Your target heart rate zone—the range of heartbeats per minute you should aim for while exercising—can boost cardiovascular health, increase calorie burning, and make your workouts more effective and efficient. Everyone loves a good heart-pumping workout—but are you pushing yourself too hard? Or maybe not hard enough? Monitoring your heart rate during exercise is essential […]
The downward dog pose—also known as downward-facing dog, down dog, or Adho Mukha Svanasana in Sanskrit—is perhaps one of the most recognizable in yoga practices. Although it’s often associated with flexibility, the benefits go far beyond that. “Downward-facing dog is the most popular yoga pose for a reason,” says Lindsay Monal, RYT-500, certified yoga and […]
Engaging in severe calorie restriction for rapid weight loss has long been a conventional dieting trend. However, such an approach is not sustainable in the long term, as the human body is not designed for prolonged restriction. Therefore, people are exploring a new post-diet eating strategy known as reverse dieting to achieve their desired physique […]