Exercise Guides
Hero Pose Virasana: Unlock Flexibility for Stronger Legs
The hero pose virasana is a basic sitting variation, suitable lotus pose alternative for meditative practice, and heck of a quad stretch, especially when you recline…
Yoga
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Core
Strengthen Your Core with Half Moon Pose: Ultimate Guide
The first thing that comes to mind in the half moon pose Ardha Chandrasana is being thrown off balance. And if you’re a beginner, intermediate yogi,…
Exercise Guides
Lotus Pose (Padmasana): Unlock Flexibility for Your Hips & Core
Easily the most iconic meditation posture, recognized in film and TV, and part of rich ancient Asian tradition, just about everyone has tried some form or…
Core
Unlock Flexibility: Upavistha Konasana for Stronger Legs & Core
This one’s a throwback to gym class days when you were instructed to sit, spread your legs wide, and reach as far forward as you could…
Exercise Guides
Unlock Flexibility: Prasarita Padottanasana for Strong Legs
One of yoga’s many fold poses, the sangskrit name prasarita padottanasana describes five elements of the wide legged forward bend: “Prasarita” – Spread “Pada” – Foot/leg…
Arms
Transform Your Upper Body: Master the Yoga Push-Up
The classic push-up is one of the best exercises you can do for your upper body. Requiring nothing more than the space to lie down, you…
Exercise Guides
Fish Pose (Matsyasana): Strengthen Your Core and Back Muscles
One of the fun parts about learning yoga poses is that you can imagine how the name correlates to what the movement looks like. Fish pose…
Core
Mastering Tree Pose: Strengthen Key Muscle Groups Effectively
Tree pose, also known as Vrksasana is a body posture reminiscent of a healthy, tall, and resilient tree. Rooted down by the feet, and supported by…
Exercise Guides
Unlock Strength: Mastering Garland Pose (Malasana) for Flexibility
A squatting asana, garland pose malasana is a true test of lower body strength, flexibility, joint mobility, and mental grit. You probably sat this way as…
Exercise Guides
Master Downward Facing Dog: Strengthen Key Muscle Groups
As the name implies, there is a similarity between the downward facing dog and a common habit of our favorite furry sidekicks. Also called Adho Mukha…
Core
Frog Stretch: Unlock Flexibility for Hips and Thighs Today!
Many people have a hard time performing compound lower body exercises like the squat, lunge, and Romanian deadlift because of a lack of mobility and muscular…
Mobility & Stretching
Ballistic Stretching: Definition, Benefits, Drawbacks, and Should You Do it?
Cats, dogs, and many other animals are habitual stretchers. In fact, some human stretches are named after animals – such as the cat stretch and downward…
Training
Mobility Training for Bodybuilders, Powerlifters, and Weightlifters
When we think of mobility we often think about flexibility and possibly bodyweight style training. To be mobile is to be fluid and flexible, we bemuse.…
Fitness Calculator
Calories Burned Stretching Calculator
This calculator gives an estimate of how many calories are burned while stretching. The average person will burn 165-220 calories per hour stretching with mild intensity. …
Body Mechanics
The 7 Best Yoga Poses for Bodybuilders
Bodybuilding and yoga aren’t just at opposite ends of the alphabet; they’re about as dissimilar as any two workouts can be. Where bodybuilding is all about…
Muscle-Building
Working Out Twice A Day for Weight Loss and Building Muscle
How many times a week do you work out for weight loss? Three? Four? Five? Bad news, folks; that may not be enough to lose weight.…
Fitness Calculator
Yoga Calories Burned Calculator
Yoga is a popular form of exercise that provides both physical and mental health benefits. There are different types of yoga and this tool will help…
Body Mechanics
The 10 Best Back Stretching Exercises
Your spine is a wondrous thing. It’s made of 33 bones called vertebrae, fibrous discs that absorb shock and facilitate movement, connective ligaments, and a large…
Training
Training When Sick. Should You Hit the Gym or the Sack?
We are living in tuff times. The world has not encountered a global pandemic like Coronavirus in at least the past century. The importance of health…