Lean, toned, strong abs are one of the prize possessions of many fitness professionals and amateurs alike. Maybe you're smashing your workouts but not quite seeing the abdominal definition you would like. Alongside proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle, it's a good idea to integrate focused ab workouts into your weekly routine. Here is a [...]
Category: Fitness
HIIT: What is it and Why Should You Try

High-intensity interval training is a form of training that focuses on working at your almost 100% effort level followed by short rest periods. This style of training is said to be optimal for fat burning and the famous phrase of “toning up”. Your body is said to enter the fat burning zone during the workout [...]
Working Out VS An Active Lifestyle

Both of these terms are thrown around the health and fitness industry ALL the time. But what really is the difference? You're working out, going to the gym after work... are you living a so-called 'active lifestyle'? An active lifestyle is, to me, a sustainable way of living that promotes good health and a healthy [...]
How To Get Your Best Body Back Now
Review: SONY Wireless In-Ear Headphones

You're mid-workout and your headphone cable gets sucked into the cable machine at the gym and you fear for your life. Your phone comes flying on the treadmill after you carefully place it on the handle thing to ensure you have enough headphone cable length to run. You're sick of your headphones falling out so [...]
Advanced Core Workout for Lean Abs
Although getting a leaner core will not happen with only targetted ab workouts; you'll need a low body fat percentage and full body training for very shredded abs, core workouts can help you on your way to target the abdominal muscles, strengthen them and make them more prominent. I have to admit I'm not the biggest [...]
Should You Do Isolated Muscle Exercises?
Working different muscles in your body for different results seems like a fairly obvious concept. Exercises such as squats, deadlifts, crunches, lat pulldowns all work the different 'sections of your body'. For example, a Romanian deadlift works the hamstrings (in addition to the back, abdominals and more). Crunches work your rectus abdominus (the 'abs'). In [...]
Boost Your Metabolism

Getting lean, healthy and happy is a 360 approach to your health and fitness lifestyle - working out with an awful diet won't give you incredible results. Nor will sweaty, intense workouts whilst your life is causing sky-high stress levels. We have to look at the whole package, with one of the main factors being your [...]
Why You May Not Be Seeing Results

Occasionally, we find ourselves training effectively, eating clean, and doing everything that the fitness professionals suggest... but we don't see the results we deserve? Still holding onto fat, not gaining muscle and overall pi***d off that we aren't making progress. Why? If this if you, religiously following everything you think you should be doing then let's [...]
Guest Post: How To Get Into Running

Hey Cecfit readers! Before diving into the main body of this post, I just wanted to introduce myself to you all. I’m Emma, the 17-year-old blogger behind Fruits and Routes, where you’ll find a guest post from Cecily as well as healthy recipes, race write-ups, training tips and general advice posts. I hope you’ll find [...]