Polar A360 – The Answer To Tracking Your Fitness
Polar, the leader in heart rate sensors, activity trackers, and wearable sports technology, is taking its fitness trackers to the next level by introducing the colorful Polar A360 with wrist-based heart rate monitoring. Users can also match their personal style with interchangeable and vibrantly colored, soft silicone wristbands. The minimalistic...
5 Common – but inaccurate – recovery methods
Running is the most popular sport among active Singaporeans. There are over 150 races per year. OSIM Sundown Marathon attracted 26,000 participants this year, while Great Eastern Women's Run had 17,000 participants. From more established races such as Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore to niche events such as Color Run and Illumi Run,...
Effective hydration for competing in hot & humid climates
Preventing dehydration in hot and humid climates is essential during both training and racing. Dehydration adversely affects your performance during training and slows your ability to recover for your next workout. In extreme cases of dehydration while exercising you risk nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fainting or disorientation. This should never...
How to Get Up Early
Due to the humid weather in Singapore, the best time to run is either at night or early in the morning, when it is cooling and more windy. As such, most of our races are also held in the early hours of morning and some of us may have...
How to enjoy Spicy Food and Running at the Same Time?
Curry fish head, laksa, tomyum... There are so much amazing spicy food in Singapore and sometimes we even add more chili to our food when we are not getting enough kick! However, too much spicy food may give us the runs and that is certainly not we want to happen...
Can Yoga Slim Us Down?
We have seen the rise in popularity of yoga in the last decade — this ancient discipline from India has now become one of the most popular fitness regime throughout the world. Mainstream media and social media platforms often portray women flaunting their impressive yoga poses with their slim and toned body. This gives the impression that...
Is Alcohol A Runner’s Enemy?
Fancy some drinks after a hard day at work? We know that too much drinks is bad for our liver, but what about how it affects our muscles? Some of us may experience body aches after drinking too much, while some make it a motivation to go for a...
Benefits Of Drinking Water At The Right Time
Our body is 2/3 made up of water and water helps to keep our body functioning properly. Although we may not be able to feel it, we are continuously losing water from skin evaporation, breathing, urine, and stool. Especially for us runners, we tend to lose more water content...