With gym closures happening over the last few months in our country’s lockdowns, many of us have resorted to training at home. Training with your own bodyweight has become a necessity for very many people. With a small investment of a couple of pounds to buy some core sliders, (aka furniture ...

Winter. Ah, let's face it: Wintertime is one of the worst seasons for staying fit and healthy. It's so tempting to stay in bed under the covers all day or to stay cosy with a cup of hot chocolate on the couch while watching our favourite holiday movie. While there's room for all these things, we ...

Warrior poses are among the most dynamic yoga postures. Besides being a great stretch for the outer hips and hamstrings, it’s proven to be an amazing strengthening pose. There are five variations of this pose: warrior one, two, and three, reverse and humble warrior. All target different muscle ...

The most common complement I get from women (especially at the gym) is, “you have a very attractive and curvy backside”, followed by the question, “what exercises do you do for your glutes?”. It’s extremely difficult for me to make them understand that my exercises don’t affect the size or shape of ...

Last time out, I discussed with you about how to stay active. One great way to do you just that is to get into running. Running can be challenging to begin yet fantastic when it is a habit. A brilliant way to stay motivated is to aim for faster running times. Here's how you can increase your speed ...

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 ...

To be able to stretch is imperative to help you mitigate the chances of injury, or pain. Flexibility is a key benefit of stretching, but there are numerous other reasons to stretch, especially just before a workout. Even if you're just going for a quick walk during your lunch break at work, (which ...

There are many, many, great benefits to running and especially during these challenging times. Many have taken to it as a means of stress relief and to get some vital exercise while we all eagerly wait for gyms to fully reopen. Not everyone reading this will have only just taken up running however, ...

Cycling brings with it an array of benefits and although the cost of a bike can vary from the very basic budget bikes, (around £80-£120) to more specialist bikes (around the £400-£1,000 mark and upwards), cycling, even with the most basic bike still brings wonderful health benefits. Now that ...

Many people think you have to be flexible to do yoga. In fact, this is probably one of the most common reasons people don’t do it, but yoga can actually help stiffness tremendously. Regular yoga practice can improve joint flexibility and reduce tension. You don’t have to do handstands and you don’t ...