Category: Health and Fitness
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When should you stretch?
Stretching is an important part of one’s exercise routine. Warming up your muscles and cooling down later are both equally important whether you’re a beginner or an expert. It helps in avoiding injury and soreness. There’s a difference between pre workout and post workout stretching. Pre workout stretching helps your muscles and joints to warm…
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Do You Even Lift?
So I’ll tell you something honestly, initially when I joined gym, I was more of a crossfit person. Gradually when I saw people lifting and the different kinds of equipments, I wanted to start weight training. My mom was against weight training because she thought it makes one look bulky and she went on to…
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All about Cardio
What is Cardio? As the name suggests, cardio is a short form for cardiovascular which is an exercise for the heart. It increases your heart rate and keeps steady blood flow. It is for better functioning of the body. You know you’re doing cardio when your resting heart rate is 50% more than the normal…
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Life is a struggle- Or is it?
Maybe it’s easy to just join a gym, but what is difficult and challenging is to stay motivated and be consistent. Talking about my own journey, my mom took a one year subscription for me, but to get up, be ready, travel to the gym (which took me approx. 20-25 mins) was really exhausting. In…
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The Fat Reality- Are we eating right?
Fat, fat, fat! Would all our weight loss problems be solved if we just eliminated fats from our diets? Unfortunately, its not that simple. There is a weird trend where people believe that fats is not good for their body and it should be cut down completely. And in this process many people begin to…