5 Reasons That Will Make Sure You Never Skip Leg Day Again

1) Leg Day Helps Your Overall Muscle Growth

Now you may be thinking, how the heck can just working out my legs stimulate muscle growth in other body parts? Well you'll be surprised to know that multiple studies, multiple articles and even multiple books have said that squats and deadlifts increase the growth hormone and testosterone more than any other workout that you could possibly do. Both of these hormones are natural and essential for muscle growth and muscle building, so they will definitely lead to the stronger and bigger muscles that you are hoping for, ALL AROUND!

2) Injury Chances Are Reduced

Injuries normally occur when you have muscle imbalances, meaning a muscle group is too weak to compensate for a stronger muscle group which causes an injury. The most common ones you'll hear of are lower back pains and the famous ACL tear! If you are an athlete or someone who just wants to keep generally fit, then this is a no brainer, skipping leg day should be out of the question! I would personally advice you to strengthen your glutes and your hamstrings and NOT to completely focus on your quads which would cause muscle imbalance! 

3) Those Calories Will Burn Like A Fire Pit...

Simply put, your glutes are the biggest muscles in your body. This means when you workout your glutes, they require the largest amount of energy. And this means my friends, that you are increasing your metabolism. While your doing your workout and even when you've finished your workout, your metabolism will be on its fastest gears! This is due to the fact that after your workout, your muscles have a ton of repairing to do! 

4) Those Big Lifts Will Become Cake Walks

Ever been in the gym and wanted to show your mates that you are the heaviest lifter? Well this is finally your chance to shine! During those powerful heavy lifts, the majority of your power comes from not your arms, but your legs and core! So from here what you need to do is pretty simple, improve those legs and watch your heavy lifts shine! 

5) Don't Be The Chicken...

Seriously, you don't want to look like a Chicken!

Having untrained legs is un-aesthetically pleasing to say the least! It is completely embarrassing and not something you should be striving for if you want to be improving your health and fitness!

The Best Full-Body Workout You Haven't Tried

What's the big secret?

The secret is, it is no big secret. This cheap and easy solution may be the break through your looking for, no more monthly payments to your local gym, no more trying out multiple different workout plans and no more long excessive jogs. Your solution is jumping rope.

Why?

A study has proven that giving only 10 minutes of your day to jumping rope exercises you receive the same level of improvement to your cardiovascular health as in comparison to people who have jogged 30 mins per day. Do you know what that means? Jumping rope workouts achieve the same results as running in a fraction of the time!

More importantly for us, the health benefits from jumping rope are endless, for example you get increased flexibility, rhythm, muscle tone, shoulders, arms and legs. A lot of calories are burned extremely quickly as well - the perfect full body workout for anyone to try.

How?

Jumping rope engages your whole body as you need to use your legs to actually jump, you use your arms to move the skipping rope and you use your core to stay stable. With this, correct form is heavily relied on however the risk of injury is significantly reduced in comparison to runners.

Firstly, you will have to select your jump rope/skipping rope (they may be weighted to increase difficulty); plastic 'speed' ropes are favored over cotton ropes due to the ease of handling them. To ensure the rope is adjusted to your height, stand on the middle of the rope and the handles should reach just below your shoulders. Always keep your elbows slightly bent while jumping ensuring your hands are at hip height. You should land on the balls of your feet always to avoid injury and keep your face close to the ground when jumping, your arms should also be close to your body.

Next Steps?

The next steps you take are obvious, ditch those endless cardio runs your are taking and buy yourself a good quality and cheap jumping rope! Now watch your fitness and health propel themselves with all of the valuable information that we have given you.

5 Key Tips To Supercharge Your Life And Give You Glowing Good Health

Everyone wants to be healthier and this blog was made to give you 5 sure-fire ways that you can definitely improve your health. 

1) Eat Those Greens!

Now I'm not telling you to become a vegan, I'm telling you that eating green vegetables is hugely essential to good health! In the food world, vegetables are seen as Gods as they are packed with vitamins, minerals and chlorophyll.

The best way to consume these veggies is by drinking green juice or green smoothies. Chlorophyll is excellent for your liver (which is good news for everyone who likes to have a pint or two) and helps you process toxins better.

For all your green super foods in one big package (the ultimate Green Juice that every healthy person uses), subscribe for your free health e-book and you can find out how you can get your own Green Juice in the email!

2) Start to Drink More!

When I say drink more, I'm not referring to drink more alcohol, I'm referring to mans best friend, WATER! Water is the key to plumping up all of your body cells and more importantly, it keeps you looking young! Think of water as an anti aging remedy, a natural one, similar to Green Juice.

The average person should be drinking around 2.9 litres a day. Yes, it does sound a lot but what is too big a sacrifice for good health?

3) Eat Fat!

One of the biggest misconceptions ever is that eating fat just makes you fatter. I am here to tell you that it is entirely FALSE! What really does make you fat is eating multiple sugars and being completely inactive. The hard truth is that fat is a vital source of energy for us. It also contributes to producing the happy hormones in our body because what is good health without being happy about it?

Nuts, seeds and olives are all good sources of fat to include into your everyday diet.

4) Catch those Z's

If you haven't guessed already, I meant sleep. Having a good nights sleep improves your concentration and stops plenty of irrational thoughts that could interfere with your day. Memory is also largely effected, the more sleep you get, the better your memory.
Most importantly, people who good amounts of sleep tend to have better weights and better life expectancy. This one is pretty much a no-brainer.

5) Get Some More D in Your Life

Vitamin D is proven to play a crucial role in weight loss and helping fat cells become more metabolically active. In general, 75% of people are D deficient, it's likely that you're not getting your correct dose as well.

The best sources of Vitamin D are salmon, tuna and mackerel. However, the most common source is from your skin when UV rays from sunlight hit your skin.