Fitness apps were the unsung — or, truthfully, the very loudly sung — heroes of 2020. When the gyms closed and motivation went swiftly out the window, it was fitness apps and virtual trainers that picked up the slack and kept us moving.
The latest fitness app to catch our attention is by...
Way back in January 2020, I hurt my foot. My doctor told me I couldn't run, lift weights, swim laps, or do high-impact bodyweight training, which ruled out . . . huh, my whole workout routine! It was yoga or nothing, and it didn't take long for me to get tired of doing...
A wise man known as Bruno Mars once said, "Don't believe me, just watch," and watch, we did! On 26 Feb., Prince Harry made a surprise appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden where they went for a bus tour around Los Angeles, stopped by the house from the Fresh Prince...
There is – or should be – a whole lot more to working out your abs than getting a six-pack, and there are other muscles in your midsection that merit at least as much attention as the rectus abdominis, which run down the centre of the front of your stomach to form...
When someone performs an isometric exercise in a busy gym it looks very out of place – an island of stillness in a sea of people powering through HIIT sessions or chucking heavy weights around. To the uninitiated, simply holding a position like the plank can look pretty easy as well, and...
The beginning of the year is always a time of hopeful promises and quiet fitness goals. As we head out in our droves for a daily dose of exercise, as do our trusty fitness trackers, spurring us on and helping us to meet those New Year targets. But is there a fine line...
South Asian women do not talk about sexual health. It's a fact. Who we're sleeping with isn't regularly discussed in our catch ups with parents, periods aren't something that are forewarned from a young age, and what thrush feels like (and how common it is) is a conversation so readily avoided that most...
Often referred to as the festival of colour, Holi is a boisterous occasion, characterised by family and friends daubing coloured powders over each other and drenching unsuspecting passers-by with a deluge of water.
Everyone is fair game for fun and a little flirtation in the spring sunshine. No one wears their best clothes, opting...
If you haven’t paid attention to the financial health of large insurers during the pandemic, it’s never been better. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of hospitals and patients. Both are struggling to hurdle escalating barriers to scheduled care due to prior authorization requirements.
While prior authorizations are intended to reduce “unnecessary” procedures, they...
Fitness apps were the unsung — or, truthfully, the very loudly sung — heroes of 2020. When the gyms closed and motivation went swiftly out the window, it was fitness apps and virtual trainers that picked up the slack and kept us moving.
The latest fitness app to catch our attention is by...
What is white rum?
Rum is one of the most ubiquitous and versatile spirits in the world. We’ve been enjoying this sugarcane-based booze for centuries, and you’ll find it in bars across the world either poured over ice in a short glass or at the base of a refreshing cocktail.
The story of rum is...
Way back in January 2020, I hurt my foot. My doctor told me I couldn't run, lift weights, swim laps, or do high-impact bodyweight training, which ruled out . . . huh, my whole workout routine! It was yoga or nothing, and it didn't take long for me to get tired of doing...