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Lizard Yoga Pose (Utthan Pristhasana) – How to Perform, Muscles Worked and Benefits

If you’ve got tight hips or hamstrings, then it’s time to find your inner reptile and embrace the wonderful world of the lizard yoga pose. This stretch helps improve hip mobility and all-round flexibility in the lower body. It also helps support functional strength in your core and upper body too. Simply put, this is […]

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Fire Hydrant Exercise – How to Perform, Muscles Worked and Benefits

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Fire hydrants are a form of bodyweight exercises that primarily work the gluteus maximus (the butt muscles). They are called “fire hydrants” because the exercise resembles a dog urinating on a fire hydrant, lifting its back leg from a “quadrilateral” position. This seemingly simple exercise is a staple for strengthening and toning the glutes. Weak

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Functional Fitness Training – 15 Exercises for Better Workouts

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Functional fitness training has gained immense popularity in recent years… and for good reason too! It describes exercises and workouts that replicate real-life movements. This means your efforts during a workout are rewarded and felt in daily tasks and activities. From walking to the dog, to going to the shops, to doing a spot of

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Balance Pad Exercises That Will Work Wonders For Your Stability and Body Control

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Balance pads are a fantastic piece of exercise equipment to help improve stability, body control and overall balance. These “pads” are usually made from foam and create instability when you stand/press on them, consequently forcing your muscles to adjust and adapt. Balance pads provide the setting for a whole host of exercises, including lower body

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Fitness Over 50 – Best Exercises & Workouts for Over 50’s

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Regular exercise is one of the fundamental pillars to healthy ageing. Research evidences that physical exercise has huge mind and body benefits across all ages but particularly for the over 50’s, not only strengthening and boosting flexibility, core muscles, balance and cardio health but also cognitive functioning and mental agility. For over 50’s, staying active

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Strength Training Program for Over 50’s – Exercises, Workouts and Benefits

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Strength training is a vital ingredient to staying fit and healthy as we age. Strength training shouldn’t be seen as intimidating or something only reserved for bodybuilders and the World’s Strongest Men. Far from it – it’s something everyone should incorporate into their fitness routine, whatever their age, whatever their gender. In fact, muscle loss

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7 Seated Stretches That Help Improve Posture and Flexibility

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Let’s face it, most of use spend a hefty amount of our time sat down. Whether it’s in front of the computer, the TV, whilst driving, reading or something else, the seated position has the potential to significantly impair our range of motion. Rather than let those muscles stiffen into the stationary position though, by

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7 Low Impact Exercises That You Can Do At Home (Beginner Friendly)

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Not all of us are suited to high impact exercises – the kind that get your heart racing, leave you breathless and can put heavy pressure or your joints. There could be a variety of reasons for this, whether it is a previous injury, health issues such as arthritis, pregnancy or something else. It could

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Best Exercises and Stretches for Knee Pain/Bad Knees

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Sore and aching knees? Not great at the best of times and debilitating and wearing at the worst. But a simple regime of regular knee strengthening exercises and stretches can significantly reduce knee pain and have you moving normally and safely again so that you can get on with enjoying life. We’ve pulled together a

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Our Favourite LIIT (Low Intensity Interval Training) Exercises You Should Try

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Looking for an exercise routine that is low intensity and low impact? LIIT could be the answer… What is LIIT? Low Intensity Interval Training or LIIT is a variation on High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). As its name suggests, it is less intense and also slower than HIIT, being performed over a longer period of

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