Ladies, it's time to forget those waist trainers you've seen online. The better strategy for cinching: targeting the transverse abdominis. That's the deep core muscle that wraps around the entire belly and acts as your body's natural corset. Get ready to work for killer abs, toned glutes, and a strong back! Follow this Core Challenge to learn calorie-torching strength exercises to help
The alkaline base-forming minerals are associated with a significant and rapid increase in blood and urinary pH and a long-term increase in urinary pH after 1 week of supplementation. The ingestion of alkaline mineral-rich fruits and vegetables can help offset the acidogenic nutrients that dominate prevailing diets and thereby regulate an optimum and stable acid-base balance. Conversely, continued reliance on
While the practice of yoga has everything to do with breathing and is less about the asanas (the sanskrit name for “poses” or “postures”), a lot of people mistake yoga for an easy form of exercise. Even if you only came for the Savasana, which you definitely shouldn’t leave before, turning off the mind and being present with the body
I’m here to tell you that your inflexibility actually makes it easier to feel the stretch – which is what we are going for in yoga class! The fact that you’re not very flexible means you’re feeling the stretch much more quickly! It’s important to understand that in yoga, unlike many other athletic endeavours, the goal is not to do
Here we have the 4-week leg programme! This is because a much as you like the look of muscle mass at the top, you have to train legs! This isn't just for proportion, but for posture and equal strength. Real leg training isn't fun, but, the benefits are endless! To help, here's a 4-week leg specialisation program that will get
There's probably one area you feel like you can't work enough: your abs. It seems like no matter how much training you do, the lower abs just stay the same. In order to lose weight and show muscle definition, you need to train the whole body. You need to expend calories—and pair that with a well-balanced diet. It is important
We're going to start with some heavy, compound lifts to build overall strength and mass, and then get our pump on with lighter isolation lifts in this workout. This lets us build massive boulders and chisel them into a pure sculpture of strength and size. Think about how many things you carry from point A to point B every day.
Shoulder impingement happens when lifting your arm overhead causes your shoulder blades to rub against the muscles of your rotary cuff. These four muscles — the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis — control the ability to rotate your arms and lift them overhead. Shoulder impingement is generally caused by repetitive use of your arms overhead in activities such as
If you want to bench big, you need to bench more—and better. Commit to this bench specialisation programme made for bodybuilders, and watch that old 1RM go for good! I always start with the same question: "Do you even bench?" The training programmes generally resemble a random grab bag of every press or triceps extension type movement imaginable, with very
Incredible arms are your sexiest accessory and the surprising secret to epic abs. Few things are more empowering than having strong arms. (Busting out real push-ups; lifting your carry-on into the overhead compartment in one fell swoop.) That type of confidence never goes out of season. We'll even throw in a set of shoulders. (They're considered among the easiest muscles
