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Feeling Deprived

Q The quality of my sleep has taken a dive over the past few weeks due to a number of late nights spent working and all the stress that goes with it. I also find that I struggle to fall asleep after working late into the night and never feel rested when I wake up these days. What’s worse is that it’s now starting to affect my performance in the gym. What can I do to get my sleep back on track? Michael via email

Janna Breslin

Janna Breslin Is A Professional Swimwear And Fitness Model, A Certified Nutritional Therapist, And A Nasm-Certified Personal Trainer Based In San Diego, California.

5 Ways You're Fast-Tracking Injury

WE ALL WANT TO PUSH OUR BOUNDARIES AND  ACHIEVE OUR PHYSIQUE OR PERFORMANCE ORIENTED GOALS, BUT AT WHAT COST? When it comes to training, there are established guidelines we need to adhere to to reduce our risk of injury, without limiting our gains. Ignore them and you’ll likely find yourself on the fast-track to injury.

Split Decision

Is Full-Body Training More Effective Than Split Routines At Building Muscle?

Boost The Burn

The Best Forms of Exercise to Burn the Most Calories

Sustaining Peak Performance

THE BENCHMARK OF IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IS MOST OFTEN MEASURED AGAINST YOUR PREVIOUS BEST – A NEW PB IN A RACE OR A NEW HEAVIEST BENCH PRESS OR FASTEST WOD.  

Exercise Addiction

A Popular Fitness Meme Regularly Shared on Social Media by Gym Enthusiasts and Serious Athletes Proudly States:“Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated!” While exercise is a healthy pursuit and pushing your physical limits to achieve new personal bests is an admirable trait, problems arise when it becomes something else.

Monique Lopes

WHEN MONIQUE LOPES STEPS ON STAGE IN HER BIKINI, HER ATHLETIC PHYSIQUE PACKS A SERIOUS PUNCH, AND THIS MULTIPLE KARATE WORLD CHAMPION CAN PROBABLY KICK YOUR LIGHTS OUT, TOO.

Aj Ellison

IN THE WORLD OF MALE MUSCLE MODELS, THEY DON’T GET MUCH BIGGER THAN THREE-TIME WBFF WORLD CHAMPION, AJ ELLISON, BOTH LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING.

Thinking Inside The Box

THE IMPORTANCE OF STRENGTH SYMMETRY

Squat Every Day

An unorthodox method when muscle growth is gridlocked.

Logan Coleman

Logan Coleman

The Power Of Gut Microbes

THERE IS A MULTITUDE OF ORGANISMS RESIDING WITHIN YOUR BODY. Trillions of invisible creatures, known as microbes, cover your insides and outsides. They are not only in your intestines, but also in your mouth, nose and ears. They are, in fact, all over – on every inch of your skin.

Work Out Freeze Repeat

Whole Body Cryotherapy Offers a Quick, Convenient, Effective and Extreme Form of Cold Therapy

Build Pro-Level Strength

Kyle Buckingham Is A Double Ironman Champion And One Of South Africa’s Most Successful Pro Triathletes.

Micaela Markides

Food, Fitness and Family Are What Drive This Rising Fitness Bikini Star From Pretoria

Jaco Van Wyk

JACO VAN WYK IS A RISING STAR IN THE WORLD OF  COMPETITIVE FITNESS, AND HE HAS BIG AMBITIONS, BOTH FOR THE STAGE AND IN BUSINESS. We caught up with this full-time student who has, in a short period of time, achieved what many fail to accomplish in a lifetime.

Overhead Squat

THE BIOMECHANICS OF THIS ADVANCED SQUAT VARIATION make it difficult to perform properly under load as it requires good shoulder and hip mobility. It therefore requires perfect form and flawless execution.

Diet Periodisation

Proposing a Potential New Approach to Diet Theory Amidst Prevailing Dietary Extremism

Nicolene Booysen

Nicolene booysen is the complete package – a qualified doctor, a wildly successful fitness bikini athlete in the ifbb with a national title to her name, and a previous usn face of fitness cover model search finalist. We’re not sure where she finds the time to do it all, but we certainly know who we’d like to have at our bedside when we fall ill...

Anthony Sikanadze

The Npl Fitness His Cover Model Search Winner Has Been Crowned!

Safety First Approach To EMS

Whole-body electro muscle stimulation (WB-EMS) training has emerged as an extremely popular and effective form of exercise, both locally and abroad, be it for enhanced fitness, sporting performance, weight loss or improved health. It’s a technology-mediated training modality with a significant body of research supporting its efficacy and application in a broad number of health and fitness related settings.

Thinking Inside The Box

To Games Or Not To Games

5 Steps To A Healthy Gut

Having determined what could potentially go wrong with your digestive system here are five tips for fixing your gut:

Thinking Inside The Box

5 WINTER SURVIVAL TRAINING TIPS