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Step tracking and fitness tracking are both crazes which have swept the world over the past decade. It all started with a little company called FitBit, and now the world is wearing streamlined pieces of technology around their wrists to keep track of their fitness and their health. For a niche that h...

The first pedometer was invented in 1780 in Switzerland by a gentleman named Abraham-Louis Perrelet. It is a piece of technology that has become even more popular in recent years as science has come up with new and better ways to track our activity levels. Nowadays it has grown into a multi-billion d...

People that engage in combat sports are prone to get injured. This is not to say they are bad at the sport, but simply the nature of the game. Because injuries are so prevalent, there needs to be some sort of effective medication that can help with joint and muscle pain. There are many different type...

Before pain relief patches were a thing, people with muscle pain or injury had to turn to topical creams or oral products. However most of these creams are very expensive, so it may end up costing a lot if you had a particularly large area that your injury is spread over. It was also a hassle to cons...

Research has shown that heat therapy, also known as thermotherapy, is one of the most effective and harmless ways to use controlled heat to relieve the body of pains and discomfort. The relievers, often presented in the form of heating pads or wraps, hydrocollators, hot water bottle, gel packs, heat ...

There are many reasons that someone might decide that they want to shed mass. Perhaps you're trying to go down a weight class in your division. Perhaps you're trying to get into a martial art and want to refine your body shape so that you can be at optimal performance. Perhaps you just want to get he...

It's happened again. You pushed yourself on the soccer field or doing lat pulldowns and you've overdone it. You wake up with a fierce cramp in the middle of the night that shakes you out of sleep, making you gasp in pain. Compounding the problem ins the fact that you don't have any products on hand t...

Eating is a necessity no matter who you are. Depending on things like your weight, metabolism, and some other factors, the amount of food you need in a day will be different. Whether you are a homebody with easy access to a local grocery store, an aspiring athlete with a strict workout schedule, eati...

For the serious athlete, nutrition is of the utmost importance. For most people, however, nutrition isn't something that they pay much attention to. Though for many people nutrition falls onto the backburner, it is nevertheless a vital and important part of bodily health that has to be paid attention...

Topical sprays to relieve your discomfort has become more and more popular. There are many benefits to using a spray versus all the other options. One of the biggest contributors is that creams can be incredibly greasy. Many of those products will leave a sometimes uncomfortable texture on your skin....

Few things inhibit human consciousness and capability like getting inadequate rest. When you don't rest there is a myriad of things that start going haywire in your body. On a purely cognitive level, some reports list the level of impairment of going without a full night's rest as being similar to th...

Training happens in all kinds of environments and terrains. Aquatic workouts are a great, low-impact way to reap the benefits. The best way to get in shape for your next match may involve swimming laps at the neighborhood pool or the nearest body of liquid. Cardio is a vital part of any workout regim...