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4 Strengthening Exercises to Help Posture

Date: Jan 27, 2017 By: Genesis Fitness Strength and Tone

We tend to spend too much time sitting at desks, hunched over laptops and mobiles; leading us into bad postures and rounded shoulders. A good strengthening routine will both make you better able to lift things, and strengthen your posture to pull the shoulders back and help you stand tall. Below are two strength exercises and two release exercises:

How To Deal With Muscle Pain When I First Start Exercising

Date: Dec 19, 2016 By: Genesis Fitness health, wellness

You’ve finally found the motivation to get back into exercise. You’re feeling great and wondering why you’d ever stopped. You may not see results just yet, but sore muscles equal instant progress. Keep your sights set on your dream summer body as you draw on our five tips to get rid of sore muscles.

5 Foam Roller Exercises To Improve Your Body's Flexibility

Date: Jul 21, 2016 By: Genesis Fitness Fitness

The foam roller is an excellent tool for improving your flexibility. It will break up knots in the muscle tissue and allow for smoother muscle contractions and more flexibility. Give these 5 foam roller exercises a try to improve your flexibility.

4 Cool Down Exercises to Aid Recovery

Date: Mar 07, 2016 By: Genesis Fitness Fitness

Cooling down after a workout is an undervalued practise. It starts the recovery process off and is the first steps in avoiding soreness and fatigue in the days to come. Spending a few extra minutes to do a thorough cool down will pay off, both in how you feel, and your ability to come back and train again tomorrow, or whenever your next scheduled workout is.

7 Post Workout Tips

Date: Mar 02, 2016 By: Genesis Fitness Fitness, health

Working out is only half of the equation. You get the real benefits of your training when you recover from your workouts. Here’s 7 tips to speed the process up, so you’re less sore and are ready to train again sooner.

7 Tips To Improve Your Post Workout Recovery

Date: Oct 20, 2015 By: Genesis Fitness Fitness

Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) happens to the best of us, and for many can be the deterrent that keeps the gym at bay. You may not see results just yet, but sore muscles equals instant progress. To help you – and your sore muscles – out, we have compiled some of our best tried and tested tips to improve your post workout recovery.

4 Benefits of Using a Foam Roller

Date: Jan 08, 2015 By: Genesis Fitness Fitness, Fitness Solutions

Before I became interested in health and fitness I would look at people using the foam rollers in the gym and would think ‘what a fun way to stretch, it looks so relaxing, like a light massage. That was until my trainer at the time introduced me to what the foam roller is really for, painful torture that can make even the toughest man cry.