Ever wondered: how much exercise do you need every day to lose weight? Weight loss is the holy grail – no – a goal that calls for a disciplined and healthy lifestyle. It involves eating healthy and exercising regularly, among other things in order to achieve that goal. But how…
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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…
Exercise plays a central role in building the muscles that support the back. This helps prevent back pain. At some point or other in our lives, most of us experience back pain. While the cause for a majority of us can be upper or lower back pain during the course…
Yoga is one of the most accessible ways to stay healthy and fit, as seen in the meteoric rise of this ancient practice in Western society. Of the countless benefits of practicing yoga routinely, one of them is a stronger core. A stronger core helps you prevent lower back pain,…
Seriously, do you really need an incentive to stay healthy? With lifestyle diseases rapidly on the increase, we owe it to ourselves to do everything we can to ensure that we live healthy. I was diagnosed in Feb 2013 with type 2 diabetes. While diabetes runs in the family, and…
Detox is the buzzword today, and it can apply to physical, mental, and emotional detox. After all, it makes sense to get rid of any kind of toxins in order to enjoy good health. With reference to physical health, detoxification relates to the conversion of toxic substances into wastes that…
I still remember that day when my grandma brought her cousin home from her village. We lived in Mumbai at the time and it took us all to adjust to this new person in our family, since she was from a village in Tamil Nadu. Having lost her husband, she…