This post is to help you understand how strength training is different from bodybuilding. When fitness enthusiasts and athletes join a gym or embark on training, they have different goals. The primary goal of a bodybuilder is to increase muscle mass. This involves altering cell physiology to promote growth. Experts say that cells, fluid, and muscle fiber increase rapidly with these workouts, which gives someone a larger physique generally. Weightlifting…
It is easy to ignore joint health when we are young and active. Our joints give our skeletons the ability to bend, thanks to their location at the meeting point of any two bones. This bending lets us go about our routine, performing various tasks with ease. Can you imagine life without joints? We’d just be a bag of bones! Our joints also have cartilage that lines both ends of…
Pregnancy, while being a precious period in your life, can bring with it the frustrating problem of hip pain. Here are 8 ways to relieve pregnancy hip pain. When you are pregnant, the weight gain is distributed unevenly and the hips and lower back have their jobs cut out for them to adjust to this new situation. As the weight increases, the body also gets ready for delivery by releasing…
New mommy? Oh, the happiness with that bundle of joy in your arms! But sigh! On your toes 24 x 7 x 365? Tiring, right, even though you’d never admit it! There are days when you have to hold your baby all the time, pacing the floor. I’ve been there, too! Do your shoulders and neck and back feel stiff from holding your baby? Of course, they do! Since there’s…
Exercise is an integral part of healthy living. While the recommended fitness regime calls for 30 minutes of active exercise every day, getting started with ten intense minutes can be just as good, especially if you’re pressed for time or tend to skip the gym. For me, the best workouts must be fun, need little equipment to get going and be easy to do from home without trekking to the…