8 Tips for Good Running Form
Do you run or jog? Doesn’t matter if its outdoors or on the treadmill, we’ve given you plenty of tips on running. Today, we’ll tell about some finer points on how to improve your running form. These tips will not only help you run more efficiently, but also run faster, with less effort, improve muscle performance and reduce your risk of injury. It might even help you get a six pack.
Photo- Good Running Form (chimpmitten@flickr)
Landing: You should try to land Read more
Why New Year resolutions of weight loss, fail?
Believe it or not, the year is almost over. Think back to the beginning of the year, when you made your resolutions. Was one of your resolutions around your fitness? Lose weight, add muscle, reduce the belly, get toned, the list goes on… Have you reached your goal?
Most of you will respond no. Wonder why? No, its not because you were too busy to do it, or stuff happened.
Photo- Woman with Tape Measure (hyg27@flickr)
Most of us decide on losing weight, so we’ll discuss that here. At the year end, we promise ourselves, that we will lose 10 kg this year, or Read more
Vote & Get the Weight Loss Guide
We told you that Fitho has been nominated for the Top Health Blog Award. We’re still in the top running with 172 votes! (update, now at 185 :p votes)
We’re the only Indian blog to be nominated for this award If you have not voted for Fitho, please vote & comment here. To make it better, we will give away a copy of the Fitho Weight Loss & Fitness Guide to anyone who votes! So, it’s worth 2 minutes of your time to get our Weight Loss Guide worth Rs 275. VOTE here.
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Sore Muscles- Tips to Help Reduce, Prevent and Relieve
First, let us tell you why muscles become sore after working out?
Whenever you engage in an unusual level of physical activity like lifting weights or jogging, or simply moving heavy furniture, you create microscopic tears in your muscle tissue (this is normal). When your body rebuilds the damaged muscle it grows back bigger and stronger than before. This is the same mechanism that athletes and bodybuilders use to become faster, bigger & stronger. As a general rule, the more you exert yourself, the more microscopic tears you create, and the more soreness you feel later on as the muscles are being repaired by your body.
So, how can you reduce sore muscles, or even prevent them. We’ve got all the tips for you.
Photo- Tips for Sore workout Muscles (staticbob@flickr)
Warm up: Warming up before your workout prepares your muscles Read more
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Be vegetarian, Gain Muscle
Many vegetarians wonder if gaining muscle is possible on a vegetarian diet? The short answer is yes, it is possible to be vegetarian and gain muscle.
Photo- Vegetables for muscle gain (cateyes@flickr)
The biggest advantage of eating meat is that the protein is higher quality, which means that more protein per gm of meat consumed is used to make muscle, than compared to a vegetarian source like plant protein. That being said, we’re here to show you how to gain muscle on a veggie diet. Read more
How to beat junk food cravings
Junk food cravings are the worst when you’re trying to avoid it. Since we help you avoid junk food, here is our list of top ways to avoid junk food cravings:
Junk food (miss_yasmina@flickr)
Water over sweets: Often you feel like something sweet after a meal. This is actually a signal from your body for Read more
Eat fat to Improve Memory and Gain Muscle
We’ve always told you that fat is not the enemy. In fact its beneficial. A new study shows that fatty foods could improve your memory! And we’ll tell you how it can help you gain muscle!
Photo- Cheese and Grapes- Healthy foods (aandix@flickr)
Basically, when the intestines digest fat, they produce Read more
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