Health and Fitness Articles

Inflammation is a necessary evil in our bodies and we can address it with the best anti-inflammatory foods to speed up recovery. Generally add healthy foods like nuts, avocados, kale, spinach, turmeric, dark chocolate, extra virgin olive oil, peppers, and fatty fish, and you'll be on the safe side.

Great benefits of foam rolling include improved mobility, flexibility, and athletic performance while reducing pain, muscle soreness, risk of injury, and recovery time. To improve your overall health and wellness routine, I recommend foam rolling every day.

If you sit at a desk all day, you might be prone to tight hips. Even if it doesn't cause you pain now, it could cause injuries as you age. Hip mobility exercises can loosen your hips, prevent injuries in your knees and low back, and improve your athletic ability.

In order to master self-discipline we first need to understand how it's related to other components. To achieve goals we equally need strong reasons why we want to go after the goal, leverage motivation and willpower, and implement systems in the form of habits. Daily routines or following proven programs are great examples of systems that help us achieve goals. 

Stretching is one of the most beneficial yet often-ignored things you can do for your body. The problem is, there is so much contradicting information pertaining to the "right" way to stretch. Learn about active isolated stretching and how it can revolutionize how you warm up and cool down.

One recovery technique gaining traction in the fitness community is muscle flossing. Combining muscle flossing with other recovery methods, such as cold exposure, dry needling, and foam rolling, could make a positive impact on your fitness routine.

You know the feeling all too well: You hunch over your desk for 8 hours a day and your posture contributes to a tight neck and shoulders by the time you're clocking out. Doing various shoulder mobility exercises at your desk can help loosen your shoulders, improve posture, and decrease pain in your neck and back.

Sometimes, it can feel as though a workout recovery routine takes as much energy as your workouts themselves.  That's not to negate the importance...