Intermittent Fasting is currently one of the world's most popular trends in the health and fitness industry, and it can provide some astounding results. This is proof that there is just as much importance with “when you eat” as “what you eat”. If you are using this with the intention of improving your overall health and vitality by simplifying your nutrition and lifestyle you will see great results. However, if you see this eating method as a quick way lose weight you will be bitterly disappointed and over the long term create more problems. I myself have been using Intermittent Fasting since April 2019 and I like to think of this not as a diet, or a way to reduce calories, but as a more structured eating pattern that gives me more control over my nutritional requirements for optimal energy and health. In this article I am going to share with the critical things you MUST know if you want to make this eating method a success and the secrets to being able to sustain this for good. This article is written by Melissa Jack.

At the time of writing this article the entire world is in a state of lock-down due to the Coronavirus pandemic that has forced Governments to adopt self-isolation and social distance regulations to prevent the rapid spread of the contagion. As a result of this many gyms have been closed and people are left to workout in their own homes and trying to figure out how to stay in shape without the equipment they are used to. For many it is not viable to go out and buy a set of dumbbells, barbells with racks and benches for they may not have the funds or even a place to keep it. Their only option is to find ways to work out with their own body-weight or using cheaper and more versatile fitness tools like resistance bands to challenge their body. If you are like me you will find many body-weight exercises too easy and easily become bored with them. You just crave the resistance you get with load and this is where the massive advantage of the resistance band is found. In this article I will discuss the several benefits of resistance bands and provide videos of several advanced ways to use the bands in your workout.

With the current Coronavirus crisis sweeping the globe forcing gyms to close down and people being kept indoors for weeks on end many people may cease exercising entirely. While this may prevent the spread of the Coronavirus it does pose some new health problems as our inactivity wastes away our muscle mass. It is more important than ever to make sure you keep active when you are locked in self quarantine for the speed at which you can lose muscle is astonishingly fast. It is quite unfair really, for it can take months to build muscle but as little as 10 days to lose significant strength as we will show you in this detailed article. The older population will lose muscle even faster and the implications to the health of their body is significant once they have lost too much. This also explains why we often say, "you can never stop strength training".