Just in case you haven’t learned this (or maybe you need a reminder), rest is essential to your workout routine. You need rest days between workouts, and rest between sets.
But while it’s easy to remember to rest your muscle groups for a day before training again, it’s not so easy to know how much rest between sets is best. Here’s a guide.
The simplest way to avoid carrying out fast food, settling for junk food, or developing really bad snacking habits, is to make it easier to choose fast, healthy, yummy food.
Clean food – the kind of items that are natural, simple, and minimally processed if at all–is the right choice to stock your pantry for easier, smart eating. Start with these six!
We all know about the “big” muscles like thighs, glutes, abs, chest, back and shoulders. The most popular exercises at the gym will typically hit on those we see in the mirror.
But you are missing out on an opportunity to take your strength and fitness to the next level if you skip these three smaller “hidden gems.” Don’t keep them in hiding!
You fit your workouts into your lifestyle pretty well overall, but there are days when you just can’t make the time. When it happens, you wonder how you can make up for it.
If you have to cut your workout short, or miss a day altogether, you can use a quick “power booster” approach to tide you over until you’re back on track.
Because our fitness level is a key contributor to our health and our looks, most of us have tried or heard about different training approaches to get various physical results.
Having accurate information helps us choose the most effective ways to reach our goals and stay healthy. So let’s take a look at the basic facts and myths about body fat and muscle.
Researchers have been looking into the benefits of consistent, quality sleep for years, and their results seem to support similar conclusions across the board: it’s good for us.
We stand to gain a lot from superior sleep habits, ranging from improved athletic performance to more energy, to a stronger immune system. So, it helps to hit the hay!
