In recent years we have been hearing a lot about the benefits of chia, but chia has been around for quite some time. Native to Mexico and northern Guatemala, chia seeds were one of the main staples in Mayan and Aztec diets as early as 3,500 B.C. They were used not only in these ancient […]
Browsing Month: September 2015
Plantar Fasciitis: A Heelful of Pain
Is that shooting pain a sports injury… or could it be plantar fasciitis? If you’ve ever experienced the heel hell of the piercing pain at the bottom of your foot, you know it can seriously cramp your style. Under normal circumstances, the plantar fascia — which runs across the bottom of your foot and connects your heel bone to […]
New Wave: Corporate Gym Management & Outfitting
Whether it’s a small office-sized room for just a few employees at a time or a large fully-outfitted facility, having a gym at the workplace is an investment that keeps on giving.
Taekwondo Champ Edson Breedy: Onward to Rio
To the onlooker, it appears to be a dizzying display of sparring with high kicks, spinning and jumping. But a lot goes into the preparation for the martial art of taekwondo: reaction force, concentration, equilibrium, breath control, body mass, and most important: speed.