s resolution was made, you could be feeling a 'burn' of one kind or another! The hours—and sometimes days—after intense exercise can be rough. From sore muscles to dehydration, a lot of discomfort can accompany ...
READ MORE +If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably joined several gyms throughout the years, and each time you’ve thought 'this is the one’! You were excited, motivated, you had a goal and the will to achieve it. You went to the gym consistently for a few months, then you started finding excuses until you ...
READ MORE +A foam roller is a compressed foam cylinder mostly used to increase flexibility and reduce muscle tightness and work through inflammation. Foam rolling is a self-applied exercise that reproduces a deep tissue massage. Using a foam roller before a workout increases flexibility, allowing you to get ...
READ MORE +Friday 20th March, 2020 - a day that will live long and painfully in the memories of the fitness fanatics of the United Kingdom. The announcement wasn’t quite death, but a crippling halt to our fitness journeys. Gyms in the UK shall be closed due to Covid-19! Some of us adapted and worked on other ...
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