A new and exciting fitness craze to come to South Africa, and to the world is Electro Muscular Stimulation (EMS). “Technically it is a full body training exercise using impulse current. In everyday life our central nervous system constantly sends electrical impulses to control our muscle action. EMS uses this natural principle and is able to intensify […]
If you are interested in calisthenics training and bodyweight exercises, the handstand is a great exercise/hold to master and begin with. From there you can build on to it and do more advanced exciting things like the handstand push up, various yoga poses and planches. It is a great way to build strength in your […]
A very motivating video that will make you want to get up and train immediately! Athletes spend more than 40 hours a week training for the Olympics. Here’s a look at a few athletes striving to make the US Olympic Team this year, plus some insight into what makes it worth it.
This is the first of the Fit & Flex Fridays (FFF)! posts, where I will just highlight one of my workouts I did during the week, for anyone to give a try or modify for themselves. After switching to only calisthenics training for quite some time I decided to include some weights back in, to increase overall strength […]
With social media available to everyone nowadays, more and more athletes and fitness ‘models’ are creating pages and are active on social media. While that is pretty great, there are some things that new athletes should probably be aware of when posting things, though small they can end up having quite an effect. Here are […]
quick stats Name: Kirsten Allnutt Age: 24 Height: 1.71 m Competition weight: 63 kg Current weight: 68 kg Current city: Durban, South Africa Occupation: (Well this is a funny thing to answer- I am by qualification a journalist, but I literally recently quit my job as a rep so lets leave this one blank haha) […]
Jet Li is an amazing martial artist, actor and a down to earth and humble man. He is somewhat simple and philosophical as can be seen by his interviews. He speaks some very wise and inspirational words in this interview below that we always need to be reminded of and can be applied to everyday life. […]
Nike Free 5.0 Print Running Shoe Quick Review Stats: Overall Rating: 8 out of 10 Comfort Rating: 9 out of 10 Grip rating: 8 out of 10 Aesthetics Rating: 7 out of 10 Used for: Gym, Running + much more. The Nike free 5.0is a flashy lightweight running shoe suited to people who want a […]
“At the end of the day it’s how you feel about yourself and if you like/love yourself or not. THAT’S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS!” “I feel most women avoid this exercise (bench press) because they think your boobs will turn into muscle? This has to be one of the biggest myths in bodybuilding […]
Under Armour’s advert with the USA women’s gymnastics team is one advert that you have to see. An extremely motivation and inspiring video to say the least with a powerful message. RULE YOURSELF: You May Also Like:
