Fitness Mastery: Hypertrophy, HIIT & Running Optimization

Comprehensive fitness involves a mix of strength training for hypertrophy, HIIT for metabolic health, and corrective exercises for postural alignment.

Men running in ocean, low section

Can Running Make Your Neck Sore?

Runners expect a degree of soreness in the legs after a workout. In fact, they often enjoy the soreness as a "badge of honor" signifying a difficult but successful workout. However, it's also possible to experience soreness in the neck after running.

Read more →
Boxer Training with Punching Bag

Can You Burn Arm Fat When Hitting a Punching Bag?

Flabby arms are unsightly and can be a real challenge to your personal confidence and self-image. It might seem logical that working out your arms β€” such as with punches to a heavy bag β€” would reduce arm fat. However, the truth is more complex and involves muscle toning and development.

Read more →

Occupational Hand Exercises to Strengthen Grip

Improving hand strength is often the focus of your occupational therapy. By using Theraputty, dumbbells or functional activities, your OT can teach you a variety of occupational hand exercises to increase your hand grip strength.

Read more →
Woman exercising in outdoor

How Long Should a Warm-Up Last?

Before you do a workout of any kind, you need a thorough warm-up. The warm-up portion of your workout helps to get your muscles ready for action. Thoroughly warming up can help you prevent injury and improve your performance during the workout.

Read more →

The Benefits of 30 Minutes on the Treadmill a Day

A treadmill is an efficient exercise option no matter what shape you’re in. Beginners, intermediates and advanced exercisers can choose different speeds and inclines to create fat-burning, cardio and sprint-training workouts.

Read more →
Young Man Doing Exercise For Biceps

Does Curling Make Your Forearms and Biceps Bigger?

Curls, which is the shortened term for bicep curls, are a common weight training exercise used to develop muscles in the upper limbs. Curling can be completed with dumbbells, a barbell, on a pulley unit or on a machine. To perform the curl, hold the weights down by your side with your palms facing forward.

Read more →

How to Tone a Flabby Stomach Post-Pregnancy

Pregnancy completely changes your body gradually over 40 weeks. Your ligaments and joints become more flexible, your center of gravity changes, your organs shift as your baby grows and your abdominal muscles are stretched to make room for your baby. Once you deliver, it takes time for your body to change again.

Read more →
man doing push-ups in the park

Can You Replace Body Fat With Muscle?

Participating in a consistent diet and exercise regimen will help to burn fat and build muscle. However, according to West Virginia University, fat and muscle are composed of completely different cells making conversion impossible.

Read more →
Exercising With Dumbbells

Exercises While Lying Down Using Dumbbells

Dumbbells are versatile and allow you to mimic many movements of exercise machines. Unlike a barbell, which you have to hold with both hands, dumbbells allow you to alternate your arms or work one arm at a time so you can really focus on the muscle you're targeting.

Read more →
Fit blonde kneeling on floor using foam roller

How to Roll Out Sore Muscles

Sore muscles are usually the result of hard work. Whether you strength train, play sports or do yard work, your muscles get sore when you overwork them. Usually muscle soreness goes away on its own within a few days, but you can speed up the process and give yourself some relief with the use of a foam roller.

Read more →
Young woman athlete sitting on the split, black background

How to Create Long and Toned, Not Bulky, Muscles

For some obscure reason, many women and some men are convinced that lifting over 5 pounds will magically cause muscles to bulk up. This is simply not the case -- it takes a considerable amount of effort and time to bulk up and even then, there's no guarantee. Rather than bulking, people prefer to "tone"

Read more →
Young woman holding glass of water

How to Drink Water to Get a Flat Stomach

Regular exercise and a low-calorie diet are typically used to flatten the stomach. Exercise helps increase your metabolism, which causes your body to burn more calories. When you combine exercise with a low-calorie diet, your body is forced to use fat storage to make up the calorie difference.

Read more →
Beautiful girl lifting weights

5 Types of Weight Training

Everyone knows that weight training makes you stronger; however, certain types of weight training can produce dramatically different results. Some types of weight training will increase your maximal strength, whereas others will improve endurance.

Read more →
Young athlete launching from a starting block

What Kind of Physique Would You Get From Only Running Sprints?

Sprinting is a highly effective form of exercise that combines the benefits of cardio training with resistance work. Sprinting is an anaerobic activity -- it forces your body to draw on your stored energy in order to meet its demands. It also triggers a hormonal response that causes the development of muscle mass.

Read more →
medical  illustration of the Anterior Deltoideus - back view

Exercising with a Deltoid Strain

The deltoid muscle covers your shoulder joint from back to front, enabling you to abduct, extend and flex your arm. Straining this muscle can cause significant pain and consequently affect your range of motion and strength.

Read more →