Very few jobs allow workers to strike a healthy balance between sitting and standing. Doing one or the other the majority of the day comes with consequences for the feet, but there isn’t much you can do if your job requires you to stand for long periods.Research has shown that civilian workers spend close to […]
How to Improve Foot Strength
Runners often spend a lot of time working on the strength of their legs, hips and even their core. Unfortunately, very often runners neglect the foundation of their running strength – their feet! It’s very important to keep the muscles of your feet and your lower legs strong and flexible for good performance when walking […]
How to Train to Be a Runner
So you’ve finally started running, it’s been a few weeks of 10 minutes here, 15 minutes there… All in all a good effort on your part. But despite all your hard work and efforts you just can’t seem to find any consistency going, nor do you seem to make any real progress. Your times aren’t […]
Best Leg Exercises for a Runner
Are you a runner that doesn’t lift weights? Read this to see where you’re going wrong. Many people think that to get better as a runner you simply have to run more, and while there’s some truth to the idea that running more will make you better, it isn’t quite as straightforward as that. Leg […]
Metcon- How CrossFit Influenced an Entire Generation
The sport of CrossFit has risen to stardom in the past decade. CrossFit has aided a cultural transformation that has shifted the outlook on traditional olympic lifting, strongman and bodybuilding. How we train as athletes and how we instruct athletes as trainers has been influenced in some way or form by CrossFit. Arguably the biggest […]
What is CrossFit?
There’s a running joke that goes, ‘how do you know when someone does CrossFit? Oh, you’ll know because they’ll tell you’.The idea being that the people involved in this fitness sensation, which has taken over the world, can’t shut up about it and want everyone to know what CrossFit is and why it’s so amazing.In […]
7 CrossFit Workouts Anyone Can Do at Home
So you haven’t got the full equipment to be able to complete a CrossFit workout at home?Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with 7 simple benchmark workouts that you can do whenever you want, from the comfort of your own home.It’s important that you know beforehand that the CrossFit benchmark workouts are all named after […]
9 Best Shoe Insoles for Standing All Day
Anyone with flat feet and plantar fasciitis would know the problems of leading a normal life. Thankfully, you don’t have to deal with the nuisance that it is; it is quite possible to consider more affordable and effective treatment options such as quality shoe inserts that are supportive, comfortable, well-built and designed specifically to counter […]
5 Top Rated ASICS Shoes For CrossFit
CrossFit is becoming the baseline for most people’s training routines. Most people do not just stay with one or two activities. Instead, they like to undertake a wide variety of active sports from running to workout routines and team sports. Whatever the activity, it is important to wear the right type of shoe. Court shoes […]
37 Best Work Shoes For Standing All Day Jobs
There’s a lot of information available about how to handle your body’s needs in a sit-on-your butt type of job. And there’s tons of info out there for the best types of shoes to realign your body if you’re expected to walk all day. But there’s not much discussion on what our body needs and […]
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