Today, we will focus on one of the seven fundamental movements (everything else we do are just variations of these), Push!  Pushing is the opposite of what we talked about last week, pulling. This involves pushing an object or weight away from your body or pushing your body away from an object or away from...Read More

Do you have 30-90 seconds to improve your fitness routine? It might be time for an exercise “snack”.  Most of us look for ways to improve our existing fitness routine, but often we are faced with a situation that we know all too well- we don’t have the time to add additional workouts to our...Read More

You might be hearing the phrase “VO2 max” being thrown around a lot lately. You might even have a watch or fitness app that measures and records your VO2 max for you. But do you know what it really is and what it means for your overall fitness levels? Let’s take a look! Maximal oxygen...Read More

We are back with another fundamentals of fitness post! This time we will be focusing in the second movement of the 7 movements, Pull, which when done correctly, helps your body with a lot of daily activities, and is amazing for back pain (cuz we know a lot of ya’ll sit at a desk all...Read More

What are the strongest skeletal muscles in the human body? Well if you guessed the jaw muscles, you are correct!  While there may be some debate on this, it is widely believed that the masseter is the strongest in the human body, at least by weight. This is because of the type of effort they...Read More

Did you know that there are only seven basic movements that can be performed by the human body, and all other exercises are variations or combinations of the fundamental movements? Those seven movements are: Pull, Push, Squat, Lunge, Hinge, Rotation and Gait.  Today we are going to talk about Hinge! A hinge (or hip hinge,...Read More

Have you ever thought of the implications of telling someone “don’t move a muscle”? It might be a little darker than you had intended… You might think that you have control over all of the muscles in your body, but even when you are sitting still, your muscles are always moving. Try this- hold your...Read More

Everyone sweats. It’s our body’s way of cooling off- our pores release fluid, and when that fluid evaporates, it cools us off. (Don’t be embarrassed because you sweat, your body is just doing its thing to keep you alive, and some people sweat more than others, and that’s ok too!)  Whether you sweat because of...Read More

It’s hard to believe that we have covered so much history of fitness culture- we started this series from the dawn of human existence, and look at where we are now! Let’s talk about fitness from 2010- the present day! We’ve learned a lot over the years as fitness enthusiasts. Fitness culture in the present...Read More

We’ve all heard that “laughter is the best medicine”. Many of us may roll our eyes and say “well, that’s just an old wive’s tale”, but it turns out, that’s not entirely the case! Laughter has many benefits, both mental and physical, that make it SO worth it to take some time out of your...Read More