Author vitalvigorzone

The paradox of exercise becomes immediately apparent the moment you need to use it to lose weight and feel healthier. It then becomes obvious that exercise is easier to start, do and maintain when you’re alread...

We know that regular exercise boosts our health because we’ve been told this by virtually everyone since we were born. But how does physical activity do that exactly? Better understanding of intuitive truths he...

Let’s start with a small experiment. Stand up straight. Move your left foot about a foot in front of your body so that your leg is in front of you, knee bent. Keep your right leg straight. Now swing it in a str...

that prepare us for it. The morning shower-breakfast-coffee routine. The daily commute. Those five-ten minutes when we sit at our desk or arrive at work and catch up with gossip or go through emails or just ...

There are two ways to count the way we age: Chronologically, which is counting the years that have passed since the day we were born and biologically, which assesses our mobility, strength and aerobic capacity ...

Of all the things you could try learning at home, on your own, martial arts is seemingly the least suitable. The mystique of ‘secret knowledge’ handed down from master to student and the persistent popular imag...

Not everybody can cook healthy meals all the time. Some of us travel, others live with family members and having a special menu is not an option and others simply don't have time to cook. That however doesn’t m...

Sunny days invite running. The mental image of warm weather, sunny environments and a cooling breeze as we run is hard to resist, even if the reality most of us face is somewhat different. Running in the sun ho...

In a perfect world our bodies would burn what we eat to power the processes necessary to survive and they would replenish any fat supplies we need for a ‘rainy day’. In that perfect world we’d never overeat and...

When it comes to coffee, a beverage we’ve been drinking since the 15th century there are three simple questions that matter: Can caffeine boost your workout? Will caffeine improve your endurance? Doe...