Staying hydrated while exercising is important for maintaining your performance. It doesn’t take a lot to increase your body temperature, reduce your capacity and reduce your ability to recover. Stay hydrated while exercising, even in cooler temperatures, to get all the benefits from your workout. You can learn more about hydration and how to make your own recovery drink, as …
Why is HIIT so popular? 5 Tips to HIIT your workout.
High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is popular and can be effective if done correctly. It can be a cardiovascular or strength training workout. It can result in a big return for a small time investment. HIIT is a combination of short bursts of high-intensity training followed by a recovery period. It can help slow down the effects of muscle ageing, improve …
Running as meditation
Meditation It has been proven over and over again how good meditation is for you. It has also been said that you can meditate in many unconventional ways, like while doing the dishes, walking or running. I believe that is true. However, there is a catch, isn’t there always? It has to be focused activity. Doing something like checking your …
Do you have the discipline?
Do you have the discipline? Based on the latest research, for most people, the answer is no. If you are training for an event or trying to set a new personal best, you are probably like most athletes and letting your workout intensity drift into the middle, not hard enough and not easy enough. I really wish it wasn’t true, …
Can we talk about fat?
Fat is a nutrient and a fuel source. We need some fat, but we tend to eat a lot of it—a lot more than we used to. In fact, we eat about 23% more calories than in the 1970s. Eat too much, and those calories are stored as fat. Currently, popular diets, like the ketogenic diet, or high protein diet …
Endurance
Are you a cardio junkie? If you are, you know exactly what I mean. If not, let me explain. You love long workouts. Running, cycling, cross-country skiing, swimming, the activity doesn’t matter. What matters is that you don’t want to live without that hit or release that comes with these types of activities. There are a few aspects of these …
Mindfulness Matters
Change your mind, change your health. It is how I end every post. After years helping people change their health and fitness I have found that those who don’t think positively about fitness don’t (or won’t) do it. If you don’t believe that you can do it or lack the confidence to exercise you won’t do it. If you believe …
Cognitive fitness
How fit is your brain? I have been listening to a series about food and brain health this week and two of the speakers, neurologists, researchers and partners, Drs Ayeshi and Dean Sherzai, had some great news about brain health. Their research shows that your habits can have an effect on your brain health. In their book, The Alzheimer’s …
3 Good Reasons to Exercise
No time? “I have no time” is the number one excuse that people give for not exercising. What exactly does this mean? No time for improved general health? Fitness? Stress relief? Weight management? Maintaining your brain health? Increasing muscle mass? Improved bone density? Improved academic performance? Reduced blood pressure? Improved aerobic efficiency? Increased energy? Improved mood? Reduced risk of chronic …
Exercise in a pill
If you could replace exercise with a pill, would you? Think about it, because even if you don’t love to exercise you may be improving your health without realizing it. The current recommendations for exercise are 150 minutes per week. More is better. Up to 7 hours of exercise a week will improve your health. After 7 hours the benefits …
You must be logged in to post a comment.