Fitness Gains
If your fitness gains have stalled despite consistent workouts, it may be time to reassess your training plan. This article explores six common reasons for progress plateaus, like improper recovery, poor form, and lack of progressive overload, offering actionable tips to restart results.
Discover why progress in your fitness journey won’t always follow a straight line. Learn about the factors that can affect your progress and how to overcome setbacks along the way. Find inspiration to stay motivated and committed to achieving your health and fitness goals.
Are you making mistakes that are killing your fitness gains? Then read on. This article looks at five of the most common mistakes people make that keep them from reaching their fitness goals.
What time of day do you work out? A new study shows that whether you work out in the morning or evening could affect the benefits you get from your sweat sessions. Here’s how the benefits of exercise vary with the time of day.
Starting an exercise program is admirable and if you stick with it, you’ll be rewarded with a fitter, healthier body. Some of the rewards of working out, like a sense of accomplishment and better mental health, will show up right away. Others, like strength gains, take longer, but to see those benefits, you have to enjoy your workout enough to keep doing it. Here’s how to keep your workouts from becoming too routine.
Studies show some medications can affect exercise performance – but what about supplements? Could some of the supplements in your medicine cabinet do the same thing? Find out what research shows and what supplements you might best avoid.
What happens when you take a sustained break from working out or are injured and have to stop training? Do you lose your hard fought fitness gains?
If you’ve worked hard to build muscle strength, you probably won’t voluntarily take long periods of time off from training. On the other hand, there may be circumstances like surgery or injury that you have to. What happens to your muscles when you stop lifting weights and how easy is it to get your strength back?
What determines fitness success? Certainly working hard physically is an important factor but what about the mental aspects of training? Research suggests that mental focus and visualization are also important for maximizing fitness gains. Here’s why.
Find out more about what happens when you take a long break from exercise and how you can still maintain some of your fitness.
