Achieving your fitness goals may not have anything to do with how many reps you’re cranking out or your mileage on the treadmill. Your workout plan and habits outside of the gym are just as important. These bad habits can ruin your workout and affect your health in the long run.
Now here’s a contagion that might not be so bad to encounter. A new analysis of the running habits of about 1.1 million people reveals that exercise is indeed contagious — though its communicability depends on who’s spreading it.
Water is essential to good health, yet needs vary by individual. These guidelines can help ensure you drink enough fluids.
Plank pose is sort of a magical pose. You do it during a yoga class as well as during a strength training class and fitness trainers often call it “the only exercise you need to train your whole body”.
You know that strain in your neck when you do crunches? That’s not a good sign. Chances are you’re doing your ab workout all wrong and here’s why.
Everyone knows it’s better to bend than to break. These eight yoga poses will enable athletes to recover and function at peak level.
Breena Martinez is a two-time Olympia Bold Building Qualifier and three-time IFBB Pro Bikini champion. She has recently qualified for her 3rd Olympia earlier this year. Read how this competitive athlete and professional fitness director uses Fit Radio to reach her goals. More
Walk into your average sweatbox and it’s a safe bet that you’ll see guys grunting in the free weights area whilst girls hog the cardio machines. It’s partly because they have diverging goals, but it’s also socialization. Hence the advent of pink kettlebells and “broga”: we’re so conditioned to what athletic pursuits are considered suitable for our respective gender that we rarely think to question them.
Is your new year’s resolution to travel more? Fresh from a 12-month long world adventure, Fit Radio DJ Merrick is breaking down his tips.
You don’t need superpowers or an iron will to commit to being healthier this year. Whether your goal is to do 10 push-ups, run a marathon, or simply take the stairs more often—you can get there! Check out these tips to have your fittest year yet.