The Beginners Guide To Macronutrients
When you start looking at what you eat, you need to be really at home with the basics before we start getting […]
The Reason Traditional Diets Don’t Work
If diets actually worked we’d all look like superheroes right? You ladies would most likely and very easily flaunt a figure not […]
Goal-Setting: The Mistakes You Are Making
Goal setting is just one of those things that we are all aware of, but most of us don’t understand. Sure, we […]
The 7 Best Natural Fat Burners Ever
As they say, variety is the spice of life. Variety is also hugely important when it comes to successful long term weight […]
Why Low-Fat Is No Good
Gradually, people are coming round to the knowing that fat is not necessarily the enemy and is in fact an important part […]
The ‘Healthy’ Foods That Aren’t So Healthy
There are a lot of products and foods being sold nowadays that come with the claim that they are ‘healthy’. It might […]
The Guide to 24/7 Fat Burning
Early morning jog or 7pm spin class? Fasted or fed cardio? To boost your metabolism, and make sure we are burning fat […]
A Simple Guide To Fat Loss For New Mums
The initial few weeks and months after having a baby are some of the most intense a woman can experience. You can […]
The Ultimate Guide To Looking & Feeling Your Best
Quick-fix/get-shredded in 10 minutes diets… Fast food and processed junk food everywhere you look… Super hardcore fitspo… The rise in popularity of […]
Top 5 Tricks To Handle Feeders
“Have some! Just a little bit. C’mon. Loosen up! A few bites won’t hurt!” I am sure that these are words you […]
Burpees – Love Hate Relationship but WHY?
Where Did Burpees Come From? We all LOVE to HATE Burpees, right? Love them or hate them, here is a bit of info about how they came about. OK, so with most gym exercises, the clue is usually in the name. Sit-ups…. shoulder press…. bicep curls…., the name of the exercise kind of tells you what you should be doing. So where on earth did the name ‘burpee’ come from? The exercise’s namesake was Royal Huddleston Burpee, a 1930s physiologist from New York. However, he is not entirely to blame for the movement as we know it today. Royal H. Burpee invented a much milder version of the exercise, intending it to be done just 4 times in a row as part of a fitness test. At a time when exercise science was mostly concerned with measuring the fitness of already fit people, Burpee wanted a simple way to assess the fitnessof anyone (starting with the new members of the YMCA in the Bronx, where he worked). The original exercise was simple: 1. Squat down and place both hands on the floor in front of you 2. Jump feet back into plank position 3. Jump feet forward 4. Return to standing The military adopted the burpee in 1942 as part of its fitness test for enlisting soldiers during World War II. […]
How To Keep Perfect Nutrition As Part Of A Family
Eating well is a very simple concept, when you think about it. The main idea is to focus your diet around whole, […]