So, the meaning of “zero-drop” is the angle between your heel and your toe when it’s in a shoe. That’s all. Most shoes, such as tennis shoes, heels, or work shoes (or boots) place the heel higher than your toes and there, hence, “drop” your foot down at an angle. With zero-drop shoes being worn places your heel and toes level with each other. This is the same as if you were walking around barefoot.
Category Archives: Workouts
Exercising at Home? Use Household Items as Workout Equipment
Commonly found household items can easily serve as good alternatives to gym equipment. For example, filled water bottles make great dumbbells! You can start with smaller 500ml bottles before moving on to 1L or 1.5L bottles. You can do biceps curls, triceps kickbacks, and even do some overhead presses with water bottles. Dry towels are another great addition to helping you get a workout in. Use them to stretch out before/after an exercise. To add a challenge, you could use a damp towel too.
4 Pre-Workout Supplements and Their Benefits
Pre-workout supplements, also known as “pre-workouts,” are intended to give you energy for when you exercise. The main ingredient in most of them is caffeine. These supplements often come in a pill form or a powder form, with powder being the most popular. Some of the ingredients in certain pre-workouts (read the labels) can be good for your health and your workouts. But the supplements can bring on side effects as well that you’ll need to be aware of.
June Days of Awareness and Celebration
People choose to commemorate the day by sharing information on social networks. Others may attend parades to celebrate or attend lectures to become more educated on a particular cause. Other meaningful ways to recognize these special days is to raise/donate money or goods to nonprofits working to further their cause.
Your Guide to Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression. It generally happens during certain seasons of the year such as fall or winter. However, it could happen in the Spring during the rainy season depending on where you live. It is thought by research that shorter days and less daylight may set off a chemical change in the brain leading to symptoms of depression.
The Mighty Benefits of Strength Training
Since lean muscle mass naturally diminishes with age, it’s imperative to do some sort of resistance training at least 2 times per week. In addition, your body fat percentage will increase over time if you don’t do anything to replace the lean muscle you lose over time. Strength training can help you preserve your muscle mass at any age.
Finding Your Why
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, anxious or unfulfilled, you most likely don’t have a clear understanding of your “why”. I know a lot of time people are working to live up to someone else’s “why” in the absence of their own. Sometimes it makes you feel that you are out of alignment with your own unique purpose. Your why is a feeling that compels you to do the work you want to do even if it requires short-term sacrifice.
A Morning Routine for Everyone
Before you try one of those quick fixes to shake up your mornings and your productivity, keep in mind that revitalizing your mornings require more than just a five-minute hack. The secret is to change your morning routine in a way that works for you and follow through on those practices every day.
4 Workout Tips for Women Over 40
As women get older, you’re more susceptible to illnesses and chronic pain, including heart disease and osteoporosis. Even though moving around may be the last thing you want to do, inactivity increases the risk of chronic disease. Studies show that a little under 23 percent of U.S. adults ages 18 to 64 ( https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr112.pdf) are getting the recommended amount of exercise per week, and 28 percent over the age 50 are physically inactive. Unfortunately, sometimes age becomes a reason people feel they shouldn’t bother working out. This couldn’t be further from the truth.
Simple Ways to Break Through a Weight Loss Plateau
To lose more weight, you need to either do one of two things, increase your physical activity or decrease the calories you eat. Using the same approach that worked at first may maintain your weight loss, but it won’t lead to more weight loss hence the plateau.
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