The Different Types of Yoga and Where to Start
It’s easy to get confused when starting to look into yoga. You may find yourself worrying about whether you’re ‘right’ for it, or whether you’ll ever reach the skill level shown by some of the more well-known yoga enthusiasts on social media. Or you may have heard about ‘hot yoga’, ‘Ashtanga yoga’ or ‘Vinyasa’ and […]
The Fastest Way to Get in Shape as a Woman
The pressures of weight management are, unfortunately, increased several times over for women. For a range of reasons, societal pressures have dictated that a woman feels somehow more responsible for staying in shape than a man, and whilst we should all be completely happy in our own bodies (ignoring what anyone tells us) there is […]
The 4 Types of Weight Training Explained
If you’re looking at getting into weight training, it is worth stopping for a moment to consider what it actually is you want to achieve before heading off in the relevant direction. There are many different workouts, all designed to produce different effects in the muscles. Simply picking up a barbell and wanting to ‘bulk […]
The 10 Most Common Health Issues for Females
Men and women, as anyone will know, live with a range of issues specific to either being a man or a woman. Whether its to do with genito-urinary health, hormone imbalances or fat placement, here are 10 of the most common health issues that specifically affect women. 1 – Heart-disease. This is a universal problem […]
Post-Workout: How to Speed Up Your Muscle Recovery
We’ve all had one of those workouts where we’ve worked the major muscle groups, ‘felt the burn’’ and then got home afterwards, only for the delayed muscle fatigue to kick in. We’re then unable to get back to our workout for hours or even days as we’re sat incapacitated through pain and stiffness. Whilst muscle […]
Progress: Why You Don’t See Any Changes to Your Body (Yet)
Progress is a slow moving train. And because of that, it can be incredibly frustrating to put in your absolute best and not see the results you want, or worse still, see no results at all. There may be a perfectly reasonable explanation for why; you may have simply not trained enough, or placed unrealistic […]
Post-Injury: How to Start Again After a Long Break
Generally, if we suffer some sort of exercise or training related injury, it goes one of two ways. Either it rocks our confidence and we never really get it back, opting instead to head back to the gym and actively avoid anything resembling the scenario when we sustained the injury. Alternatively, we resolve to get […]
5 Ways to Reduce Bloating
Bloating is a major inconvenience; if it’s not permanent (itself a real happiness killer) then it can come on, present itself at the most inconvenient time and give no indication of how long it’ll stay for. It’s horrible for any female’s confidence, and means we feel uncomfortable, unable to fit into certain clothes, and without […]
Lifting Heavy for Women: How to Avoid an Injury
Most women are aware that, when they lift weights, the situation is vastly different from when men do the same. For a variety of reasons; different body size and stature, bone strength, and internal biology, there are some things that men need to watch out for when they do heavy lifting, and similarly, women must […]
5 Tips Every Beginner Should Know When Starting Their Fitness Journey
Are you new to exercise? We know how intimidating it can be to set off for a fitness journey. But if you’ve decided to start working out, you’re already one step ahead of your previous self. Be proud of yourself and prepare to reap all the amazing benefits of sports. Of course, some guidance and […]
