One thing we are all told to do is eat our recommended portions of fruit and vegetables every day. In the UK, this is at least 5 portions. It seems like a small number however for many people it is not easy to achieve. I know, I was one of them.
Indeed, for about 20 years of my life, from roughly the age of 5 to 25, I never ate any fruit or vegetables. Nowadays I meet or surpass the recommended number of portions and find it quite easy as well.
With the conclusion of my recent strength-endurance phase a fortnight ago I decided to embark on a phase of metcon (metabolic conditioning) to improve my cardio-respiratory system and ramp up my metabolism into a calorie burning furnace. Two weeks of such a routine has now passed and I thought I'd share some thoughts:on it so far.
A short notice to state that I have updated the Disclaimer page to cover image rights.
Also due to vulnerabilities with having your email address displayed openly on a website, namely scams and spams, I've condensed the contact menu to simply the Contact Gym Pal page.
I've also replaced all links to my email address for this site in articles with the aforementioned link. I get an email notification of any feedback form submissions anyways, whilst hiding my email address from email harvesting bots.
An important but often awkward or difficult concept of exercise to get your head around are the planes of motion and associated axes. These refer to the different dimensions and axes that body motions occur in.
Working out in all three planes of motion helps improve your neuromuscular efficiency, meaning greater cohesion and co-ordination between your muscles and central nervous system.
A simple update to announce the publishing of the purpose and scope page for the Gym Pal site.
