Fitness boot camps have become exceedingly popular in the past year thanks to the variety and effectiveness they offer participants. In 2012, the American College of Sports Medicine listed ‘group fitness’ as a global fitness trend to watch and here we break down the benefit of giving the trend a try...
Put down the juice. Summary: If you’re looking to lose weight you should start by cutting out drinks with added sugars, like soda and fruit punches. Nutritionist Karen Ansel says beverages are our biggest source of added sugars, which are bad for you because they’re processed and have no...
The amount depends on your body size, activity level and the weather. While water isn’t the most exciting of drinks, drinking enough water has incredible short and long-term benefits – from helping us to digest food and making our skin glow, to helping carry important nutrients around th...
Group fitness participants showed significant improvements in all three quality of life measures: mental (12.6 percent), physical (24.8 percent) and emotional (26 percent). They also reported a 26.2 percent reduction in perceived stress levels. By comparison, individual fitness participants on avera...
It is that time of year when most of you have just realised the weather is getting warm and “oh no” you haven’t trained all winter, you have indulged in foods that make you feel warm and cozy and there is only two months until Summer! If this is you now is the time to get active and start eating cle...
