How to Start a Home Workout Routine: A UK Beginner's Guide
Starting a workout routine is easy. Sticking with one is the hard part. If you have ever bought a piece of kit or downloaded a fitness app with the best...
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The Four Pillars of Squash: Technical, Tactical, Mental and Movement
Tristan will be taking us through the concept of balance, and finding balance in your squash game, any sport that you participate in or life in general. There are four...
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Weighted Vest Benefits & Buying Guide
Weighted vests are a useful piece of fitness equipment that can really help you achieve your fitness goals. Here you’ll discover, what they are, how they work, the different types...
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Badminton grassroots: how to get your child into playing badminton
Sweatband spoke to ex-professional badminton player and coach, Tom Wolfenden about badminton at the grassroots and the routes to getting your child into badminton. Tom opened ‘First of all, badminton...
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Vegan Supplements Benefits & Buying Guide
Just because you are vegan, doesn't mean you should miss out on the full range of health-boosting supplements. In fact, as a vegan, you can really benefit from the addition...
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Protein shakes, protein powders and bars
Protein is the key to muscle recovery, growth and repair. Not only does adequate protein intake support exercise performance and endurance, but protein can help you meet your body mass...
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A guide to Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
Our good health depends on having optimum vitamin and mineral intake. Despite our best intentions, it can be hard to always eat right, so it's nice to know we have...
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Yoga: Improving mobility with mindfulness
The physical practise of yoga aims to unite the movement of the body with the breath via the two most popular limbs of yoga in the West; Asana and Pranayama. ...
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Beyond training: taking time to reflect and recover
There are times when it is ideal to take a step back to reflect and recover on your wellbeing. Are you burning the candle at both ends? Is your training...
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Mindfulness: what it is and how it can improve your sport and fitness
Mindfulness is beyond a buzzword now. Courses in the practice have sprung up all over the world. Books extolling its virtues fill shelves in bookshops everywhere. And forward-thinking employers are...
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One Simple Technique to Get Smarter While You Exercise
It’s often said that us humans only really use 10% of our brains. Whilst this has been widely debunked and exposed as a myth, it is true that we all...
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Exercise To Tone Your Brain
Train your brain. Nowadays people are getting more and more interested in fitness, leading an active lifestyle and having a great body. However, Physical Exercise is not only important for...
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Fat Burners Buying Guide
Losing weight can be hard. Even with a calorie deficit and a great training regime, many people find it hard to sustain a healthy weight loss. Fat burners can be...
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Tennis playing styles: using and counteracting them effectively
There is no one single way to win a tennis match. There are many different playing styles in the game of tennis. These include: players who serve and volley players...
