Losing Weight at Home
For some of us, working from home or staying in the house to look after the family sounds like an ideal scenario. No commute, no office gossip and the chance to walk around in shorts and a T-shirt all day if we want to. But it is also a sure-fire way to pile on weight […]
Easy Ways to Improve Your Punch Power
Punching effectively and forcefully is hardly an art form. We’ve all seen someone throw a haymaker and it hasn’t done much more than slightly inconvenience the opponent. Likewise, we’ve also seen a short, sharp jab that has looked pretty ineffective when thrown but has put someone on the floor. Despite it not needing to be […]
Healthy Food in a Busy Lifestyle
Working out is all well and good, and it’s great if we have time in the day to fit a weight loss regimen in. However, the sad fact is that most of us don’t, and our keep fit routine is often relegated to before or after work. With that in mind, focusing on diet is […]
Positive Body Effects of Distance Running
Our body reacts to strenuous activity like distance running in two ways: acute reaction and training effect. Acute reaction is when your heart rate speeds up, your stroke volume increases, your ventilation rate and depth of breathing increase, your blood pressure rises, and your muscles feel some fatigue. However, when an activity becomes regular routine […]
Low Carb Cooking
Around the world people are paying more attention to their bodies and their health than perhaps at any other time in history. One method that has shown great success in helping people quickly drop those unwanted pounds is through low carb cooking and dieting. This method of weight loss seems to have taken the world […]
The Different Styles of Boxing
You’ll often hear people talking about the styles of boxing that they typically use. Believe it or not, it’s not as simple as getting in the ring and throwing punches, or deciding whether to be aggressive or defensive. Most boxers will agree on there being seven generally accepted styles of boxing, each with their own […]
Carbohydrates: The Essential Energy Source
Most athletes know and realize just how important it is to get the proper nutrients however many athletes are being drawn into the idea of using low carbohydrate diets as a way to help control weight. Needless to say, the sports medicine field is quite alarmed at this recent trend. The number of athletes that […]
At What Age Do Men Have the Most Energy?
A common question people have when training is whether they are too far ‘over the hill’ and if they have enough energy to work out, enjoy a productive day and generally get the most out of life. We all occasionally feel like we have more energy on some days than others, and it is definitely […]
Facts About Food Safety
Food safety is of utmost importance as there are many things that can go wrong. There are also a lot of incorrect facts floating around about food safety, so it is important to know the truth. Here are a few important things to be aware of. 1. Some People Have More Risk of Food-Borne Illness […]
What Does Testosterone Do to a Male Body?
That often spoken about, heard about but equally misunderstood hormone. The ‘manly’ hormone and the one that quite literally separates the men from the boys. It’s easy to think we understand the role of testosterone in so far as it is ‘what makes a man a man’, but is it really that simple? What does […]
