If there’s one thing Short Motivation will encourage you to do, try and get outside and use the environment for whilst exercising. With this in mind, regular steps can be used to provide an excellent heart-raising workout.
Bang & Olufsen has announced the Beolit 17 – the portable speaker that aims to add a personal touch to your listening choices – through it’s B&O PLAY brand.
Santorini offers some of most beautiful views in Europe. A major volcanic eruption, thousands of years ago, caused the island to collapse into its now-famous caldera, which is one of the most incredible sights you’ll see when you stand on the top of the mountain. Add great cuisine, Greek hospitality and stunning scenery and we know why people return to this island.
A plyometric box is a great way to make a whole host of exercises more strenuous and higher intensity. You can advance a plyometric box workout by incorporating a weight, such as a kettlebell. This can make exercise harder and useful for engaging your core, as your body has to stabilise the extra weight.
The kettlebell is a hugely universal piece of fitness equipment, where the mobility and diversity makes it perfect for almost anyone. It is particularly useful to take outdoors or on holiday, as there is no need for any other equipment and the rugged nature of a good kettlebell means it doesn’t matter if you throw it around or get it dirty!
Using a plyometric (plyo) box to change up a workout program is really effective. Plyometrics are really useful to break through plateaus and keep the participant progressing. The only caution with plyometrics is that it is a high impact/ high weight-bearing group of exercises, therefore people with joint issues or overcoming injuries should avoid until strength and proprioception is regained.
You’ve finished your session and are good to go home, right? Wrong. Completing a cool down should be integrated at the end of every session as a way to wind down, reduce your heart level and bring everything back down from the intense level you’ve just been training at for the last 30 minutes or more.
Ever since the fall of the wall, Berlin has been establishing itself as one of the hippest cities in Europe, now offering full access to the old ‘East’ side of the capital. Centrally located, Berlin has two efficient airports, with a long-awaited and much-delayed brand new hub due 2018.
It’s thoroughly recommended that you run through a comprehensive warm up before you start any physical exercise. This helps to minimise the likelihood of injury occurring and also maximises your potential for that session, if your muscles are warmer they will work optimally.
When you take on any new activity, getting up to speed with knowledge, terms used and shortcuts involved, takes some time. Within this article we’re aiming to get you up to speed with some of the terminology used when you start your new fitness regime (which, incidentally, people refer to as “training” or “working out”) and to achieve your goals.