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If working out in the comfort of your home would suit you best, setting up your own home gym might be the perfect solution for you. With a home gym, you have the convenience of working out on your own schedule - available for you at all times and without the crowd. Plus, you have the freedom to design your own space and choose the equipment that best fits your fitness goals and budget. You’re basically the boss! However, setting up a home gym can be quite a project, especially if you're not sure where to start. There are so many...

Creating a training program that is tailored to your specific goals, preferences and needs can be an effective way to improve your fitness and reach your desired results. Here are a few tips to help you structure an ideal workout program for yourself: Define your goals: The first step in designing a training program is to define your goals. Do you want to build muscle, improve your conditioning, maybe increase your flexibility? Having clear goals will help to guide your training program and ensure that you're focusing on the right activities. Understand your current fitness level: It's important to understand your current...

Now that we’ve entered the New Year, many of us are thinking about the changes we want to make and the goals we want to achieve. For a lot of people that includes setting fitness goals and getting in shape. Whether you want to lose weight, build muscle, or just feel more energized and healthy, starting a new fitness routine can be a great way to kick off the New Year.  I know this can be challenging for some. It's easy to get motivated at the start, but it can be harder to stay on track and maintain that motivation...

Functional training is a type of exercise that focuses on training the body for the activities that it performs in daily life. It involves exercises that mimic everyday movements, such as pushing, pulling, squatting, and lunging, and is designed to improve strength, mobility, and balance. If you feel like you need some improvement in your functional training workouts, here are a few tips: Start with proper warm-up: It's important to warm up before any workout, but it's especially important for functional training exercises, because they often involve multiple joints and muscle groups. A proper warm-up will help to increase blood...

Nobody questions the value of exercise training for optimal athletic performance and improvement,  but today we’re talking about recovery, which is an equally important component of a training program as it gives the body time to repair, rebuild and strengthen itself between workouts. Here are 4 Key points of recovery you should be implementing in your training plan: MOVE First key point of great recovery is the movement. Move your body in any type of movement. Walk, run, cycle, swim, etc. - just keep it moving.  Moving is very important for your health and here’s why: It increases dopamine Improves...