The Case for Stretching Before Running

The Case for Stretching Before Running

Despite conflicting evidence on it’s benefits, we think neglecting to stretch is a bad idea! The trouble is, because many of us dislike it, we don’t spend enough time or effort on stretching and then it doesn’t work – reinforcing our belief that it’s a waste of time. However, doing it properly may result in a very different experience. To understand why, you need to know a little about what stretching does. what happens when you stretch? When you first take, say, your calf muscle, into a stretch, muscle “spindles” located among the muscle fibers detect a change in the muscle’s length and report back to the spinal cord. The nervous system sends a message to the nerves governing these fibers to tell the muscle to contract, in order to take it out of the stretched position. This is known as the “stretch reflex.”

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Time-Efficient Fat-Loss Training With Limited Equipment

Time-Efficient Fat-Loss Training With Limited Equipment

You’ve got things to do and places to be…when you’ve got limited time available to train, you have to make FULL use of every single second you have available in your workout…

And that means circuit training…

And that means not your “normal” circuit training, either!

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The Frequency Factor

The Frequency Factor

One of the age‐old questions, that has been asked throughout gyms for as long as anyone can remember has been, “how many days a week should I workout?” To complicate things further is the follow‐up question, “how should I split my workouts?” In either case, what is essentially being questioned is an individual’s training frequency. As it pertains to exercise, frequency is the rate at which workout sessions are occurring.

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The Top 5 Most Efficient Forms of Cardio

The Top 5 Most Efficient Forms of Cardio

Interval Training is simply THE most efficient type of cardio you can perform. You can get pretty much ALL the benefits of longer-duration cardio but without the long duration. Moreover, you don’t get the boredom, you don’t spend all your time doing it, and you don’t have nearly the risk of overuse injuries.

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