EXERCISE

Expanding Mindset Ups Sports Performance

Dany Bill is a former kickboxer and 7 time Muay Thai champion. Billed as the greatest non-Thai fighter of of all time, he rolled into Jacksonville recently to showcase his skills and train local fighters in one on one sessions. Rance stopped by Jacksonville Muay Thai Gym to chat with the champion about why he chose Jacksonville and what he saw in the people he trained with.

While it’s not as comfortable and it might be easier to lose motivation this time of year, colder winter days shouldn't prevent you from running outside.

The first fallacy: Lifting heavy weights will cause women to bulk up.

The body is meant to move and works best when it’s active. We have more than 600 muscles in the human body and 206 bones! So here are a few ideas to keep all our muscles and bones agile, lubricated, flexible, and strong. These movements can be done whether you are working from home or in the office.

More people in a gym means more noise, which can lead to some risk of hearing loss while working out.

Exercise can be great once you get into a healthy routine -- especially when you’re doing some workouts you enjoy.

Of all the questions that can be asked to measure one’s physical strength, this one might be the most common: “How much can you bench?”

Ships and aircraft from eight nations are taking part in annual drills to boost safety and security procedures on vessels and oil rigs off Cyprus’ southern coastline amid ongoing tensions with neighboring Turkey over competing claims to hydrocarbon reserves.

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Finding the time to get a workout in can be so hard most days.

Regardless of whether you’re trying to tone your muscles, shed a few pounds before bathing suit season, get stronger or healthier overall or increase your flexibility, most doctors and health experts would likely agree: yoga is truly an incredible workout.

Exercise one hour per dayPublished: June 16, 2020, 8:45 amJust an hour of exercise a day could help night-shift workers and older adults "reset" a disrupted biological clock.

Even if running outside hasn’t been your workout of choice in the past, maybe you’ve considered it recently.

With COVID-19 cases surging again, perhaps you’re taking a break from the gym. Or maybe you just enjoy at-home workouts, regardless of what’s going on around you. Some people are always be looking for ways to stay active and in shape.

Finding the time to get a workout right now is either much easier or much harder. 20 burpees -- From a standing position, place your hands on the floor between your feet, jump your feet back to a full plank, do a pushup, hop back up on your feet and jump up. Jump rope or high knees -- Instead of counting reps here, you can set a timer. Try one complete minute of jumping rope or high knees for each set. Check these out for a quick demonstration: Hip thrusts | burpees | sumo squats | high knees | skater lunges | dips.