Why are women training and eating like a man? We are not small men!
This may seem a blatantly obvious statement, but for years the fitness industry and professionals have trained and treated women the same as men. Exercise wise and nutritionally. Stacy T. Sims, a nutritionist scientist and exercise Physiologist, who also trained as an athlete competing in triathlons, including the Ironman World Championships spent years training and fuelling herself like a man because that's what everyone did but she suffered because of it. Some races she would feel great. But others, especially those that were in the week or so before her period started, were awful. She couldn't handle the heat (Even...
What is Pilates?
What is Pilates? Then answer to this question is usually termed as ‘some exercise based on yoga, catering to women’. Nothing can be further from the truth as Pilates was invented by a man named Joseph Pilates in the early 20th century, and has almost 14 million people practising this discipline in the United States alone. When it first started, it was only taught to a select few people until they opened their own studios. Now it has become one of the most popular forms of exercise, thanks to the simple fact that almost anyone can attempt a Pilates exercise program. Whether you...
Top 5 Mental Habits That Boost Your Fitness
Top 5 Mental Habits That Boost Your Fitness Your state of mind can have a big impact on how motivated you are when it comes to exercise. When you’re mentally distracted or stressed, you won’t be fully focused on your workouts and your performance will suffer. For this reason, it’s very important that you get into the right frame of mind to ensure you get the best results from your workouts. In this post we’ll be helping you do that by listing five mental habits that will boost your fitness. Habit 1 – Believe You Can Do It Yourself Regardless of whether you’re...
How To Develop Good Fitness Habits.
How To Develop Good Fitness Habits When you want to get into shape, good habits are essential. Once you develop solid habits that support your health and fitness goals, you’ll find staying on track so much easier. These good habits will also allow you to stay committed to your fitness goals long-term and once they become ingrained, they’ll last a lifetime. Here are a few tips you can use to develop good fitness habits and make them your way of life. Tip 1 – Believe In Yourself Believing in one’s self sets apart the people who successfully stick to good fitness habits and...
Are You Too Busy To Exercise?
5 Tips For Exercising When You Are Busy For some people, the 24 hours in a day is still not enough to fit in a workout schedule. Between struggling to balance a busy career with family life and possibly studies, it may seem like there is hardly any time left to exercise regularly. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to give up on your desire to lose those extra pounds, build up your muscles or tone up your body. All you have to do is find creative ways of fitting effective exercises into your daily schedule. To help you...
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