Intuitive Eating: The Pros and Cons
Have you heard about intuitive eating? While intuition is a timeless concept applicable to all areas of life, two dietitians coined the term "intuitive eating" in the 1990s. They developed a framework to provide a new approach to eating that would help people find freedom from restrictive diet culture.
How to Lose 50 Pounds In Six Months
Losing weight at the best times can be tough but losing 50lbs (22.5kg) in six months! Really?! While it may sound hopeless, with the right attitude, a meal and exercise plan, commitment and a whole lot of effort, you can lose 50lbs in six months, and here’s how!
The Best Times to Take Fat Burners
Fat burners, also known as thermogenics, are exactly what they sound like. These dietary supplements are popular among bodybuilders and are used to maximize fat burning during and after exercise and to improve overall body composition. Here's how they work their magic!
Why you need a Personal trainer!
You arrive at the gym excited and determined at the prospect of transforming your exercise deprived body back into the form of its life. You hop on the stationary bicycle, spend 10 minutes spinning the peddles, hop off, look around and think, now what?
A beginners guide to weight training and muscle gain.
Whether your goal is to carve out Brad Pitt's six-pack in fight club or to build an Arnold Schwarzenegger terminator physique, you're going to have to include some weight training into your exercise routine.
Not sure where to start? Let us help!
Take a Hike, Lose Some Weight: Strategies to Burn Fat While Hiking
Weight loss doesn't have to be the main goal for your hike but it's certainly a pretty big benefit and with all that beautiful nature around you, you'd be surprised to learn the number of calories you're burning!
Pre-workout nutrition - How to make the most of your workouts
Consider this. Your body is a Lamborghini. You have a 500km drive ahead of you. You try making the journey on an empty tank. Will you make it the full distance? NO is the answer and your body is no different. Deprive it of what it needs and it can't perform properly.
How to lose the last 10 pounds of stubborn body fat
You've been eating clean, training hard and until recently were on course to reach your final weight loss goals, only to have it all come to a frustrating standstill. Sound familiar!? Fortunately, you aren’t alone, and more often than not it’s a simple fix in the details.
Morning vs evening - which is best for exercise?
When we exercise is very rarely something people consider when beginning any sort of exercise program. People exercise when it is convenient for them and rightly so. However, if you're serious about sustainability and optimized results, it could be worth taking a look at not only how you workout, but also when.
Build Muscle, get ripped and increase endurance with Drop-sets
Drop sets are essentially a technique where you perform an exercise to failure or near failure, then drop (reduce) the weight and continue for more reps until you reach failure, drop the weight again and repeat.
Weightlifting Belts – Helpful or Harmful?
The weightlifting belt is a useful piece of equipment for seasoned gym bros looking to get the biggest bulk for their buck, but is it really necesary and are there risks involved in wearing one?
7 top fat burning exercises
If you truly want to power up your body's fat burning engine, you're going to have to step it up a notch. Incorporate these top 7 fat burning exercises into your workouts for a Leaner and more athletic physique.
The Mesomorph Series: The Ultimate Lean Bulk Plan
The three most common body types, or "somatotypes," are mesomorph, ectomorph, and endomorph. Understanding the three body types with their different body compositions, body shapes, bone structures, and metabolic rates helps nutritionists and personal trainers design effective, personalized workout routines and meal plans.
Fall into fitness: 5 Benefits of exercising in Autumn
After months of pool parties, long and fun filled beach days and procrastinating on your exercise routine, summer is finally over and it's time to turn your focus towards getting fit. Here are 5 benefits of getting into a fall fitness routine:
Consistency: The key to Training Success
They say that every new beginning in life is tough – but even if you set your custom-devised workout program off on the right foot, it still doesn’t mean that peak fitness results are guaranteed. To safeguard your training agenda against stagnation or downright nosedives, you should keep your diet, workout, and recovery optimized for sustainable progress.
But how exactly do you tweak your lifestyle for long-term success and maximum performance during every workout session? Brace yourself: the road to training consistency isn’t paved with roses, but you can avoid thorns by adjusting your daily routine based on the guidelines listed below.
More than Muscle Gain: 5 Reasons Strength Training Will Change Your Life
Resistance workouts work like a charm for long-term physical, mental, and emotional health – and here are the top five benefits strength workouts will bring you along with a sexy six-pack and Apollo-Esque physique.
A beginners guide to exercise
You've decided to take the plunge into exercising but aren't quite sure where to start, what to do or what to expect. Fear not, we've got you covered. In this article, we'll look at some of the most important aspects when engaging in exercise for the 1st, 2nd or even 3rd time.
Post-workout nutrition - You are WHEN you eat.
I'm sure you've heard the expression “You are what you eat” but did you know that when you eat can be equally important. Here’s what you need to know about post-workout nutrition.
Forget the Scales - The bmi is whack! Alternate ways to track your fitness progress.
The BMI (Body Mass Index) is currently used around the world to determine whether an adult is of a healthy weight for their height. It can, however, be deceiving. A 5ft 10inch man that weighs 80kg would be considered overweight and most rugby and American football players considered obese according to the body mass index.