Avoid the stress of the New Year’s rush and get a head start on hitting the gyms! Put your best foot forward ahead of the pack before the holidays are over with Core Collective’s 12 Days of Christmas Workout.

Have you heard of the somatotype training model, and wondered which body type category you may fall under? Long-term professional trainer, Gary Ang, shares his personal insights and experience on how body type training can affect your fitness journey and goals. 

Everyone enjoys a relaxing weekend golf game, but some days, everything just feels stiff or sore, and the golf session that you enjoyed becomes a chore to perform. How can strength training help with this?

Are you someone with a high percentage of body fat with low levels of muscle mass aka skinny-fat, and looking to build muscle while losing this fat?

This is the whole idea behind what is known as body recomposition.

The fitness industry is bombarded with fads and quick fixes that almost never work but make large promises. "Drink this tea", "Avoid carbs after dark", "Don’t use weights because they will make you bulky". Such misinformation often leads to misconceptions that could be detrimental to your fitness journey.

As a woman with Brazilian and Italian roots, Flavia di Marco and her friends have always been mindful of their butts! Brazilians are very well known for good looking butts but what most people don’t know is how useful our butts can be to our bodies.

Common dieting mistakes will not only limit the amount of fat you lose but also compromise your ability to retain or even build muscle throughout the body recomposition process.

Dr Derek Li has over 100 pairs of running shoes and regularly contributes shoe reviews to roadtrailrun.com.

Learn more on how to choose the best pair of running shoes for you, as he explains and breaks down his tips into two parts:

1. How to choose a pair
2. How to determine your fit

Body fat accumulates when an individual consumes a number of calories that are more than what they expend. The excess amount of calories is then converted to fat and stored by the body. Energy balance refers to the number of calories consumed versus the number of calories expended by an individual.

The life expectancy of running shoes are measured in miles rather than months or years. As a general rule of thumb, experts suggest that running shoes be retired and replaced every 500 to 750 kilometres (300 to 500 miles).