Workout For Less Blog

Kettlebell swings are a great exercise for anyone, from beginners to professional athletes. They provide an intense workout that works on the explosiveness of almost all the muscles in the body. The explosive movements allow you to recruit more muscle fibres which ultimately leads to greater muscle development.

What’s more important than showing your mum how much she means. Choosing a perfect gift is a great way of showing your love but it's not always easy. This year, instead of picking a traditional gift, how about choosing a gift which will keep on giving, the gift of fitness. Here are 12 of our top picks.

When you leave the gym do you feel satisfied simply because you have been to the gym? Do you feel satisfied because you have hit all of the sets and reps you intended to hit based on your predetermined workout plan? Why don't we judge our satisfaction on a new criteria? A criteria of total effort.

Also have a look at my blog entitled The Magic of the Mind-Muscle Connection with regards to training for hypertrophy or muscle growth. Understand its meaning, implement it into your weight lifting workouts and reap the reward of gains!

The gym is more than just a place to lift weights and do cardio. It's more than a social gathering or Instagram pic backdrop. The gym is special, maybe even spiritual. The gym is the school of life. Here are my top 5 life lessons learnt in the gym.

Check out our infographic that demonstrates the amount of blood your heart pumps each and every day. Your heart beats around 100,000 times per day. It pumps about 1.4 gallons of blood every minute. That's equivalent to 2000 gallons each and every day!

Finding a great gift for someone who loves to run shouldn’t be a chore. From tech to recovery and lots more in between, there are plenty of gift ideas for runners. Our guide features 10 top gifts for the runner in your life.

The benefits of performing lunges are numerous since the exercise works multiple muscle groups in a simple, easy to perform move, at the same time. They are great for muscle strengthening, balance, coordination and injury prevention. 

Type 1 diabetes is often misunderstood and is regularly confused with type 2 diabetes. There are many misconceptions out there as to the causes, symptoms and treatment of the condition. The T1 wheel of comments infographic illustrates some of the most common misunderstood comments that type 1 diabetics hear.

Many of us long to have muscular forearms. After all, these are on show more so than upper arms which are often covered with sleeves. Interestingly, hand grips are great tools for building forearm muscles.

Most of us dream of having that perfect six pack and many work hard to achieve it. But why can't some of us see our abs? After all, everyone has abs, so where are they?

We all know that exercise is good for us. Science has proven time and time again that staying active can help keep us happy and healthy, but does gardening count as exercise? Does gardening offer aerobic and muscle strengthening benefits? Which types of gardening offer effective workouts? Let's take a look.

Insulin is a hormone produced by the beta cells in the pancreas that regulates blood glucose. With type 1 diabetes however, the body can no longer produce insulin naturally. Some diabetics question whether insulin causes weight gain or are other factors at play? In this blog we discuss insulin and its effect on weight.