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Getting Back into Exercise After Injury
Injured? Tips for Recovery
Regardless of your age or fitness level, it will always be extremely daunting to get back to exercising after a long-term...
FITNESS MUST READS
How to Develop Your Own Fat Burning Workout Regimen
Fat Burning Workout Regimen
You’ll find countless “guaranteed” routines and diets to bust fat, but what really works is a regimen you can stick to....
How to Boost Your Brain Function
Boost Your Brain Function
Your wellbeing depends on, both physical and mental health. Therefore, apart from taking care of your body, you should take care...
Simple Ways to Meditate at Work
Ways to Meditate at Work
Meditation as a whole has been growing in popularity for the last little while, with numerous studies regarding the benefits...
Should You Go To the Gym With Your Partner Together?
Go to the Gym with Your Partner?
You might be motivated to try and lose weight, maybe you just want to improve your fitness level,...
Skip the Gym: How Online Yoga Can Help
How Online Yoga Can Help
There are many challenges that can stop people from going to the gym. However, people who do yoga at home...
Middle Age Fitness: 6 Workouts for Weight Loss
Interested in Middle Age Fitness?
When it comes to middle age fitness (no, we aren't talking about knights in shining armor doing burpees) it's...
MOTIVATION
10 Weight Loss Mentalities to Drop This Year
Is Your Biggest Enemy Yourself?
Negative weight loss mentalities: those voices inside your head - the good vs evil, the daily battle that rages in...
3 Critical Ways to Boost Your Workout Endurance
How to Boost Your Workout Endurance
Endurance is an important measure of your overall health. Along with your strength and stamina, endurance is one of...
DIY: How to Adjust to Morning Workouts
Learn How to Workout in the Morning
There is a general consensus among many gym goers that the early morning workout lovers are an odd...
EXPERT NUTRITION
How to Read Food Labels and Identify Diet Killers
Understanding Confusing Food Labels
Government mandated, nutrition labels can tell us a lot about the food we are about to eat, but do you completely understand...
DIY LIFESTYLE
5 Tips For Preventing Hair Loss
Preventing Hair Loss
Anyone can experience hair loss, and although it's normal to lose up to 100 strands of hair every day, if you're losing...
Mindful Eating Is the Game Changer You Need
Up Your Food Game
No matter what your goals are when it comes to eating, your relationship with food, or your body, mindful eating should...
5 Undeniable Dangers of Physical Inactivity
Being Inactive Harms You More than You Think
Are you one of those people who want to regularly exercise but haven't for one reason or...
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and Pregnancy – Are they Connected?
Pregnancy Comes with Concerns. Don't Let Anemia Be One of Them!
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a condition where the immune system produces proteins, called antibodies,...
TIPS & TOOLS
6 Stress Relief Products You Should Try
Must Try Stress Relief Products
High blood pressure, sweaty palms, increased heart rate.... anxiety. Man, emotional stress can sure suck. Looking for de-stressing help? From simply breathing to...
Xero Shoes Ipari Hana Review: Canvas Comfort
Ipari Hana Review: Casual Canvas Comfort
Xero Shoes recently sent us their latest footwear, the Ipari Hana. This is a big deal considering this is...
Best Fitness Tracker for Cycling
What's the Best Fitness Tracker for Cycling?
Fitness trackers are all the rage these days. They are a great way to help us stay more...
DIY WORKOUTS
Too Busy? Your Quick Home Workout
Get Started With This Quick Home Workout
Who isn't too busy these days? From work to taking care of the kids to everything in-between, many...
10 Office Exercises You Can Do To Burn Calories
Office Exercises: Be office fit
Sitting in the office all day can get boring and tedious (trust me, I know)... After the day is done...
5 Exercises You Can Do at Your Desk
Want exercises you can do at your desk?
When you're required to work at your desk for long periods of time, back, shoulder, and neck...
Have Shoulder Pain? 4 Shoulder Strength Exercises
Crossover Symmetry: Reduce Shoulder Pain
Your shoulders... Those highly functional joints that you take for granted until you experience shoulder pain. What happens when you...
DIY Basketball Workout to Add to Your Gym Routine
Basketball Workout to Add to Your Gym Routine
When it comes to working out, it is crucial to make sure that you are keeping things...
