Fitness
- Categories: FitnessYou’re in the gym or at the track, working out hard. But suddenly, you hit the proverbial wall. One more rep is just not happening. Or maybe your alarm has gone off and you’re still in bed, unmotivated to swap your lounge clothes for workout wear, and feeling less than enthused about slipping on your running shoes and getting your butt in gear.When you need help breaking through these motivational barriers, sometimes all it takes is repeating the right phrase. A mantra can reset your outlook and help you dig deeper, work harder and push further. “A good mantra gives you a breath of motivation, confidence and energy,” says Kristin Traskie, an American College of Sports Medicine-certified personal trainer and fitness and wellness program coordinator at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. “It gives you the power to positively own and identify your greatness and reminds you that you can do this—whatever the goal is at hand.”Not just any words will work, though. “A mantra has to speak to you,” says Reebok athlete Christian Harris. “It has to be something that can apply to you in every aspect of life, something you take with you everywhere.”If you’re lookiCategories: FitnessYou’ve got an hour before your training session and you’re absolutely starving. What do you eat? Most of us know that a fast food cheeseburger and fries isn’t the answer but when it comes to what to eat before a workout, the information out there can be confusing. Should you fast before a workout? What about carbs vs. protein? Does it matter what type of workout you’re doing?“When it comes to exercise, you need to be running like a well-oiled machine in order to see results that will last,” says Nicole Haworth, Celebrity Trainer and Cofounder of The Workout LA. But what makes one person “well-oiled” can be very different from another, especially when you consider how long and how hard you plan to train.From pre-workout snacks to how long before exercise you should eat them, we consulted the experts in a roundtable Q&A. Read on to learn more about the best foods to eat before your next workout.Categories: Fitness
While your footwear can help you tap into your energy, learning about the colors of your aura beyond just the colors of the rainbow you learned in school, can also prove useful. The colors of your aura each have a specific shade and meaning assigned to them. “The colors of the aura can have very complex meanings because they are all different depending upon the location of the color for each individual,” says Leiding. “For example, when you get Red on your masculine side (right side of the body, picture left), it shows that you’re hard working and action oriented. If the Red appears on your feminine side (left side of the body, picture right), it could represent passion and a deep focused love.”
Categories: FitnessYou know how people are always talking about eating seasonally? Cherries and zucchini in June, and corn and peaches in July? We like to think that working out can be seasonal, too, and with summer in full swing, that means lots and lots of swimming.If you don’t have access to an indoor swimming pool during winter months, the arrival of hot summer days means finding a body of water where you can swim ASAP (pool, lake, ocean, it doesn’t matter). Besides beating the heat, swimming has a ton of health benefits that no other exercise can touch.According to this study, one benefit of swimming is that it can lower the risk of an early death by 28%. Some other studies have shown that swimming benefits include lowering blood pressure and controlling blood sugar. Need more reasons why the benefits of swimming run deep? Dive in below.