Category: Fitness

How to Maximize Workout Efficiency with EMS Training

Mike Johnston
EMS training

Are you tired of spending hours in the gym without seeing the results you want? If so, it might be time to try something new. EMS, or Electrical Muscle Stimulation, is a high-intensity workout that utilizes electrical impulses to stimulate your muscles, giving you a more efficient workout in a shorter amount of time. Let’s have a look at the benefits of this type of training and provide you with tips on how to improve your workout efficiency. What is EMS? EMS involves wearing a special suit that sends electrical…

The Thrill Of Martial Arts For Fitness

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While many people find the gym to be an excellent location for building fitness and getting in shape, it’s not for everyone. For all its benefits, the gym can be tedious, embarrassing and downright dull for some people, leading to the search for alternatives. For many people, the alternative is martial arts: a discipline that not only increases your ability to defend yourself but also ups your physical strength and fitness. If you’ve ever been to a boxing class, you’ll know that there’s nothing more exhausting than pummeling a punching…

3 Unusual Sports That Are Great For All Around Fitness

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3 Unusual Sports That Are Great For All Around Fitness | Fitness | Converge

Everybody knows that playing sports is a great way to stay fit and healthy and it’s a good social activity as well. There are so many different sports that you could get involved with but a lot of people struggle to find one that fits. If you don’t find a sport that you really enjoy, it’s hard to stick to it because it feels like a chore. But even if you think that you’ve tried all of the sports out there, you’re probably wrong. You might have tried all of…

Wealthy Workouts: Taking On The Activities Of The 1%

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Wealthy Workouts: Taking On The Activities Of The 1% | Health | Converge

Exercise is something which people from all walks of life should be able to enjoy, with the fun and games which come with this sort of activity being an excellent way to bring people together. In fact, throughout history, sports and physical games have made up a huge part of human society, with young children learning through them, and adults being able to put themselves to the test. Of course, though, like a lot of things in life, working out is something which can easily be barred by finances. To…

How To Look and Feel Younger

Jason Fleagle
How To Look and Feel Younger | Health | Converge

It would be nice if we didn’t all put such an emphasis on youthfulness, but that’s not the world we live in. We all want to look, feel, and seem younger than we really are, especially once you’re over the age of thirty-five. The good news is that we understand a great deal of you can put an ounce of youthfulness back into your mind, body, and soul, none of which are especially difficult. It’s all about making a few small and subtle changes to your lifestyle! We take a…

Take It Easy With Your Fitness

Jason Fleagle
Take It Easy With Your Fitness | Health | Converge

If you are about to embark on a new fitness regime to try and improve your health, you will likely be keen to make sure that you are going to get it right. But it is so common for people to get so excited about doing so that they end up pushing themselves too much, and quite apart from being healthy that can actually be incredibly dangerous and damaging. The truth is that you need to find a balance, and that means approaching your fitness with a certain amount of…

Steps to Meet Your Health Goals

Jason Fleagle
Steps to Meet Your Health Goals | Health | Converge

If you have decided to take the bull by the horns and become a healthier person, it can be difficult to get started. Once you have begun, the problem then is motivating yourself to keep your new lifestyle going, as there are so many temptations around that can make you fail. Moving towards the goals you have set yourself needs some planning, and then as you see improvements in your health you will be more likely to continue on the right road. Look At What Needs Changing You need to…

How Important Is Staying Hydrated When Running?

Jason Fleagle
How Important Is Staying Hydrated When Running? | Health | Converge

There are some runners that never take a bottle of water with them when they run. This can save the hassle of running with a bottle and it can prevent the dreaded scenario of needing to go for a pee mid-run, but is it worth the negative physical impact that dehydration can cause on the body? Here’s a brief look into how much fluids matter and how you can get exactly the right intake to perform at your best. What happens if you go running without drinking enough water? When…

Make Sure You Do These Things Before You Start a New Exercise Plan

Jason Fleagle
Make Sure You Do These Things Before You Start a New Exercise Plan | Health | Converge

January often sees many of us join gyms, start new training plans and try, with the best intentions to lose weight and get fit. Most of us fly into these resolutions without much of a plan, just the vague idea that if we go to the gym or out for a run now and then, we’ll become fitter and healthier. Some of us go with a casual approach, exercising when we fancy it or when we’ve got a little free time. Others, throw ourselves in. We make time for exercise,…

12 Reasons Men Should Take Up Yoga

Jason Fleagle
12 Reasons Men Should Take Up Yoga | Health | Converge

Today, practicing yoga is largely seen as a feminine activity; yoga classes are predominantly made up of women, and there are so many stereotypes surrounding the practice that a lot of men are put off and don’t even want to give it a try. It has only become this way in recent years because if you look back to the origins of yoga, it was actually originally a male-only practice. There are no pre-modern depictions of women practising yogic postures, and it actually took many years for the discipline to…