So you think you can push yourself to the limits at the gym and go home like it never happened? Wrong. Recovery plays an instrumental role in not only maximizing your gains but also pushing your potential to new heights. It’s one thing to work the muscles strategically, but it’s another to provide ...

Feeling stiff, achy, or like your body just isn't moving the way it used to? You're not alone. Daily life, repetitive movements, and even past injuries can cause our bodies to fall out of alignment. This can lead to a cascade of issues, from chronic pain and headaches to decreased mobility and ...

Discover the potent benefits of smelling salts in the realm of sports and physical performance. From instant stimulation to cognitive enhancement, explore how these ammonia inhalants are transforming the athletic landscape. Curious? You should be. Follow on for Smelling Salts: Discover the Top 5 ...

When trying to improve one's athletic performance, training efforts tend to be in the spotlight. However, the body is a complex machine, and true athletic performance requires a multifaceted approach. One of the critical factors that directly impact athletic performance is sleep hygiene. Yet, this ...

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 ...

You will find them on your dinner table most nights, they accompany most meals, and they taste absolutely delicious. However, these days with a spike in the health and fitness industry, potatoes are becoming somewhat of a villain on our dinner plates. Over the years we have began to look at these ...

Another of the major league medicinal mushrooms, reishi or 'Ganoderma lucidum', is native to several regions across Asia, such as Korea, China and Japan and can currently be found growing on hardwood trees worldwide in tropical and subtropical climates. "Reishi" is the Japanese word for this ...

Potentially the most powerful member of the fungi kingdom, the chaga mushroom or 'Inonotus obliquus', contains possibly the greatest medicinal properties of all herbs. It's a parasitic but also symbiotic fungus that grows primarily on birch trees in cool climates and has been used for its profound ...

Cordyceps (caterpillar fungus) is a medicinal mushroom that is a wild fungus and has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for over 5,000 years. There are numerous species of cordyceps, however the most researched and popular is Ophiocordyceps sinensis. It is found at high altitudes of ...

Pilates is a form of exercise that was originally developed in the early 1900's by Joseph Hubertus Pilates (born: 9th December, 1883 in Mönchengladbach, Germany), with the aim of helping the body to gain strength and flexibility. Joseph was a self-defence instructor during World War I, and he ...