Health and Fitness Articles
The Surprising Health Benefits of a Cold Shower After Workouts
Cold exposure is a recovery technique where athletes expose themselves to cold temperatures, either through the use of ice packs, ice baths, cold showers, or cryotherapy. Research shows that regular, acute cold exposure can help reduce muscle soreness, inflammation, pain, and recovery times.
12 of the Best Foods With Electrolytes
You should always aim to maintain a balanced diet, and consume foods with electrolytes. However, sometimes food alone isn't enough to keep your electrolyte levels in a healthy balance. Electrolytes are minerals that conduct electricity when mixed with water. Your body needs electrolytes in order to survive.
Does Exercise Lower Blood Sugar? Here’s What Science Says
During exercise, your muscles take sugar away from your blood to use it for energy. With less sugar in your bloodstream, your blood sugar lowers. If you monitor your blood sugar levels, you will approach exercise differently than friends who never give their blood sugar a second thought.
The 3-Day Bodyweight Workout Plan (It’s a Lot Harder Than You Think)
On any given day, you may only have 45 minutes to an hour to work out. Commuting to a gym, finding parking, changing in the locker room, and stacking weights onto a barbell adds up to time you don't have. That’s why bodyweight workout plans are my preferred form of exercise.
Goals are for Losers: How to Use System Thinking to Improve Fitness
Based on my collaboration with top nutrition provider GoPrimal, I published a guest post on their blog. Below is a short summary. If you are interested check out the whole piece.
How To Use Our Home Exercise Program
In this article we describe the benefits of our home exercise program QuarantineFit.Life, how to use the app and how to get access to it. We also provide a range of easy to consume videos to understand what the app is about.
3 Of The Best Bodyweight Workout Exercises To Do In Quarantine
In this article we describe 3 top bodyweight exercises that should be part of every home workout plan: push ups, squats and single leg bridges. We cover the benefits and how to do them.
How To Stay Fit And Healthy Despite Quarantine
For everyone fed up with the quarantine: In this article we introduce our new QuarantineFit.Life program, which delivers daily workouts and health hacks to emerge fitter and healthier from it than you entered.