How To Avoid Injury & Pain (STOP DOING THIS!)

Exercise is truly one of the healthy addictions! As you embark on your new, sober life, exercise will be one of the keys to staying sober and enjoying your sobriety. Exercise can act as an anti-depressant and boost self-esteem. It relieves anxiety and makes you stronger and more relaxed. Read on to learn more…

Every so often the media will cover a story about how someone, who was seemingly super-fit, very active and of perfectly proportional weight, has taken seriously ill or has even died as a result of their participation in strenuous exercise. This occasionally leads to doubts and worries for people who are trying to increase their exercise levels as part of a diet.

Runners often don’t appreciate what they get out of running. Beyond satisfaction. But that doesn’t mean they should be unheard of. They shouldn’t be pushed aside because we’re too egocentric to appreciate them. And that’s the purpose of this article: to remind runner’s how good they have it. All summed up in just over 1000 words – now you won’t have to do it.

Marathon nerves are a killer. Everyone faces them – even avid marathoners. But how do you cope? How can they be efficiently handled without crumbling into pieces? This article focuses on some of the things you can do, as a marathoner, do overcome nerves.

Did you make a New Year’s resolution to start exercising – but aren’t quite sure how to get started? Exercise is a great way to help manage your blood sugar, lose weight if you need to, and improve your overall health. Here’s a step-by-step list of how to get started.

Part 4 of the home workout plan is for more advanced fitness gurus. These are a tougher version of the push up to really work your chest. Do these with the intent of going at a moderate pace, not speed push ups.

You can be young and accidentally fit but you’ll never be old and accidentally fit. Staying young isn’t possible but staying fit is. Look at your choices and your habits under a microscope. Are you a person who is habitually too busy to exercise? Does your lunch come from a gas station quick mart? Can you be too busy to make healthy choices? Maybe you’re simply comfy where you are, unprepared or unwilling to change your status quo.

There are many benefits that come with exercising – learn a few here and start a new habit this year. It’s so much easier than you may think and the benefits far outweigh the effort!

The best way to lose unwanted body fat is to have a weight loss exercise plan on how you are going to do it. Get a plan, know what you have to do, stick to it, and see it through. Here are 5 tips to help you when you exercise to lose weight.

Athletes are always looking for a competitive edge, but one place they may fail to look could be the most obvious. Getting enough sleep on a short-term or long-term basis is vital, as sleep deficit can harm performance significantly. This is especially true with high endurance athletes and with any sport requiring quick reaction times and reflexes. Lack of sleep has a substantial effect on mental and cognitive skills, motor abilities and overall mood.

Elite athletes and regular folk benefit equally from performing regular exercises. There are many possible activities to perform. Unlike strengthening programs, conditioning exercises target large muscle groups.

It’s the time of year when gym attendance rises. The gym locals will see a variety of unfamiliar faces and possibly get frustrated with the amount of new recruits the gym has added. Perhaps it’s this attitude that gives the gym somewhat of an uncomfortable atmosphere.