Breathlessness in the Ring: Managing Asthma as an Amateur Boxer By Jackie Edwards Getting the wind knocked out of you in the middle of a match is normal. Not being able to get afterward back afterwards? Not so much. Frequent breathlessness and dehydration are both signs that you may need to schedule an appointment with […]
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Supercharge Your Combat Training With Water
Supercharge Your Combat Training With Water By Jackie Edwards 75% of Americans are considered to be chronically dehydrated, suggesting that almost everyone could do with upping their water intake, but it is athletes who are most at risk. The average person sweats out up to 1.4 liters per hour of exercise and it can seem […]
Incorporate Cycling To Achieve Your Boxing Best
Incorporate Cycling To Improve Your Boxing Training By Jackie Edwards With over five million individuals in the US taking part in boxing for fitness and over thirty-six million taking part in stationary cycling, this combination forms a huge part of the fitness industry. Boxing provides a number of health benefits such as stress relief and the release of feel-good hormones, but […]
Keeping Safe and Healthy in Your Gym Environment
Keeping Safe and Healthy in Your Gym Environment By Jackie Edwards If you don’t already make it a habit to wipe down gym equipment before you use it, you might want to consider doing it right away. As it turns out, gym enthusiasts can have a number of pretty disgusting habits. A survey of 2000 […]
Boxing Is A Fun Team Building Idea For A Healthier And Fitter Corporate Team
Boxing Is A Fun Team Building Idea For A Healthier And Fitter Corporate Team By Jackie Edwards When you think of team building exercises, chances are you think of boring activities employees feel obligated to do to appease their managers. But these activities can really be fun if you think out of the box for […]
Safely Build Muscle and Get Strong While Pregnant
Safely Build Muscle and Get Strong While Pregnant By Jackie Edwards Pregnancy is a 9-month-long unique period in a woman’s life, during which her body goes through numerous changes. If weight lifting and muscle building has been a part of your workout routine before your pregnancy, and you are wondering whether or not it is […]
What is The Military Diet?
Stay Healthy with a Military Diet Plan By Jackie Edwards Leading a healthy lifestyle isn’t always easy, but once you get onto a better path, you begin to form the right habits to get fit and healthy – and stay that way. If you feel you need to change your lifestyle or, are already on […]
HOW TO REDUCE TRAINING RELATED INFLAMMATION
Keeping Training-Related Inflammation at Bay By Jackie Edwards Individuals who train in boxing and mixed martial arts constantly find themselves in a state of tissue healing. As muscles tear and repair the body’s state of swelling and inflammation is heightened. Intense workouts are known to cause inflammation and for that reason, it becomes imperative to […]