How To Track Your Progress And Fast Track Your Fat Loss
Whatever your long-term health goals may be – fat loss, improving your waist-hip ratio, getting better at the overhead press – tracking your progress is a must. Following a systematic plan gives you a road map and data points. By tracking your progress through it, you get a more accurate view of where you are […]
Fasting – A Modern Yet Ancient Approach to Health
I’m going to talk about a recent breakthrough in the nutritional realm. It is a concept that is so new and radical, that you may not even appreciate it. Well, at least not as much as your grandmother will. You see a lot has changed over the last five hundred years. We’ve gone from living […]
Here’s Why Skinny Will Never Be The New Sexy
Before we get into a specifics, let’s clarify some basics. Most of you are probably used to the term “weight loss” and are ready to do whatever it takes to see that number of the scale drop. Your body is composed of fat, muscle, water, bones, connective tissue and other organs. You are overweight because […]
4 DON’Ts for Fat Loss!
While you are speaking to everyone you know and reading up every post you see online to understand what you should DO to lose weight, here’s a quick list of DON’Ts for you to focus on to ensure that you don’t DO anything useless in your journey to fat loss! 1. Don’t starve. I see […]
3 Reasons Why Keeping It Local Makes All The Difference
Early man settled around areas where he could find food and water and with time built his life around these foods. Slowly, over generations, people learnt and passed on knowledge about what from that region can be eaten, how they should be cooked, when during the day they are best eaten, what spices have anti-septic/fungal/bacterial […]
Do You Have A Sleep Disorder? Find out!
With our trainees at The Quad, and quite a few of the communities that we’ve interacted with, we see a frequent occurrence of sleep disorders (yes, sleeping too little is a disorder). Some folks knowingly compromise on it – aware of how much sleep they are getting but unable to fix it. And others are […]
The Basics of Stretching: What? Why? For Who? When?
What does stretching do Stretching increases the length of a muscle when you hold a stretched pose. Stretching regularly over the long term increases the length of a muscle even when it’s not stretched (resting length). Greater the resting length of a muscle, the more it can move across its intended range of motion. The […]
8 Myths About Running That Need To Be Busted Today
Myth 1: Running causes knee pain. Running doesn’t cause knee pain. Running excessively without sufficient recovery or running with improper technique can cause knee pain. Running, as a movement, is very basic and a big part of the human movement toolkit. So running, as it is, will not cause any negative impact on the human […]
Women Need Muscles. Why?
Women are constantly told that lifting weights might If you scoffed at the last point, you do realise that the other suggestions are as improbable as the last one. Women need muscles. And so does every other animal roaming the face of the earth. End of story. Why? To become ‘toned’ Most women walk into a […]
Are You Running Too Much? Find out!
In other words, we are only concerned with how far and how fast we are running. We are not concerning ourselves with how well we are running. Firstly, running as an exercise or an activity is meant to improve health and fitness. That being the case, it is very important to ensure that any progression […]
