Mark, Author at Body Building and Fitness News Blog

Why Your Workouts Shouldn’t Leave You Trashed

I love a tough workout. I love that feeling of exhaustion after pushing myself hard in spin, or finishing the last interval of a sprint workout knowing I could not have possibly run faster. I know I’m not alone because every class description I read gloats how, “you’ll crawl out of this class!”, or, “this class will kick your butt!”. These are appealing notions because we feel when we are trashed after a workout, or so sore the next day

Three Tips to Avoid Adrenal Fatigue

Did you know that adrenal fatigue is very common among extremely driven people? Many athletes and body builders are dealing with some form of adrenal impairment. The adrenal system can have a direct impact on your thyroid and hormones. If you ever experienced deep fatigue, a decline in endurance, trouble concentrating, feeling overwhelmed and loss of strength, these symptoms all point to an increased risk of adrenal burnout. So why should you care? Well for starters, an imbalance of your

What To Consider When Selecting Workout Clothing

When choosing your workout clothes, your primary consideration should be comfort. Not comfort in the sense of lounging around on the sofa, but being comfortable enough to allow you to exercise well. If your workout clothes fit badly or are just simply inappropriate for the activity, then you aren’t going to be comfortable. By choosing the right workout apparel, you will be able to move freely and comfortably. So what should you consider when deciding on the best apparel for

Why are rest days so important after exercise?

Many people you speak to who exercise on a regular basis will wax lyrical about rest days and how important they are. Those who are relatively new to exercise and perhaps weightlifting would likely feel that they can go on forever and those who have regular rest days are simply wimps. As they progress with their training programme they will very quickly realise that rest days are extremely important – perhaps the most important element of training programmes? What happens

Why do you want to get fit?

It may seem an obvious question but the reason why you have decided to get fit will likely dictate whether you are successful not. There are many different reasons why you would want to get fit but there are also other elements which you need to take into consideration such as motivation. There are millions of people around the world who use the start of the New Year to begin a new fitness regime. They have the motivation, they have

Defeating Muscle Loss

It’s no secret that cardio workouts burn fat, but did you know they burn just as much muscle? When your body ignites the cardiovascular system, the natural outcome is the burning of fat AND muscle in your body. This would explain why most long distance runners look like skeletons. They have effectively removed most of their muscle with the intense cardio workouts used to prepare for a long distance race. So should you stop doing cardio because of this? No.

Why you might not be losing the weight you want, despite exercising

Are you spending hours at the gym pounding the treadmill and lifting weights only to find there’s no or little difference on the scales? Exercising without losing any weight can naturally be frustrating. If you aren’t losing the weight you want, despite exercising, you’re in the right place as CMS Fitness, specialists in delivering a range of fitness courses in Yorkshire, takes a look at some of the reasons why your exercising efforts are going unrewarded on the scales. You’re

The preworkout market exploded over the past ten years

Every gym dude and his brother is flocking to GNC, Bodybuilding.com, even Target and Walmart to buy this stuff like its cocaine. I haven’t ever tried cocaine, but I’d guess some of the effects are similar (increased heart rate, energy, blood flow, etc). I was one of these gym bros. I’ve tried upwards of 20 preworkouts in the past and they’re one of the most effective supplements you can take to hype you up for a bicep-busting, chest-popping workout. I’ve

10 reasons to get fit

We can all probably list 100 reasons not to do more exercise but many of us now realise keeping fit has a whole range of benefits. We will now list 10 reasons to get fit, many of which you’ll already be aware of but it does no harm to be reminded. Reduce cholesterol There are two types of cholesterol, bad cholesterol and good cholesterol, and thankfully exercise reduces so-called bad cholesterol and increases good cholesterol. A win win! Better sleeping

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