The Hip Adductors - Tight Groin Muscles
The hip adductors are the muscles on in the inner part of your thigh bring your leg toward the centre line. They are commonly referred to as the groin or inner thigh muscles. they act to stabilise the hip and support alignment and balance which is vital for things like, running, single leg exercises and squatting. Thus tightness can lead to knee and hip issues. Try these exercises to help.
The Thinking Brain - Part 2 - Movement
Movement is almost essential to mostly everything we do in life. Simple tasks such as reaching out and picking up a glass of water actually involve very complicated processes in our brain. We need to know where the glass is, where we are, plan to reach for the glass, assess the weight of the glass, reach out and grab it and balance the water as the glass moves. The motor cortex does all this!
More Power!!!
Power is not only useful for many sports but for everyday activities such as climbing stairs, lifting objects (and children) and preventing fall injuries. To train power we need to train both speed and strength. Lastly, as we age, we lose power more quickly than strength so maintaining power to prevent fall injuries becomes more important.
The Happiness Advantage - Summary
Society instils in us that we need to strive to become successful and then we will be happy. We will be happy when we get that new job or that new car or that new house. However, there is some interesting research here that suggests otherwise. We hope you have learned some new ways to gain the Happiness Advantage and Design the Life you want, today.
Rhomboids - The Key to Good Posture
Rounded shoulders from sitting or hunching over all day and active stress for reaching overhead can cause us to have issues with our rhomboids, the muscles between our shoulder blades and our spines. They can become fatigued and weak. Try these mobility, rolling and yoga exercises to help loosen and strengthen these important muscles and improve your posture.