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 [...]
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 [...]
With July here, a lot of us are looking to look and feel amazing in our body and whilst the basics such as working out and eating well are fairly obvious, there are a few small changes you can also make. These are things I am currently aiming to do to get back on track [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
HIIT, high-intensity interval training, is one of the most effective methods for total body fat burning and toning. Explosive, high-intensity intervals followed by short bursts of rest continue to boost your metabolism even 24 hours after exercising. I won't lie, HIIT is very challenging physically however mentally it's easy to grasp as the intervals are [...]
