Category: Exercise Blogs
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Today’s Yoga Pose: Bound Side Bind
Celebrity Fitness Expert and founder of Yogalosophy, Mandy Ingber shares her favourite yoga pose for today: Bound Side Extended Yoga Angle Pose One way to deepen your yoga poses is to bind. Ingber explains that the yoga bound poses involve clasping your hands so as to rotate and open your shoulders and torso. “Patience is…
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5 Exercises You Generally Should NOT Do
Ever heard of ‘monkey see, monkey do’? Its human nature to copy, and it’s this emulation that often perpetuates thoughtless reenactment. While not all repeated actions are done mindlessly, the ones performed without knowledge are. Personal trainer Tyrone Wessels will share the 5 exercises you generally should NOT do. 1. The standing side body dumbbell…
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Know Your Body Type For Target Fitness Training
By being honest with yourself and understanding your body type, you are able to manage your expectations. Fitness expert Dorian Cabral, explains that at birth we were immobile and this was our most vulnerable stage. “We then achieve milestones such as rolling over, sitting, crawling, standing, walking, and then running. Slowly, but surely, we become…
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4 Best Ways To Improve Your Recovery After Exercise
When you exercise, your body needs some recovery time. An increase in size, strength, power and performance is often attributed to growth in lean muscle mass. But what exactly is growth, and why does it happen? Muscles grow when they are subjected to an external resistance. That resistance causes incredibly small tears within the muscle…
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Take Our Quiz: What Kind of Yoga Is Right for You?
The key to connecting with your mind, body and spirit through yoga is to match your practice with your personality and your physical needs. Each style of yoga will give you a different way to connect with its ancient wisdom. Take the quiz below courtesy of The Chopra Centre (1) to find out which style is…
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The 5 Best Exercises For A Healthy Body
We no longer have to guess. Harvard Medical School released a paper outlining the only five exercises we need to practice to get the best outcome for our bodies. And the results are surprising! Don’t like going to the gym? No problem! Part of the reason that these exercises are so fantastic is that you don’t necessarily need a gym membership. As…
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Want a Younger Brain? Just Take the Stairs – I’m Actually Not Kidding.
It’s no secret that if you want to keep your mind sharp, it’s worth making some time to workout. Yes, exercise won’t only give you a sexy body. It’ll help get you a sexy brain as well. In fact in one study done at the University of British Columbia, researchers found that regular aerobic exercise can actually boost the…
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Jillian Michaels Reveals How To Keep The Weight Off
Jillian Michaels is showing us how to be a mom of two with a ripped body. The Biggest Loser trainer is back, without being gentle or kind. Motherhood is making it easier for her to relate to women’s weight-loss troubles. This hardcore ‘fitness fundi’ reveals how you can stay lean and mean. Jillian Michaels Is…
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Why Jessamyn Stanley Is Growing A Body Positive Yoga Movement
Jessamyn Stanley is a body-positive advocate and yoga instructor. She is also a writer in Durham, North Carolina. Her classes provide a body-positive approach to yoga. The Instagram ‘Yogi’- who goes by the name @jessamynstanley, celebrates students’ bodies and encourages them to ask, “How do I feel?” instead of “How do I look?” when practicing yoga.…
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This Is Why Men’s Yoga-Wear Is The Latest Health Trend
This year is all about breaking down identity stereotypes – and yoga is no exception. Yoga-wear brands are taking a stand against the idea that yoga is just for women. While there has traditionally been less choice for men, than women, when it comes to yoga-wear, this is no longer the case. Many yoga-wear brands have started producing…