Health, Nutrition & Fitness

If you haven't heard, massage therapy can significantly improve your running potential. Here are 4 benefits of the massage therapy. #1 Prevents Injury Often when we increase our training load, it results in our muscles becoming pain and fatigue. This pain and fatigue is caused by the accumulation of lactic acid...

Everyone is getting a heart rate monitor these days - be it a heart rate tracker or one that is embedded in your GPS watch. But forking out so much dough but not fully utilising your heart rate tracker seems a little wasteful doesn't it? Well, if you're going...

We runners are always looking for ways to get faster, to go the extra mile. Here are 5 tips for any runner to become faster. #1 Speed Work We all know, to be faster, you've got to run faster. Track training is a really important aspect of training. You can't expect to...

Step Challenge is back again for the second season, and it has gotten bigger and better! Start tracking your steps to a more active lifestyle and win unique prizes. There is a category for everybody, and this year’s edition features a brand new Active NSmen category. So let’s get active...

Being a master runner brings your body immense benefits. Contrary to popular belief that running past a certain age carries with it certain risks, running brings you far more benefits particularly since the reality of ageing and degeneration is inevitable. Running can delay many of the inevitable effects of...

Always find yourself not having time to exercise? Looks like you've greatly estimated that amount of time required to keep yourself active and healthy. In a research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers have come to a surprising conclusion that participants who run less than...

Runners are more often than not trying to lose weight. We either run to lose weight, or start losing weight to run faster - the idea of the perfect racing weight. And there are so many diet methods out there these days - man it can get confusing! As a...

The wisdom of running doesn't always just come with spending your time pounding the pavement. Sometimes, it is moments spent curled up on a couch reading a good run book that takes your running a step further. Books may not give you a runners high, but it may give...