endorphins

The benefits of hot yoga are endless from improving flexibility to releasing endorphins. Here are 9 real reasons to try hot yoga!

With the right activity and a great group of people, you can make burning fat and calories less like work and more like a night out with your friends. Now, let’s take a closer look at some great reasons to give group exercise classes a try.

Endorphins can be called the body’s “feel good” chemicals—because when they are released you get a boost in mood (and they can even act as a pain reliever). However, endorphins unfortunately aren’t just freely flowing throughout you all the time (unless you’re one of those people who are unexplainably happy all the time, and if […]

Our bodies are coursing with hormones, and those hormones are responsible for some of the most essential functions in the body, including puberty, sleep, stress levels, mood, sex drive, weight, appetite, and more. However, certain seemingly innocent habits can wreak havoc on your hormones and those vital physical and mental functions.

A recent study from the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise has determined that intense aerobic exercises performed for 75 minutes per week resulted in lower reports of pain compared to moderate exercises performed for 150 minutes per week. The reason for the reduced pain levels came from endorphins being created continuously in […]