Category: Exercise

Reaching for your third cup of coffee in a bid to give you the energy to get through the day? You’re not alone, more often than not most of us have conditioned ourselves into thinking that coffee is the answer to all our problems

‘Going for a run’ is a common phrase associated with endurance training. In fact running is believed to be one of the most beneficial ways to improve your aerobic capacity and metabolic fitness. Although this is one way to build endurance, modern research has found that a diverse strategy towards endurance training programmes helps in…

Strength training is essentially the functional application of Newton’s Second Law, mathematically expressed as F=ma. Hence it improves an individual’s ability to express force.

It is important to look at a structured goal rather than working out off the cuff since it gives you a vision and makes you work hard every day.

Are you tired of running on the treadmill or simply lifting weights? Is your fitness regimen becoming stale and mundane? In order to stay healthy, the US Department of Health and Human Services recommends that adults get between 150 and 300 minutes of moderately intense or between 75 and 150 minutes of vigorously intense physical…

Did you know that no two people may burn the same amount of calories for the same workout? In addition to different workouts having different intensity levels, people can be of different sizes or weights and have a unique resting metabolism.

Perhaps your mobility is impaired because of illness, injury, weight issues or a disability. WHO refers to a disability as an impairment of the body or the mind marked by activity limitation and participation restrictions. (12) Maybe you have diabetes, arthritis, cancer, or are frail and afraid of falling.

Training your body in Zone 2 helps improve its ability to utilize fat and improves efficiency of other energy systems.

Your body continues to burn calories even after you’re done exercising. This process is called excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC), also known as the “afterburn effect.”