What is Reverse Dieting and Are There Any Benefits To It?
Reverse dieting is an eating plan, largely made popular by professional bodybuilders and competitive athletes. The principle of reverse dieting is to gradually, while closely tracking your macros, increase your caloric intake over a period of several weeks to even a couple months to boost your metabolism while still maintaining body composition. What does this mean? It means seeing how many calories, again while tracking macros,...
Hip Flexor Health – What You Need To Do Everyday
The hip flexors are a group of muscles at the front of your hips that are involved in all kinds of everyday movements from standing to sitting to walking.These muscles are at risk of huge tightness and dysfunction, however, due to the amount of sitting we do on a daily basis. This puts them at a real risk of affecting posture and long-term movement health.Read on if you want to live better, keep your lower back healthy, and combat the...
The Benefits of Rebounding
If you think that “bouncing around” is just for kids, then think again! There are a ton of health & fitness benefits that you can get from bouncing! Just 15 minutes a day is all you need to start feeling the impact that this uber fun activity can have on your health. There are several studies, including one done in 1980 involving NASA astronauts, that support several of the health benefit claims being made about...
The 3 Most Common Joint Risks Over 40 & How To Avoid Them
The aging process comes with many unavoidable changes. These aren’t all negative – experience and life lessons “under your belt” are great for improving yourself. However, common joint risks over 40 are less positive – they’re not necessarily inevitable, but your risk factors do shoot up during this period. Today we’re going to discuss the 3 most common joint risks. If you’re interested in staying healthy and avoiding joint pain, read...
Superfoods to Fight Inflammation & Heal Your Body
Do you suffer from chronic joint pain? Have you ever been told or heard that chronic inflammation can wreak havoc on your body and cause pain that you do NOT need to suffer with?I’m sure many of you reading this have heard even a little bit about inflammation just how much destruction it can cause. And while many of us are aware of the inflammation that occurs as a result of injury from physical activity or accidents that cause harm...
Reducing The Risk of Knee Injury
Knee injuries are some of the most debilitating and inconvenient. Playing sports, staying active, and playing with the family are all far more difficult if you’re dealing with problems in the lower body. Something as simple as walking can become very difficult if your knees are painful or inhibited. Reducing the risk of knee injury is important – something you’ll know if you’ve dealt with this kind of injury before. Today we’re...