RECIPES
Protein Bites Recipe
These simply look awesome and are a great way to help you overcome those mid-morning or late afternoon snacking urges. These protein...
DIY YOGA
Everything You Need To Know About Yoga for Athletes
Yoga for Athletes and Its Benefits
When you have athletes such as Tom Brady and Lebron James (among hundreds of others) partaking in yoga, maybe...
How to Get a Yoga Booty: Yoga Booty Review
The Doable, Effective Yoga Challenge
We love home yoga! It's highly effective at helping you tone muscle and lose weight when performed correctly. That's where Zoe Bray-Cotton...
Fight Workplace Fatigue with Yoga at Work
Yoga at Work Beats Workplace Fatigue
As a studio owner and full-time marketing coordinator I feel the struggles of deskwork. I’d much rather be moving...
Hot Yoga At Home: An Easy How-To
Hot Yoga in the Comfort of Your Home
The practice of yoga has dated back to well over 5,000 years ago... One of the most...
TOP FOOD LISTS
8 Ideal Pre-Workout Foods You Can’t Do Without
Ideal Pre-Workout Foods
Your pre-workout meal can make or break your workout... From steel cut oats to bananas to Greek yogurt, we dig into some of...
How Bad Is Your Breakfast? Part II
No More Bad Breakfast
In Part I of this series we gave you the straight-up truth as to why breakfast is so important, plus we...
7 Nutrients That Help Increase Muscle Tone
Looking to Increase Muscle Tone?
Working out isn't the only way to increase muscle tone. Check out how these 7 nutrients might be your holy grail for building muscle and...
5 Foods That Improve Skin Health
Eat These Foods That Improve Skin Health
What we eat not only has a drastic effect on our weight but it can also greatly affect our skin....
Opinion
How To Get Motivated: Stop Exercising Your Willpower
The Truth About Willpower
You hear about willpower all the time. It's the power of self-control or your ability to control your impulses. It's a...
From the Founder: Getting Started
Getting Started by Learning From the Journey
Welcome to the first installment of From the Founder with me, Josh Anderson, the founder of DIY Active....
Fuel Your Run with Nuts as a Go-to Snack
Fuel Your Run with this Go-to Snack
The get-up-and-go doesn't come easily to me in the morning, not like hitting the snooze button — which...
Let’s Talk About Goals… Real Big Ones!
Spoiler Alert: Accountability is Key
It’s 2018… where did 2017 even go? With each year, I find the time passes so quickly. I’m only 30,...
LATEST POSTS
Tips For Getting the Most Out of Your Squats
Tips For Getting the Most Out of Your Squats
So many people squat in the gym. Many seem to only build up their quads with...
Mother of All Blankets: Do Power Naps Work?
Why Do Power Naps Work?
When we're young, life seems a whole lot easier. Even though your life is relatively stress-free, you have one of...
Recipe: Plantain Chips and Black Bean Dip
Black Bean Dip Recipe
Plantains plus an incredible black bean dip makes for a healthy, fiber-rich snack that will not only fill you up but...
5 Workout Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Exercise Routine
5 Workout Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Exercise Routine
If one of your ultimate goals in life is to be physically fit,...
Want to Run a 5K? You Ready?
Run a 5K: Change your routine up
Working out or exercising doesn't have to always take place in your local gym or even in your...
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Beginner Yoga for a Strong Core and Flat Belly
Strong Core and Flat Belly with Yoga
If you're anything like me, the idea of doing abdominal crunches for toned abs and a flat belly is...
10 Yoga Poses for Non-Flexible People
Yoga Poses for Anyone
Despite the aesthetically astonishing images of people bending their body into elaborate positions, the fascinating Instagram stories of sincere yoga practitioners,...
Hot Yoga At Home: An Easy How-To
Hot Yoga in the Comfort of Your Home
The practice of yoga has dated back to well over 5,000 years ago... One of the most...
What Is the 4 Day Rina Diet and Does It Really Work?
What's the Rina or 4 Day Diet?
The 4 Day Diet, commonly called the 90 Days Diet or Rina Diet, is rapidly gaining popularity, but why?...
