To get fit or lose fat takes focus- on the right things
Just as you don't teach someone to swim by dropping them in the middle of the ocean, you wouldn't start building your running endurance by going out for a 2 hour run. Conversely you wouldn't regard just a 2 minute run as useful either.
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Confidence and Safety: The Benefits of Self-Defence Classes
Engaging in physical activity releases endorphins, those magical chemicals that make you feel happier and more relaxed. So, as you're perfecting your jabs and uppercuts, you're also giving your stress levels a healthy beatdown. Plus, knowing you have the tools to handle tricky situations can ease the anxiety that often accompanies the unknown.
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Fueling Success on the Court: The Role of Nutrition in Basketball
During games and practices, coaches should closely monitor players' hydration levels. Ensure that water breaks are frequent and players have access to water throughout the session. Signs of dehydration should be addressed immediately.
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How a massage can help your pregnancy
Pregnancy can often be a confusing time. Physical changes, varying hormonal levels, emotional upheaval can be mixed with feelings of joy and excitement. This article explores how massage can help you to relax, and other ways it can improve your pregnancy.
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Are you reading this slumped over your smartphone?
On average, people spend approximately two to four hours (or more!) a day slumped over their phone. Be warned. It’s called ‘Smart Phone Syndrome' and it puts pressure on the spine that can lead to surgery. Find out how you can correct it.
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The gift of pain
Pain really is our most honest voice. It is a gift designed to protect us from further pain and tell us that we have incredible value and need to be protected. Pain tells us what is not right and informs us about the things that are unsustainable and emotionally damaging that need changing. This article explains how you can listen to pain and use it to learn for the future.
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Trail Running Tips
Your propensity for a sprained ankle or stumble is higher than road running, much higher and you’d better have strong glutes (Buttocks), there is more climbing as well. These are my tips for newbies and those who have been doing this for a short time.
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3 tips to decluttering your life
Spring time normally brings about better weather and an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors again, and the desire shared by many to “declutter their lives”. Clearing clutter improves our physical space, health and wellbeing, builds clarity and allows us to feel more organised in our lives, and creates a sense of tranquility and calm. These three tips will help you to declutter your physical, emotional and mental spaces so you can reap the benefits.
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10 reasons for Teenagers to attend Counselling
If you're questioning treatment for your teen, err on the side of caution and contact a professional.
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How Many Yoga Classes Should I Do a Week?
Finding the right number of yoga classes to attend each week can be tricky. It really depends on your personal fitness goals, lifestyle, and how much you want to immerse yourself in yoga. A few classes a week can provide significant benefits, but if you’re looking to deepen your practice, more frequent sessions may be the way to go. Remember, consistency is key to unlocking the full benefits of yoga!
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The Role of Massage in Sports Performance and Recovery
Massage isn’t just about relaxation (though that’s a fantastic perk!). For athletes, it’s all about maintaining peak performance and ensuring their bodies can handle the demands of their sport. Think of it as a secret weapon in their training arsenal. There are several types of massage that athletes typically turn to, including Remedial Massage, Sports Massage, and Deep Tissue Massage, each offering unique benefits.
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What's the difference between Restorative + Yin Yoga?
In a pose it’s encouraged to let go of muscular involvement to target the deeper connective tissues of the body such as fascia Some schools of Yin will teach Yin as a ‘cold’ practice, done without a warm-up as a way to protect students from going in to the held stretches too deeply In poses, you might be guided through mindfulness techniques to draw your awareness to letting your muscles relax, to target your ligaments, fascia and joints instead Yin might be considered a useful practice for building bone density
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Why should you think about taking up traditional Taekwondo?
Engaging in regular physical activity like Taekwondo can be a great way to relieve stress.
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Triathlon Transition Tips
Every second counts. The poor mans practical transition tips for Triathlons. From swim to bike to run.
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The true reasons personal training works (& it's not why you think)
Pretty simple and no great revelation but in practice scheduling and committing to a workout matters a lot, and for most people it's the greatest challenge. There’s no other way forward with regards to significantly improving your fitness or body composition other than consistent exercise sessions accumulated over time. Intensity, exercise selection and brilliant technique will never be a substitute for turning up.
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About kinesiology and what it does to your body
Kinesiology looks at the body as a whole - Mind, Body and Spirit, as one unit. If there is an imbalance in one area then it’s probably impacting the other areas. Kinesiology, through muscle monitoring allows us to determine where these imbalances are without the need for conscious awareness. This article explains why.
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Brain areas altered during hypnotic trances identified
Researchers at Stanford University found changes in three areas of the brain that occur when people are hypnotized. By scanning the brains of subjects while they were hypnotized, researchers could see the neural changes associated with hypnosis. This article looks at each of these three areas of the brain.
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Mental illness - how it impacts people
It is time to educate yourselves and see mental illness for what it is and find acceptance in the reality that it is a different type of Illness that exists among human beings. If you have mental illness, it is time you knew this truth also. The stigma that is present is only present due to lack of education on the topic, therefore causing ignorance. This article looks at what it is about mental illness that is affecting people.
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Yoga for Beginners: A Comprehensive Guide to Getting Started
Discover the essentials of Yoga, including styles like Hatha and Yin Yoga, with this beginner's guide.
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The (Im)possibility of work-life balance
Happiness can be a delicate creature. It has to be fed, nurtured and given attention. If we are too busy to nurture it then it grows weaker. In some cases happiness becomes so weak that it seems dead, but it is merely lying dormant until it is nurtured once more. For it to remain strong we need to create and maintain a balance between things that consume our energy and things that replenish our energy. This is often referred to as work/life balance.
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