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Should cheat meals be a part of your diet strategy?
In our daily lives, we hear the phrase “Cheat meal” quite often! The concept of “cheat meal” was invented because of our inability to stick to one particular diet for a long period of time. Cheat meal is meant to let you try something cheesy or which meets your food dopamine when you are eating
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Plyometric Exercises
A lot of us may not have heard of Plyometric exercises although we may have performed them sometime in our life. Let us discuss this form of workout today & how it impacts our strength. Plyometric exercises are a form of power training that helps us build stability & elasticity of muscles by increasing the
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Why should we rest after a workout session?
Do you experience muscle soreness after workout? Yes, almost everyone does! Soreness typically occurs when you expose your body to a particular stress you are not used to like a new exercise or a sport. Soreness is associated with microtrauma which makes your muscles adapt to training. Soreness is worse when you are engaged in
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Is Spot Reduction the perfect recipe for weight loss?
A lot of fitness aspirants contact me & ask somewhat similar questions – I want to build 6 pack abs, what exercise should I do & my answer to them is Spot Reduction does not work. Since a lot of people have this misconception about spot reduction, I decided to pen down my thoughts on
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Interplay between Genetics & Vitamin-C
Vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is an essential water soluble requirement for our body. Our body is not capable of making Vitamin-C & we need to obtain it from our diet. Vitamin C plays an important role in our bodily processes & is useful in producing collagen- the main structural protein of tendon, ligaments & skin,
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How workout can boost your mental health?
Workout is known to stimulate your body to produce endorphins & enkephalins, body’s natural feel good hormones which help to manage problems & stress. Given the work pressure & stress during this pandemic, mental health of people specifically corporate professionals is taking a hit. Workout/physical training everyday for at least 30 minutes can not only
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You have a toned physique! Does genes have a role to play?
Have you ever observed that in spite of leading an unhealthy lifestyle, some people still look fit? Let us discuss if your genetic code has a role to play here! When we talk of fitness, both nature & nurture play an important role. If you have been training hard but are not able to see
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Importance of breathing during training
When people focus on improving their training performance levels, they often overlook & neglect the most important aspect, ”breathing”. There has been so much focus on diet & workout that we forget that breathing is an important aspect as well. Breathing not only allows more oxygen to enter your circulatory system but also helps in
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Planning progression for your workout
When we indulge in physical training & workout, one thing we want to see is improvement in our health quotient. This is not the only reason we train our body. Some workout to relieve their stress, some do it for fun, a lot of us do it to improve our health, perform better at sport
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Best way to burn calories
When we talk of fitness & workout, calorie is the most frequent word we hear. Lot of fitness articles & blogs would talk of how many calories you need to consume & burn. Specifically in case of weight loss or fat loss, the word “ calorie” is all the more familiar. The fact around “calories”
