listen to your body
Are you getting the most out of your workouts? Discover 6 ways to exercise intensity to ensure you’re in your training zone. Learn how to use heart rate and other metrics to calculate an exercise’s intensity and make your workouts more effective.
By strengthening the muscles that support your joints, strength training may lower the risk of sports and exercise injuries. The key is to do it safely and to avoid strength training injuries. How can you do that? Here are seven ways to lower your risk of training injuries when building strength.
You need healthy knees to exercise and to do the many activities you do each day. Some forms of exercise place stress on your knees, especially if you don’t use good form. However, exercise can also lower your risk of knee injury & even improve the symptoms of knee arthritis. Here are 7 ways to do it safely.
Lower back pain is inconvenient and, often, painful. Medications used to relieve the pain aren’t always effective and often have side effects. Can weight training improve back pain symptoms – and is it safe?
It’s important to challenge your body when you exercise to see results. But rest and recovery are an important part of the process. When you don’t allow your body enough time to recover, you can experience symptoms of overreaching and, in extreme cases, overtraining. This may require days or weeks to correct. The best approach is to “listen to your body” and keep workouts and rest time balanced. This article discusses five ways to avoid overreaching or overtraining.
Chances are you’re more focused on what you do on days you actively work out than days that you don’t. In fact, some people feel guilty when they take a recovery day. There’s no need for that. Recovery days are a vital part of any fitness program. Find out why recovery days are important and how active recovery days differ from passive ones.
