Category: Exercising

  • ARE YOU FLEXIBLE

    ARE YOU FLEXIBLE

    What is flexibility? Essentially, flexibility is the ability to perform pain-free movement around the joints with the help of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and skin, together with the joints. Increasing flexibility can not only help ease the physical pain of tasks such as housework and grocery shopping, but it can also help you mentally with your day-to-day…

  • HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING (HIT) ARE YOU READY ?

    HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING (HIT) ARE YOU READY ?

    IS HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING(H.I.T) & HIGH INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING (H.I.I.T) SAFE ? High intensity interval training and high intensity training are types of exercises that are designed to increase the body’s capacity to produce energy through aerobic and anaerobic metabolism. This type of training has been shown to be more effective than low-intensity exercise in…

  • OXIDATIVE STRESS( NO PROGRESS, SICK, INJURED, NOT MOTIVATED)

    OXIDATIVE STRESS( NO PROGRESS, SICK, INJURED, NOT MOTIVATED)

    Before we get into the details of this subject, let’s take a look at Oxidative stress is a state in which the body makes too many reactive oxygen species (ROS) and doesn’t have enough anti-oxidant defenses to get rid of them. Many things can lead to oxidative stress. These include being exposed to pollution in…

  • Benefits of Aerobics

    Benefits of Aerobics

    If you consider the media, sports, fitness, and health sectors for more than two decades, the buzzword is cardio, a.k.a. aerobics. Before we discuss the topic of cardio, let’s explore the root of cardio, which is the heart. The muscle that enables your circulatory system and pumps blood throughout the body is your heart. All…

  • Exercise or Food?

    Exercise or Food?

    This is a global issue among many fitness-seeking, diet-conscious people who are trying to be healthy, look good, prevent disease, lose weight (reduce fat), and carry on daily physical and/or athletic activities. So what do most people do in order to achieve the goals listed above? Many popular beliefs about the best way to get…

  • Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (S.A.I.D.)

    Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (S.A.I.D.)

    The human body is made to be able to respond to different levels of pressure. This can be viewed as a survival strategy. The body can change and get stronger in response to what it is asked to do. Exercise, what you eat, and how much sleep you get are just a few of the…

  • “No Pain, No Gain” ?

    “No Pain, No Gain” ?

    Some people think that it is insane to do something without feeling any pain. They think that in order to get the best results, one should go through a lot of pain. However, this is not true. There are many ways to get the best results without going through all that pain. For example, if…