Shruglyfe
If I had a dollar for every time someone said to me "so and so told me I have the hardest traps they've ever touched" ... well, honestly all I would probably do with it is bankroll an even more extravagant Woolies Dreamy Choc cookie habit than I already have (but how sick would that be!)
What I mean is, the upper traps would have to be the most massaged area of the body. But they’re still so tight all the time, amiright?
Men are Attracted to a Strong Woman
I’m very lucky to be surrounded by women of this calibre; women who are strong not only physically but, in their values, their opinions, and in standing the fuck up for themselves. These women are athletes, entrepreneurs, and experts in their fields; they are basically strong at life. Their courage and strength inspire me to be stronger, they will tell me when I’m being a dickhead, and encourage me to not allow anyone else to treat me like one.
5 Amazing Exercises to Improve your Running Form
Running is one of the most simple and basic practices yet can be the most problematic forms of exercise for many. As humans we are designed to run, and to run long distance, so don’t give up on the weekend trots because here are some great exercises to have you gliding along the track and overtaking that guy with his ipod strapped to his arm.
Why Sitting Could Actually be Your New Best Friend!
Sitting generally gets a pretty bad wrap.. Sitting at your desk all day can be a pretty big contributing factor to that pesky neck or back pain that you have been experiencing. Not to mention that increasing waistline that sitting at a desk all day won't be helping.. Most health professionals might agree that sitting could be classed as the new smoking.
Blood Flow Restriction training during this Glittering tropical fuckstorm of Cosmic Proportions
At time of writing the only people who have access to all the gym equipment they need to train with any kind of normalcy are either very lucky, very resourceful or very rich.
Personally, I’m not the kind of person to have a gratitude journal but if I did I’m sure there would be many pages on how grateful I am that my amazing gym loaned me some of their weights, I was able to borrow some from the clinic, and my twin sister has been stockpiling second-hand gym equipment from Gumtree for years (I’m sorry about all the jokes Kel - it wasn’t weird, you are a fkn genius.)
take a Walk on the Wild Side
Thinking back to my teens, I distinctly remember hearing my mum talking about going for a walk and thinking to myself “what a lazy form of exercise”. I thought, “my parents just got slack, that’ll never happen to me”, and “why walk when you can run??”.
How immature and completely wrong I was!
Technique is King - or is it ??
If you’ve ever done any of the exercise, it’s likely that you’ve heard the phrase “technique is King” (or similar).
I’d like to play the devil’s advocate here, just to question whether our fetish with form has missed the point. Maybe it hasn’t - I’m happy to be wrong on this one.
I feel like culture around technique has drifted so far out of context that it’s more like the Emperor’s new clothes. It seems to have devolved into a lot of mansplaining dweebs stipulating narrower and narrower terms and conditions on any movement and trolling any differing perspective until everyone’s too tired of the criticism to step out and say “Oi! Maybe there’s a bit more to it than that.”
7 Ways to Improve your Ankle Movement for CrossFit
For coaches and physical therapists, range of motion through the ankle is often the last area of the body looked at, when trying to improve a clients movement or to why they have developed hip and knee pain on the same or opposite side. We'll show you why it should be one of this first.