Tips to improve your workouts, avoid injury, go longer and harder and stay stronger! http://www.endurofitness.com/Home/Blog/tabid/75/BlogId/3/Default.aspx en-US feeltheresults@endurofitness.com lennita_eyers@endurofitness.com Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:11:01 GMT Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:11:01 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.3.0.16726 Why should you hold your stretches for longer? There are alot of different types of stretching but methods of improving flexibility are commonly misunderstood. When aiming to improve your flexibility, a consideration when stretching should be how long you hold your stretches for. http://www.endurofitness.com/Home/Blog/tabid/75/EntryID/9/Default.aspx feeltheresults@endurofitness.com http://www.endurofitness.com/Home/Blog/tabid/75/EntryID/9/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.endurofitness.com/Default.aspx?tabid=75&EntryID=9 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:27:31 GMT 0 http://www.endurofitness.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=9 The amount of times I see people getting ready to run or start an exercise session by stretching leads me to believe that there is a need for education on stretching techniques. Does stretching before I train help with my performance and increase my flexibility? The quick answer to this is no! To better explain this I use plasticine as an example. Take a roll of plasticine out of the refrigerator and try to stretch it out. Chances are it will soon tear apart. If I were to roll it in my hands for 5 minutes and then attempt to stretch it out, it will stretch a lot more before eventually tearing. This is a result of warming the plasticine up enough to make it stretch easier. http://www.endurofitness.com/Home/Blog/tabid/75/EntryID/8/Default.aspx feeltheresults@endurofitness.com http://www.endurofitness.com/Home/Blog/tabid/75/EntryID/8/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.endurofitness.com/Default.aspx?tabid=75&EntryID=8 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:19:45 GMT 0 http://www.endurofitness.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=8 Exercise will no doubt warm you up, but are you warmed up enough to exercise? You may feel warm on the outside, but it is the core of the muscle that counts. Injuries such as strains, sprains and blisters are traditionally more common in colder months. http://www.endurofitness.com/Home/Blog/tabid/75/EntryID/7/Default.aspx feeltheresults@endurofitness.com http://www.endurofitness.com/Home/Blog/tabid/75/EntryID/7/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.endurofitness.com/Default.aspx?tabid=75&EntryID=7 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:17:57 GMT 0 http://www.endurofitness.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=7 Most of us have at some point tried to lose weight only to find that within 2-3 weeks, your progress stops and in some cases even starts to reverse. This is known as reaching a plateau. A place where the body is comfortable doing the same routine week in week out. I notice this happening with the majority of my weight loss clients. After the initial period of weight loss I need to change the stimulus I am providing through training, or change the food which are being consumed to keep on progressing down the weight loss path. I have discovered that the body always wants to be challenged. It wants constantly to strive for improvement or it will plateau out. http://www.endurofitness.com/Home/Blog/tabid/75/EntryID/2/Default.aspx feeltheresults@endurofitness.com http://www.endurofitness.com/Home/Blog/tabid/75/EntryID/2/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.endurofitness.com/Default.aspx?tabid=75&EntryID=2 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:30:09 GMT 0 http://www.endurofitness.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=2 “Self Discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.” Setting out to achieve something that is really important to you and your happiness at times seems impossible but fuelled with this 8 step approach, anything is possible! http://www.endurofitness.com/Home/Blog/tabid/75/EntryID/1/Default.aspx feeltheresults@endurofitness.com http://www.endurofitness.com/Home/Blog/tabid/75/EntryID/1/Default.aspx#Comments http://www.endurofitness.com/Default.aspx?tabid=75&EntryID=1 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:29:26 GMT 0 http://www.endurofitness.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=1