Your sense of smell has a big impact upon how you feel. The right fragrances can energize you or relax you. So when it comes to using scented candles around your home, infuse your workout space with the right scents. This will make workouts more enjoyable and effective. Keep reading to learn more about how you can use fragrances during your workouts. Energize Yourself During Cardio Routines To make workouts more enjoyable when you are focused on getting your heart rate up to burn more calories and fat, stick with scented candles that will infuse your space with energizing fragrances. A few good examples include mango, tangerine, pineapple, melon, pear, and grapefruit. Keep Your Strength Going During Weightlifting Routines When performing exercises that involve the use of weights to build strength and stamina, you can use scented candles that will exude fragrances that will keep you going despite how tired Read More
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Top Gym Injuries and How to Avoid Them
If you exercise at the gym, you’ll be using equipment to start feeling your muscles working and to build up strength while slimming down. But as you work hard at transforming your body, you’ll also be making yourself prone to injuries. If you aren’t careful or you aren’t aware of the potential injuries, they could occur. Continue reading to learn about the top gym injuries, as well as how to avoid them. Knee Injuries Knee injuries are one of the top gym injuries because most of the people who go to the gym have a desk job that keeps them sedentary most of the day. Because you don’t use your hip muscles as much as you should, when you suddenly dive into a kickboxing class or you try out a bootcamp style workout, you’ll be prone to hurting your knees, especially if you’re unstable on your feet and you don Read More
A Guide to Diet and Exercise for Millennials
Millennials are the first generation to have been raised while being completely plugged in. They have grown up surrounded with rapid technological developments and are used to being constantly entertained. Due to all of these gadgets and desk jobs, millennials tend to have more sedentary lifestyles than previous generations. In this environment, millennials need to have a proper diet and exercise plan to ensure a healthy lifestyle. Here’s how you can go about managing your diet and exercise. A diet plan is important because it is easy to eat the wrong type of foods when you are constantly stressed and on the run. There are a couple of current trends all millennials can adopt fairly easily. The first is using cereal as a quick snack, rather than just a breakfast meal. This is great because it helps if one can eat every few hours rather than binge-eat in one sitting. Read More
The Gear You Need for CrossFit Training
If you’re like most people, when you hear about CrossFit then you probably feel a bit intimidated. This isn’t just another fitness craze, but rather is a way of life for those who invest their time in it. This is a way to get fit, but the fun part is that you never know what each workout will look like. Each and every day the Workout of the Day (WOD) is different and so you will feel challenged but also get results. You will find that your body responds to alternating days of gymnastics, strength training, cardio intervals, and so much more. Though it takes a lot of mental and physical preparation, you also need the right gear to make your CrossFit training a success. Here we look at what you can bring with you to get the most out of your workouts. It’s a challenge but a fun one Read More