By Rehan Iqbal If you could travel back in time to the paleolithic era and beyond, you would find that your ancestors spent years barefoot. Researchers believe that the first attempts to create shoes occurred sometime around 7000 or 1550 BC. Those early shoes were made from reeds and various plants found in nature. They didn’t […]
Slip-Proof Your Steps: How to Tell if Shoes are Non-Slip
By Rehan Iqbal Non-slip or slip-resistant shoes prevent injuries by providing the wearer with extra traction, drastically reducing the chance of an injury from a fall. People who work in the food services industry, construction, medical facilities, basically any environment where a wet or greasy floor can be a risk, should wear footwear that’s designed to […]
Do Crocs Run Big or Small? (Complete Deep Dive)
By Rehan Iqbal Hey, wondering if Crocs run big or small?It depends. Well, at least for my Frankenfeet it does. My Bistro Clogs run slightly big, but that’s just the way I like it. Some of my coworkers have Specialist II clogs that also run a tad large.It really comes down to each individual type of […]
Why Do My Feet Hurt After Standing All Day?
By Rehan Iqbal 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 […]
How to Improve Foot Strength
By Rehan Iqbal 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 […]
How to Train to Be a Runner
By Konrad Barnes 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. […]
Best Leg Exercises for a Runner
By Konrad Barnes 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 […]
Metcon- How CrossFit Influenced an Entire Generation
By Konrad Barnes 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 […]
7 CrossFit Workouts Anyone Can Do at Home
By Konrad Barnes 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 […]
9 Best Shoe Insoles for Standing All Day
By Rehan Iqbal 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 […]
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