An underrated workout addition to your HIIT workouts: battle ropes. These long, heavy ropes can hit on all parts of the body and are trainer approved to add to your exercise routines. We visited refrigerated gym in NYC called Brrrrn, and they relied heavily on battle ropes for their HIIT[…]
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Building muscle is one of the most important things you can do for your health, especially when you get older and you start to lose muscle mass every year. But a new study shows that if you’re overweight then adding muscle may be even more of a struggle. Researchers looked[…]
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Our previous two posts went into some detail about why exercise is so healthy for us AND puts us in a good mood. Cardio High offers a form of high intensity training. But, we are not selling high intensity exercise as the ONLY option. Steady state exercise has value. So[…]
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We have rediscovered that working out in a warm room or when it’s hot outside will help you burn more calories when you exercise. Our recent study with a subject of one (your author) found that doing the exact same workout in a warm room vs. a cold room can[…]
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COVID-19 has created havoc on nearly every facet our lives. Not least of all is our physical health, even if we’ve been lucky enough to avoid the virus. This NY Times article lays out just how bad our at-home regimens may be, especially if we’re trying to emulate something similar[…]
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Right now plenty of us are anxious, getting stir crazy and wracked with the uncertainty of the future. In some ways it feels like the best thing to do would be to stock up on beer. But, according to a study that showed up in the nick of time, exercise[…]
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Breathing. We have to do it, very often, and yet many of us are not very good at it. Breathing correctly, though, could mean huge benefits not just for your mind but body as well. There are multiple breathing apps available, trying to help you learn “breathwork,” much of it[…]
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Stress fractures are one of the more troubling risks for runners, the tiny cracks in your bones that can come from overtraining. And for many of us it seems like nothing much can be done — we either have to stop running or we deal with the risk. But this[…]
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While there has long been a school of thought that exercising leads to better sleep, it is sometimes contradicted by studies. And even for those who believe it, it’s often assumed that you have to sweat pretty hard to end up actually getting more Z’s. But according to a new study,[…]
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Many of us are looking for any new tip or trick for exercise, though we may not go to these lengths, even if it does help: getting an infusion of gut bacteria from better athletes. Yes, there is a new study that shows the healthier guts of athletes may be[…]
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