Irrespective of your age, if you have ever been afflicted by lower back pain because of lifting heavy items or an injury or even a slipped disc, then you have come to the right place. In this article, you are going to learn everything about back pain, from the “why does it happen” to the “how can I fix it”’. Why does my lower back hurt? Lower back pain can be because of an acute…
Do you wish to improve your overall fitness? The best thing that you can do is do exercises and strengthen your core. The core includes your abs, lower back muscles, and obliques. These muscles work as a stabiliser for your body and help your body to balance and stabilise. There are many ways to strengthen your core, but the best idea is to add a Pilates workout to your routine. It is a method of…
People often struggle with finding a fitness routine that keeps them hooked in. Over time, all forms of exercise start to seem repetitive and lose their effectiveness as soon as complacency sets in. This eventually leads to people giving up working out altogether. But this is where Pilates change everything. If you want to keep things interesting, it is advisable to maintain variety. Changing the fitness modality when you appear to have had your share…
The connection between sleep and your well-being was established the day you were born. As we grow old, the number of hours of sleep we need tends to reduce. When we are young, we sleep more than we stay awake, but as we grow up, it turns out to be the other way around. But have you ever wondered about how each lost hour of sleep affects your well-being? A sufficient amount of sleep at…
Pilates and Yoga are two disciplines having overlaps between them. That is why people often confuse them and ask which one is superior to the other. Put simply, Yoga and Pilates cover a wide range of movements so it would be unfair to place one over another. It is quite subjective like they say one man’s warm-up in another man’s cardio. Rest assured, just like there is a yoga routine for everyone, there is a…
Are you a fitness freak who wants to strengthen and stabilise your core and work on your flexibility at the same time? Well, take out your yoga mat and get ready to do some Pilates. Pilates has over 500 exercises that are greatly inspired by callisthenics, yoga, and ballet. The focus of Pilates is on your core. However, once you start doing a Pilates workout, you will see your arms and legs also gain strength. …