Womens Health Australia September 2017

WORDS: ALEX DAVIES. PHOTOGRAPHY: STOCKSY

fitness

The secret’s out for a

perkier posterior: do

a pilates core circuit

before a lower-body sesh

(squats, dead lifts, etc).

University of Florida pros

found it’ll help you lift

more weight than equal-

effort cardio. Why? The

pilates moves demand

stability from critical

trunk muscles that pitch

in for leg and glute work.

The warm-up ‘wakes them

up’ so they can be fully

activated for heftier reps.

BOOST

YOUR

BUTT

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LEG-UP

THE PERCENTAGE OF

PEOPLE WITH SELF-

DESCRIBED ‘GOOD’

FITNESS WHO ALSO

REPORTED POSITIVE

WELLBEING. LESS

THAN HALF OF THOSE

WITH ‘POOR’ FITNESS

SAID THE SAME. SO SLIP

ON THOSE TRAINERS!

Source: Firstbeat

Ready to smash

your five-kay PB?

The secret could

be in your kitchen.

When marathon

runners in a study

were given a sucrose

mouthwash solution

to swish during a

long-distance run,

the sucrose was

shown to stimulate

parts of the brain

responsible for

motor control, and

improved running

times by five per

cent. Thought that’d

make you smile!

Source: Uni of Georgia

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