There’s no substitute for the good old squat. The king of movements, helps build stronger muscles, which eventually translates to increased speed, power and agility.  Although we usually categorize a squat as a leg exercise, it’s really more of a compound movement. It targets more than one muscle group. Due to the compound nature of this movement, the body secretes the growth hormone, which helps cut body fat and build... Continue Reading

Let’s be honest, completely changing your existing routine can be extremely terrifying. For some it’s fear of the unknown, while for some it’s resistance to change. You’ve walked by the weights area multiple times on the way to the treadmill. Heck, you’ve even thought about giving it a shot. But then you think, where the hell to I start? What should a beginner do? You need clarity. You’ve got... Continue Reading

We’ve all been there. We’ve done the bit. “Eaten clean” and “trained dirty”. We’ve seen results initially and then, BOOM it all comes to a standstill. Whether it’s losing weight, developing a new skill, lifting heavier or even packing on muscle. We hit a point where there is no more progress, even if everything else is on track. That’s the dreaded plateau for you. Yes, it’s a real thing. ... Continue Reading

Weight loss, burning fat, shredding, cutting and everything that has to do with showing you a lower number on the weighing scale has always been in the limelight. But not every transformation story is a fat to fit one. In truth, it’s just as hard for a conventionally “skinny” person to gain size as it is for an “overweight” person to lose it. Due to their genetics and inherent body... Continue Reading

You want to get back into shape. Quickly. What do you do? Join a gym, take on some extreme diet or skim through a magazine to read “The Best Way To Get Rid Of Belly Fat”? After all the clock’s ticking. Once you’re given the age old wisdom, “Cut Carbs At Night”, “Go Gluten Free”, “ Run like an animal” and even “Crunch your way to a 6 pack”. Sure, some... Continue Reading

You’re busting your butt off at the gym, your diets on track, you see results initially and then everything comes to a standstill. There’s no more improvement in terms of performance or aesthetics. So what do you do? You hit an extreme. You either give up or you go all out, diet harder and/or train harder. But, nothing happens. You’ve hit a plateau. Cutting to the chase, nothing stagnates progress... Continue Reading

When it comes to fitness, there are certain “golden rules”, you’ve been told you must not break. Don’t eat carbs at night, crunch your way to a 6 pack, you can’t lift if you’re old, vegetarians can’t build muscle and so on. You get the drift. But I’m not here to repeat the conventional holier than thou traditions here. There is plenty of questionable weight loss and health care advice... Continue Reading

Whether you’re an athlete or someone struggling to hit a fitness goal, meagrely the bathroom scale or a height-weight chart won’t do. You need to know what your body is made of and how it responds to nutrition and training. In fact your metabolic rate and body fat percentage surface much higher on the getting fit priority list. You can weigh 120 pounds (at 25% Body Fat) and still look... Continue Reading

Just like fashion, the fitness industry witnesses a multitude of trends every year. One year its Calisthenics, the next it could be Pilates. CrossFit could be shrugged of as just another fad. Some may be quick to question this “craze” and wonder why it seems to have taken over the world. Some may go as far as to call it a cult. Some may call it a call for injury.... Continue Reading

Gone are the days, where men single handedly ran the fitness sphere. It’s no longer a rare sight to see a woman pumping some serious iron at the gym, going that extra mile in a marathon, or engaging in a core crushing Pilate’s routine. Since time immemorial there have been these preconceived notions about how a woman’s body should be. She shouldn’t be too “fat” nor should she be to “skinny”. The... Continue Reading

Myths Addressed:   Only C ardio will help you lose weight Muscle weights more than fat Guys train differently from girls Weight training make you bulky Tested diets, guaranteed results East less, lose more Protein supplements affect your kidneys Low weight and high rep training to get toned   Continue Reading

Too many carbs, too little fiber, surplus fat in the diet. We continue to look for that one cause that’s creating havoc on the weighing scale, so that we can target it and be on our way. It’s like finding a needle in a haystack. Only if it were that simple. In the recent past, dietary fats have become quite infamous, having been linked to a myriad of diseases, be... Continue Reading