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Water and Exercise: Why Your Body Needs H2O
How can you tell if you’re drinking enough water? We are sure you have heard the recommended is 8 glasses for a daily dose, while the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine specifies about 15.5 cups (3.7 liters) for men and about 11.5 cups (2.7 liters) for women. But what is this consumption of
Continue Reading3 Road Trip Stretches to Keep the Travel Aches Away!
Seat belt: CHECK! Mirrors: CHECK! Fuel in the tank: CHECK! Road trip stretches: AW YEAH, we've got those too! Most of us travel long distances on interstates and highways, which offer vast – and seemingly endless – miles of concrete lined in yellow and white; breeding perfect conditions for tight and achy muscles. Don’t let
Continue Reading2 Lower Back Stretches to Rejuvenate Your Spine
Whether you spend most of your day sitting in an office chair or performing hard labor, it can really take a toll on your lower back. While quitting your job isn’t advisable (you’ve got bills to pay, after all) you still have options when it comes to maintaining the health and longevity of your spine.
Continue ReadingA Bigger Bench Press through Bodyweight Training
The bench press is easily one of the most popular gym exercises — ever — and acts as a monitor to measure strength. Many gym-goers will gauge their success and improvement solely on their max bench. But if you are serious about wanting to bench MORE, then you’ll be nerding out trying to learn about
Continue Reading2 Neck Stretches to Keep Your Posture On Point
Neck stretches are good for everyone because our heads are heavy. Mind you, the average human head weighs anywhere from 10-11 pounds, and after a long day at the office that can VERY easily feel like it’s doubling — or even tripling — in weight. That’s like balancing a bowling ball on top of your
Continue ReadingRunning Dread: How You Can Learn To Love It
If you’ve been repeating the mantra, “I don’t run” over and over since you suffered through a particularly grueling middle school P.E. class, we hear you. Many of us that consider ourselves runners, or use running to compliment our strength training, have expressed those same sentiments in the past. We are here to help you
Continue ReadingFoot Fitness 101—Keeping Your Feet Happy
This little piggy went to the gym, this little piggy went for a run… you know the saying. And how apropos it is: our feet never get a rest day. But that doesn’t mean we can’t focus on foot fitness and keep our feet happy and working hard for us. What do humans and the
Continue ReadingPlanking Pro Tips for a Solid Core
Planking is one of the easiest ways to work strength for the core, anywhere. Traditional workouts are missing the mark. Big time. Often, leaving out crucial parts of training small muscles and ligaments, not to mention, sloppy form. In a world where it seems to be all about the glutes, we are stoked to get
Continue ReadingDesk Job Relief: Fix Posture with Weighted Mobility
Your posture is probably suffering if you have a desk job. Weighted mobility can help. The problem is, you've been a desk zombie for so long, there's little hope of correcting it. Tight, hunched over, computer-whipped zombies are running rampant. If you’ve been afflicted with the disease (of immobility and a job that keeps you posed
Continue ReadingBarefoot Mojo: Do More For Your Health and Athletic Performance
This may come as a surprise to you but new research and trends confirm that shoes are WAY overrated. What you thought was protecting your delicate soles, in all actuality, is inhibiting them from doing what feet were made to do barefoot. Your feet are designed to support the weight of your body. You will
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