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anxiety, anxiety relief, heart disease, lifting, meditation, off days, stress, stress relief, stretching, yoga, yoga practice - September 28, 2018

Do Yoga On Your Days Off From Lifting

A life steered by stress is a hard life to live. That’s why it’s important to manage stress and indulge in the activities that lessen its effect on your state of mind. According to research conducted by the Mayo Clinic, stress has been linked to depression, anxiety, heart disease, sleeping problems, weight gain, and memory loss—six inhibitions on life that may be avoided if you take the time to understand and manage your stress.

What Stretches Should I Do Before Lifting?

Stretching is something a lot of weightlifters sometimes forget to do. This is bad because stretching is an essential part of any lifting routine, and it should not be missed before any session.

Try These Fun and Energizing Workouts

Exercising with free weights can be enjoyable and effective. In order to execute a decent workout though, you’re pretty much required to purchase several kettlebells and dumbbells.

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exercise, fitness, friends, workout, xbar - September 10, 2018

Make Your Workouts Fun Again

Regular exercise is one of the building blocks of a healthy lifestyle. Most people try to find the time to workout consistently, but the repetitiveness of working out is something the majority of people would do away with if they could. There are some who can’t run in place for long durations, and others who can’t do the same lifting routine again and again without getting bored.

The Importance of Diet

You’re wasting your time lifting if you’re not eating right, too.

Growing up, every child gets told to eat food they have no interest in eating; in my house, it was always spinach—yuck. When I’d ask my mother why I had to eat the mushy, green gunk, she usually justified the demand in a way that most parents do. “If you eat your spinach, you’ll grow up to be big and strong like Popeye the Sailor,” she’d say to me before I took my first bite.