Category: Running and Fitness

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Set Your Fitness Goals with these 5 must-do Exercises

As an aspirant of a perfect body, you would be looking to options that can help you to get one. There are many ways through which you can get a perfectly fit body. But if you have a limitations on the amount of time you can spend on work-outs and also the availability of proper place for work-outs, then you can choose to try the options of work-outs given below at your home with ease.

For a perfect fitness, your exercise regime must include full-body exercises that target on multiple muscles of different areas of the body. The more you focus on full-body strength exercises, the more you build muscles, which in turn, burn fat.

Here is the list of full-body exercises for all the fitness enthusiasts looking for a simple yet effective workout. And of course, you don’t need fancy pieces of equipment for these. Just find a suitable open space in your home and begin!

1. Burpees
This had to top the list. Burpees, apart from being a fat blaster, target muscles of your thighs, upper-body, and core as it brings in squats, plank, and a push-up.
You need to start with standing straight; squat and place your hands on the ground, and jump your feet back, out in a plank position. Do a push-up, jump your feet back in, and spring up with a leap. Begin with 5 reps of 3 sets and extend the reps as you like. Continue reading “Set Your Fitness Goals with these 5 must-do Exercises”

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Running Benefits for Beginners!!

As a beginner of Running Enthusiast, it is imperative to know the basic benefits of Running.

·        Running helps you consistently lose fat and build a lean, strong body. While running you tend to sweat a lot. Sweating is always considered to be “FAT CRYING”. So naturally, when you run you will lose all the bad fats in your body and give a Fresh energy.

·        Running releases endocannabinoids and serotonin in your brain which boosts mental health and happiness levels. This happens as you take more pure oxygen to your brain, it will eventually keep you afresh all through the day. It is always said that a person acquire more Fitness benefits when he runs early in the morning.

·        Running helps to detoxify your body. It is like overhauling your body consistently. Getting the bad elements from your body will help the good things lively in the body. This offers your complete and fresh energy.

·        Running is free. It gives you a whole-body workout at no cost except an hour or so of your time every day.

·        Running is meditation—it puts you in ‘the zone’, a higher state of consciousness.

Running as that brilliant runner Jesse Owens said is “….something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs…”

So start your Run today and Feel fresh yourself Everyday!!!

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Tips for Running Gear

As much as you train yourself for a healthy run, it is also equally important that you wear the right Running gears to avoid any injury. Running gears include your tees, shoes, Sunglasses, Hydration belt and so on. You have to be very conscious of what you wear as these accessories helps you a lot in offering comfort while running. The state can be vice versa if you are very passive about the running accessories. Read on for some tips on them.

Shoes:

Wearing a proper shoe is very important. Don’t use your normal shoes for running. Always be aware that when you run, your fingers tend to expand and eventually your normal shoes will be uncomfortable leading to swelling of fingers. Buy proper running shoes and feel the comfort of the shoe with a trial run. Usually, running shoes are 50% bigger in size than your normal shoes. Buy only those shoes which you feel comfort while running. This helps you to run that extra mile.

It is always better to buy two pairs of shoes so that you can rotate the usage of it. This will help in the durability of the shoe and make you feel very much comfortable to you.

Changing the running shoes at the right time is very important. You should be aware of when you need to replace your running shoes. You should not wait till it gets to wear and tear. Running shoes are supposed to be disposed or used for casual wear after a few kilometers of running. There are apps like Sports Tracker, Runkeeper which hints on the timing of replacing the running shoes.

Wearing the right fabrics: Your running tees should allow you to breathe well for a comfortable run. It is better to avoid cotton fabrics as they may excoriate your skin while running. It is better to use polyester fabric tees for running. They are so light that you may feel its presence on your body helping you to breathe well while running.

Bodyglide: Using bodyglide to avoid blisters or irritation is another important parameter to follow while running. You may apply vaseline or aquaphor or any other similar materials on your body to avoid chafing. Choose bodyglides which shall retain on your body for a longer time to avoid friction of your skin and the fabric you wear.

Hydration Belts: Use quality hydration belts. Do not stuff your belts with too many accessories adding up extra weight that can deter your running.

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Benefits of Daily Jogging

If you want to become a Fitness enthusiast, you need to pursue different types of fitness activities. One of the basic fitness activity is jogging daily. There are many benefits you can derive by jogging daily. Few of them are listed below:

  1. Makes you feel Happier: Jogging helps you to release chemicals that can make you feel happier. It gives more peace of mind.
  2. Controls Diabetes: It helps reduce diabetic resistance to insulin & maintain a healthy blood sugar level. Helps you to prevent diabetes/control diabetes.
  3. Boosts Immunity: Jogging helps promote the stimulation of macrophages or bacteria fighting cells and lymphocytes that fight infection.
  4. Builds Strong Bones: When you jog, your body sends essential minerals to bones to strengthen them when stressed. As running stresses your bones, these additional minerals help to increase your bone density over time.
  5. Helps lose weight: On an average you tend to lose 700 to 850 calories when you jog for an hour. Helps you to have a balanced body weight.
  6. Protects Heart: Your arteries expand and contract while running. This eventually helps to maintain blood pressure. Decrease  risk of heart disease.
  7. Fights Asthma: Strengthens lungs and bronchi. Helps you gain increased lung capacity and improved blood circulation.
  8. Builds strong Leg Muscles: Strong leg muscles indicate good health. Running builds lower body strength in addition to strengthening your tendons & ligaments.