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4 Ways to Maintain Good Posture When You Sleep
Ok, so we all know that standing up straight is essential for reducing headaches and stress and improving our overall health. After all, we’ve been nagged a million times to throw our shoulders back! But did you know that it’s also possible to maintain good posture when you sleep? Here’s how you can keep your spine aligned while you’re resting.
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5 Tips to Sleep Better with Spring Allergies
If the sun wasn’t sign enough, then the steady increase in sneezing and snuffling is a sure sign that spring has arrived. Those that suffer from seasonal allergies may already be feeling the effects of the increase in pollen count. When you’re blocked up and miserable it’s hard to enjoy the beauty that spring brings, it’s harder still actually get any sleep. Don’t toss and turn in discomfort trying to remember what breathing easily felt like, follow these tips and get a better night’s sleep.
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How to Tuck Yourself into A Good Night’s Sleep
Being properly rested improves us both physically and mentally, improving productivity and helping us to achieve our maximum potential. But how exactly do we make sure we’re getting enough?
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How to Get More Social Fitness in Your Life
For those of us who have to do the 9-5 grind, finding the time and motivation to spend on your body can be tricky. Social fitness, however, is a fantastic way to motivate you into cramming exercise into your week, whilst adding enjoyment and a little competitiveness to making your body a temple. If you wish your body to be a temple or even a modestly sized shed, here are some great ways to achieve this.
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Top Tips for Maximising Post Workout Recovery
Whether you lean towards weight training or working on your cardio, the work that you do away from the gym is just as important as when you are there, with many coaches and trainers even believing the importance of recovery exceeds the training itself. With that in mind, here are some top tips for maximizing your post-workout recovery.
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What You Need to Know About Fasting
We are so used to having breakfast, lunch, and dinner that we don’t even think about it. But, did you know that it is a routine our bodies are not actually used to?
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How to Save Time Before a Workout
There are more aspirational quotes and sayings that revolve around the word ‘preparation’ than nearly any other in the history of language. The bulk of usage clearly linked to its importance in all facets of our lives, rarely more so than in fitness.
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Tips for Staying Motivated in January
Image Source Blue Monday, the term given to the second Monday back to work, supposedly the most depressing day of the year, is behind us. The first hurdle of January is over! Time to start looking forward to the daffodils sprouting and actually being able to see them as it's not pitch black on the way to and from the office. The smoothies become less of a chore to make, the protein shakes easier to gulp down. Many see the new year as the easiest time to be full of motivation, as you create new workout routines and nutrition lists.
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Fitness Trends for 2018
There are some fitness crazes that come and go (50 Shapes of Gray, anyone?), but some fitness trends are so cool they end up revolutionising the world of keeping fit. Whether you’re looking for motivation to start a new regime or you simply want to freshen up your existing one, then one of the trends for 2018 may well be for you.
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Strategies for Sticking to Fitness Resolutions
So, you’ve made the resolutions, you’re determined that this is your year, now it’s time to crack on and smash your fitness goals.
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New Study Shows That Genes Affect Sleep Requirements
We all know that some people need more sleep than others but did you know that it isn’t because some of us are lazy… It can actually be down to your DNA!
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What Causes Sleepwalking?
Ever wondered why you roam the house in the middle of the night while you’re sound asleep? Or do you know someone who does?
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The Importance Of The Sleep Hormone Melatonin
If you have been having trouble sleeping lately, it could be a result of a decrease in the production of melatonin. Melatonin is a sleep hormone, produced when the body senses that it is getting dark outside. As it gets later, the body starts to increase melatonin levels until it peaks at around 3am, when the body’s temperature is at its lowest. Produced by the pineal gland in the brain using amino acids from the diet, melatonin helps the body to control sleep cycles and regulates the natural urge to fall asleep.
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Fixes for Night Time Cramps
Drifting off to sleep is impossible if you suffer from nighttime cramps. As you are peacefully settling in for a night of slumber, muscles in the feet or legs suddenly contract, causing intense pain which can last for several minutes.
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The Best Sleeping Position for Your Back
In 2003, Professor Chris Idzikowski of the UK Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service conducted a study of 1,000 people to determine the positions that people prefer to sleep in. The results showed that over 50% of people prefer to sleep on their sides, with 13% sleeping on their back and 7% on their fronts. Maintaining a poor posture during the day can lead to headaches, neck ache, back pain and memory loss, so it is only natural that spending a night sleeping in a poor position will have the same effect. So, which is the healthiest position to sleep in for your back?
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