Home Workout Hub: Why Choose a Collapsible or Folding Treadmill?
Creating a home gym no longer means giving up half of your living space. Modern fitness equipment is designed with flexibility in mind, allowing you to stay active even in...
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Home Workout Hub: Why Choose a Collapsible or Folding Treadmill?
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5 ways to use a yoga block
More and more of us are adding yoga into our health and fitness regime, and for good reason. Yoga offers us not only psychological benefits in the form of reduced...
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A changing sport: how technology, sports science and styles are changing the game of tennis
Tennis, like most sports, has undergone major changes over the last 50 years based on changes in societal patterns and participation, emerging technology and further developments in the political and...
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Fitness training indoors or outdoors: what's better?
Since the coronavirus outbreak, many of us have started to venture outside more to meet our workout needs. And even though most fitness centres have now opened up again, many...
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Foam rollers: what is it and how do you use it?
Foam rollers. Most people that use them have a love-hate relationship with them. But what actually are they? Well, they pretty much are what they say on the tin: cylindrical...
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Fact or Fiction: Does protein make you bulky?
Luckily, we have largely moved away from the myth that eating fat makes you fat, but instead, we have replaced it with the fear that protein is the culprit for...
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Bodyweight training: how you can train properly with your own body
For too long, bodyweight exercises have been relegated to the beginner leagues, as people fail to realise the potential or value this type of training can bring. Some say that...
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Badminton at the Olympics: pride, participation and prestige
Badminton has been part of the Olympics since the Barcelona games in 1992, although it was a demonstration sport at the Munich Olympics in 1972. The current event offers the...
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Balancing your gym goals with the return of your social life
Whilst the last year has been a little challenging to put it mildly, one of the upsides to enforced social isolation has been the rise in home-based workout regimes and...
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What to wear to work out in all weathers
Whether you’re an avid runner or you get your exercise through another outdoor sport, we all know the sinking feeling of realising we’ve chosen the wrong clothes for the weather....
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Tennis at the Olympics: the acclaim, preparation and the favourites
Tennis was a recognised Olympic sport at the inaugural Athens Olympics back in 1896 and carried on through to the Paris games in 1924. After a dispute, tennis did not...
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Social media fitness trends: Men twice as likely to post images of them working out
Men Dominate Fitness Selfies, While Women Focus on Workouts, Finds UK Study. A new study looking at the top social media fitness trends in the UK has uncovered that men...
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Algae: what are the benefits?
Eating algae sounds unappealing, right? But algae is actually one of the most nutrient-dense additions you can make to your diet. Whether you’re plant-based or meat-eating, algae offers a rich...
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What is wearable technology?
Whether you’ve just started your fitness journey or have been grinding for years, you would have heard of wearables. Once reserved for top-flight athletes, wearable technology is very much mainstream....
