Nutrition basics: Calories

Nutrition basics: Calories

‘Calories’ or ‘kcal’ is a unit to quantify energy. Just like ‘kg or lbs’ is to quantify weight. Energy is required for all tasks in the human body i.e. moving around, blood circulation, breathing etc. Because of this, we burn a certain amount of calories each day. If...
How to autoregulate your workouts

How to autoregulate your workouts

RPE stands for rate of perceived exertion. Basically you’re asking yourself; “how hard was the task”? We can use RPE in strength training, endurance training and how to measure how hard a workout was at the end of a session. In strength training specifically, we’re...
How to warm-up

How to warm-up

The goal of a warm-up is to prepare you for the upcoming physical task. It is comprised of both general warm-up and specific warm-up. General warm-up A general warm-up is doing any activity that is different than what you’re going to do for your workout. An example is...