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Introduction
Hello.
In this blog section I want to share with you my knowledge and information in fitness related topics. I will share posts about nutrition, workouts, tips, facts and anything that is connected with healthy lifestyle.
Hopefully everyone will find something interesting and this section will help to find answers.
I’m very grateful that you are here! Enjoy
Excersise
How to gauge your workout intensity? part 1
Hi In this post I want to tell you about what is RPE and how it can be used in training. There have been few modified versions of RPE scales but in this post, we will focus on the original 15-point Borg RPE scale. Ok, so what is RPE? It stands for Rating of Perceived...
How to gauge your workout intensity? part 2
Welcome to another post. As promised, in this article I want to explain in more detail about 10-point RPE scales, what is RIR and how they both can be used in resistance training. So, let us start from the beginning, quick reminder what is RPE? It stands for Rating of...
Why is it important to exercise?
Hi In my first post I would like to show you why it is a good idea to exercise and hopefully convince those that don’t exercise yet, to start. Let’s start from the beginning. By exercise I mean any activity that you do outside of work or house duties such as cleaning...
What type of training is best for you?
Let’s start from simple answer: there is no best training. Although there are targeted trainings depending on your goal, for example powerlifting training will have different approach to that for bodybuilding. Endurance training will be different from them both etc....
Nutrition
Diet. Why most people fail and hate that word?
What is first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word diet? I bet that some of the things that you might think about would be restriction, tasteless food, small quantities, boredom, self-sacrifice etc. But I have good news! It does not have to be like...
What can you find in my fridge?
With this article I want to give you an insight on what I normally eat, to show that the “diet” does not have to be either boring or expensive as most people think. I try to eat healthy but of course there is a room for some “bad” food like fast food and sweets....
Do we need supplements?
Short answer is NO, we don’t need to take supplements. Well, at least for majority of general population. In most cases if our food consumption is balanced and we deliver enough macronutrients (calories from protein, fat and carbohydrates), micronutrients (vitamins...
Facts and Tips
Facts and Myths
This time I present you a topic that has been very trendy lately. This will be a series of posts in which I want to stop some myths, bring some light of truth, and hopefully change the way you think about some of them. There are many different myths around training...
Facts and Myths pt. 2
As promised the series of posts about common misbeliefs around fitness continues. In today’s post I want to break few more myths that many people and possibly some of you that will read this still believe. So, let’s get started and hopefully shed some more light on...
Lockdown Tips
Welcome to another post. This time I want to go over a very current and urgent subject which is lockdown pt. 2. As we already are one week into this lockdown here in UK, I thought I share some thoughts and useful tips that hopefully will help you with getting through...
New year’s resolutions. Or revolution?
I would like to call it revolution this time as what I will say might be revolutionary for many of you. Or if it’s not maybe at least will help you realise that even if you knew this it is time to put into practice. I think it will not be exaggeration if I say that...