Featured articles on health, wellbeing and fitness from NZ Real Health.
For those of you who have hit plateaus with your training or feel like your progress is a little on the slow side, here’s a how-to guide on how you can boost your results: Demand more from your body When you’re grinding that bike or gunning up that hill – If your lungs scream at …
We want to feel positive every day and really look after ourselves by doing the right things for our bodies. But how? Hormones and exercise Physical activity appears to alter the brain’s biochemistry. In case you didn’t know, the buzz you get after exercise is not just in your head – it’s endorphins! Exercise releases …
Mondays can often leave us feeling a little flat. The weekend’s over, the work week has just begun, the relaxation nurtured and developed over the weekend goes out the window and is replaced by tiredness, stress and possibly even crankiness. Argh! Here are some tips to help you battle even the most chronic cases of …
Sugar can be a huge hindrance to your fat loss and shape up goals. Here are nine tips on how to beat those dreaded sugar cravings that can lead you away from great results… 1. Know your triggers Know when the ‘danger times’ are for you. 3pm? Keep some healthy snacks available at work or …
Short days, freezing temperature drops, rainy weather, the dreaded lurgey constantly hanging around the corner waiting to give you colds, coughs and the flu… Yep – even the most optimistic people may catch a bout of the winter blues, but now’s the time to fight the urge to curl into a ball on the couch …
Some people just aren’t salad people. They’re usually the ones who think of salads as just plain lettuce and tomato with a bit of dressing. Salads can be creative, try out some slightly different ingredients and you never know what you might like! Salad ingredients to try Green leafy veges – Special lettuce (try different …
Do you think personal trainers are a luxury for the rich and famous? Not so! If you have a fitness goal you’re not achieving on your own, seeing a PT every six weeks for advice and an update is going to be more beneficial than not seeing one at all. You may not be able …
People often hit a plateau on their quest for weight loss and there is good explanation for it. Your body won’t change unless you give it reason to! Aside from health conditions, common reasons for weight loss plateaus are: Your eating habits haven’t changed Or they haven’t changed enough. (nutrition) You’re not exercising often enough …