Helping You Lose Weight and Eat Better, The Awesome Way!
Good form, sensible progressions and honest advice about what works for fat loss. Start with the two exercises everyone should master, the squat and the push-up, then decide how to mix cardio, intervals and weights.
We also look at fitness in unlikely places, from poker players surviving ten-hour tournament days to fans turning game day into a workout.
Warming up is a love-hate affair. Sometimes we do it, sometimes we skip it, and most of the time we do it because we have heard it is good for us rather than because we know why. Here is why it matters, and five simple dynamic stretches to get you moving. Think of a warm-up in two parts, taking about…
Imagine training every day, preparing for a half marathon, eating sensibly, and still feeling heavier. A body composition check shows your body fat has gone up. It sounds impossible, but it happens, and one possible culprit is doing too much with too little recovery. Most people struggle to exercise enough. A smaller group has the opposite problem: they train so…
Fat loss, fat loss, fat loss. Everyone wants it. But is it better to run for 30 minutes four times a week, lift weights, or sprint up a hill? Let's put the three main training methods head to head. The golden rule first: for weight loss, what you eat matters more than which workout you choose. You cannot easily out-train…
Ask a trainer which body parts people most want to change and you will hear the same three answers: belly, thighs and backside. Spot reduction does not exist, but there is one exercise that trains almost your whole lower body and core at once and burns plenty of energy doing it: the squat. Like the push-up, the squat recruits a…
Push-ups are one of the best exercises ever invented. You need no equipment, you can do them anywhere, they train your chest, shoulders, arms and core at once, and there are dozens of variations. But plenty of people do them wrong, which wastes effort and can strain your shoulders or lower back. A push-up is a bodyweight pressing exercise. It…
