A simple stretch for pectorals, arms and neck

Usually often we talk about how important stretching for a perfect state of our muscles and joints. But there part of the body that sometimes is more complicated stretch and keep in perfect condition. So in this post we highlight a simple way to stretch all part of the chest, biceps and outside chain arm, including the muscles that make up the neck.

The pectoral part is one of the areas most often gives us problems as far as discomfort and muscle aches. The problem usually appears because the pectorals are very powerful muscles that we usually work a lot and that at the moment of the truth exert a high tension. This causes an imbalance to develop with the rear, and the shoulder stabilizers allow the shoulder to move slightly forward. This incorrect posture will cause discomfort to the shoulder, chest and even the arm. To do this stretching will help us correct this and eliminate pain.

Exercise pills: Utopia or reality?

Some time ago began to emerge the first news about the miraculous pills exercise that were developing in Canadian laboratories, as future substitutes sport. We are facing utopia or reality?

Pills born with the purpose of achieving achieve some of the beneficial effects of exercise, but with the uniqueness of not having to move the couch. Is this possible? Or is it really an unattainable purpose?

Pros and Cons of Using Russian Weights or Kettlebell

We have spoken on more than one occasion the use of kettlebells and kettlebell. For the great majority of us is not an unknown device, rather it is very common because in most of the gyms and we find them as if a more dumbbell. The problem is that it is not a dumbbell any even though it is a weight. Therefore, and to know them better we will stop at the pros and cons of its use.

We all know these weights, and they have a unique way. It is a ball or hemisphere, which is where all the weight is concentrated. To this must be added a kind of handle that surrounds the sphere and that makes the weight is totally concentrated in a single point. We can find them of different sizes depending on the load that they concentrate. Therefore we offer endless possibilities.

Treatments for urinary incontinence

The urinary incontinence is a health problem that affects more than six million people, with a condition that occurs especially among women. Specifically, nearly one in four women (5 million) have involuntary loss of urine. In this article we will see treatments for urinary incontinence.

Despite this high prevalence, one out of three people who suffer from urinary incontinence has never consulted their problem with a doctor, considering it as a normal problem associated with age or embarrassment. This problem not only affects the quality of life of the individual, but also family, sexual and relationship.Hence, the first step is put aside shame in fighting urinary incontinence. To do this, you must trust the gynecologist, because it is the specialist who is responsible for diagnosing and treating the problem, introduce possible effective and safe solutions that exist for the treatment of urinary incontinence and how they adapt to each patient.

Functions of progressive lenses

Would you like to see with complete clarity all that is around you, without having to suffer the consequences of eye conditions such as presbyopia? The progressive lenses will help us clarify our vision and give us greater security when develop ourselves in our day a day.

Some things that have been very fashionable in the gym and have disappeared

On countless occasions we have discussed how they influence fashion in training and give us the offer sports centers. So this time we want to remember and dwell on some of the more fitness trends followed in recent years and have passed into history without shame and without glory. There are many ups and downs in sport and why we believe it is an issue to consider.

Trends in fitness weigh more than we think. If we stop to think for a moment, especially those we have long training, we will see that the training rooms have been many activities of various kinds, and even equipment that were the bomb and now nobody remembers. It does not mean they are better or worse activities but tastes and uses are changing, and the techniques and goals of people.

Cold or heat to treat an injury

Having presented the issue and expose separately from the therapeutic application of heat and cold comes time to clarify a very common question we’ve all ever thought: How do I know whether to apply heat or cold to treat an injury?

In general, there are lesions improve with cold, sometimes heat, and in other cases both techniques can be beneficial. To know whether to apply heat or cold to an injury just you have to have a few things clear.

The benefits of safety squat bar for training

One of the most interesting tools that we can use in the gym (although not found in many sports centers) is the safety bar. This is a bar with a slightly different from the straight bars classic design: the discs are not in line with the rest of the bar, but a little lower, and also features two additional bars in the center to facilitate the grip and support on the back.

While the safety bar is traditionally used to train back squats, we can also use it for other exercises like good morning, the strides displacement or front squats. We explain what benefits when training with this equipment.

Remedies to cure the blisters

Today in our blog we will see how you can heal blisters. A blister is nothing but a lump of skin containing liquid and formed between two of the layers of the skin, the epidermis and dermis. They usually appear on the hands or feet and are created as a defense mechanism of the skin against aggression, such as a continuous friction with shoes or burns.

How to reduce the risk of stroke

Whenever there are cases of stroke in younger people, if you’re worried about the possibility of having one, keep reading because I’ll tell you how you can reduce the risk of stroke.

Stroke occurs due to the interruption of blood supply to part of the brain, when this happens can leave important physical consequences or death.

It is one of the leading causes of death in developed countries along with other cardiovascular diseases. For this reason, it never hurts to implement a series of habits to reduce the risk of stroke.