Drinking juice is a pleasant way to keep your diet packed with nutrients. If you use organic ingredients, you can also avoid absorbing pesticides, herbicides, and other chemicals that are unfortunately often found in many contemporary food products. A juicer processes the fruits and vegetables you need into an easily digestible and tasty form.
Fit or not, yoga is great for the 40+ man, be it as sole exercise or even as a supplementary one…
For some of us, being stuck in the same place all the time is a little boring. There’s a big world out there waiting to be explored, and while travel is certainly fun, it’s also necessary for the overall improvement of one’s life. Here are five benefits of “globe-trotting.”
Often regarded as a wet, polluted mess, the oceans have earned something of a bad rap over the years, but people forget just how much they can offer in the arena of health. Here are five benefits of living by the ocean.
Companies saw a 171 percent increase in fitness tracker sales from 2014 to 2015, according to the International Data Corporation, and hoped that those numbers would continue to skyrocket in 2016. Instead, bad press and negative reports quickly turned this fad into one that might leave as quickly as Livestrong Bracelets or Gangnam Style did. Or do these devices still have a chance?
There’s no thrill like the buzz you got when you first learned to bike. Pedalling away madly, with the wind rushing through your hair – that rush of riding a bike for the first time is incomparable. However, riding a bike is always fun. The thrill settles down, but the exercise and the fresh air are always a guarantee. And biking or cycling, whatever you may call it, is good for physical, physiological and mental health -- for a healthy mind makes for a healthy body and vice versa.
The physical benefits of pedaling
My semi-professional sports career taught me a lot about sportsmanship, my physical limitations, and the art of tennis. But one of the most important lessons was the importance of cross training to build endurance. Whatever your sport, here are 5 ways to build your endurance through cross training.
The 80/20 Rule: Why is the kitchen so important?
The 80/20 rule is not the brainchild of some health and fitness guru on a quest to eradicate obesity. As grand as that sounds, it is more complex than a simple snap of the fingers. From cheat days to diminishing the importance of exercise there is a lot of hype surrounding this idea of 80/20 that in fact originated over a century ago.
Jobs, family, relationships, and social functions often tend to take precedence over our own needs. It is easy to get wrapped up in the day-to-day demands of life. Whether we feel a sense of obligation or not, the day can slip away without time to ourselves. It's those days that leave us open to stress, anxiety, and a loss of sense of self. That is why it is important to squeeze a little bit of “me time” into our daily routine. Whether it be five minutes or five hours, the following five are ways you can break away and take precedence over your day.