#active warm-up

3 Quick Tips That Will Help You Make the Most Out of Your Workouts

Introduction While regular workouts are good for you, it is natural to want to get as much out of them as possible. After all, no one starts going to the gym just to get acceptable results – you want to be in the best shape of your life! Below are three quick tips to keep in mind and help you get everything you can out of your daily routine. These will aid in getting you in tip-top shape in no…

5 Tips for Getting More Out of Your Workout

When it comes to improving your health, after changing your diet, the next step is to get yourself a gym membership and to start getting into a good workout routine.

A lot of people can feel a bit overwhelmed when they first start hitting the gym. Losing the love handles and gaining some muscle is normally the ultimate goal, but what is the best way to reach this goal?

Well, the following…

5 Tips for Weathering an Outdoor Fitness Boot Camp in Winter

If your upcoming fitness boot camp is going to take place outdoors during the fall or winter months, you may be dealing with factors that can affect your safety and well-being including low temperatures, inclement conditions, and drier air.

Do not miss these essential cold-weather fitness safety tips:

Warm Up (Literally)

All proper fitness boot camps should begin with some type of warm-upphase…

How to Avoid Shoulder Pain During a Press-up

How to Avoid Shoulder Pain During a Press-up (aka Push-up for our American friends).

One of the best things about boot camp fitness workouts is the fact that they often require very little equipment.

Whether you are in a class with a dozen other people or have put together your own makeshift boot camp workout at home, you can get a great training session in just by focusing on popular bodyweight…

What is the RAMP Method (as used in Exercise & Fitness)?

Warming-up (or movement preparation) before a training session is crucial in aiding participants to get the best results from their session.

A RAMP warm-up, developed by Dr. Ian Jeffreys, can be very useful (for both trainers and participants) in making sure that the body is well prepared and ready for the coming exercise.

RAMP stands for:

Raise body temperature which can be done by doing a…

Some Good Ways To Get Ready For Boot Camp

Introduction

This article has absolutely nothing to do with packing a toothbrush or a change of underwear!

Such preparation is important, but nowhere nearly as important as readying yourself from a mental and physical standpoint. Without such preparation, your boot camp experience will most likely be a miserable one that sours you on the entire idea of physical and mental fitness. That’s clearly…

Why Is Warming-up before Exercising So Important?

Introduction

If you are interested in going to the gym or doing any other physical activity, you have probably heard a million times that you need to warm-up well before you start exercising.

Different people have different reasons why they believe that the warm-up is obligatory, but everyone agrees that you should not skip it. The majority of quality gymshave professional, qualified fitness…

How are you doing on your New Years resolutions? Have you stuck to the commitments you made 30 days ago? Have you been exercising and eating right? If the answer is no, don’t worry. Start now. Start today. If the answer is yes, congratulations! Now it’s time to take it a step further. Getting into the gym, or wherever you choose to workout, is a fantastic achievement and often the most difficult…