Fitness & Activewear News RSS
Introduction: Not All Mats Are Created Equal Walk into any sports retailer and you'll find yoga mats priced anywhere from £8 to well over £100. That's not an accident of marketing, and it's not just branding either. The gap between...
Continue reading
Here is a fact that most activewear brands would rather you did not know: the fit of your trousers can absolutely tank a yoga session. Too tight around the hips in a deep lunge, too short when you forward fold,...
Continue reading
You are in the middle of a deep forward fold. Your focus is exactly where it should be. Then your top creeps up, exposes your midriff to the person on the mat behind you, and suddenly your whole practice is...
Continue reading
Foam yoga block. Hot yoga studio. Fifteen minutes in. You know how this ends.The block is damp, compressing under your hand, and about as stable as a wet sponge balanced on a tile. If you have ever tried to hold...
Continue reading
Colour is not just aesthetic. The mat you unroll every morning is the first thing you see before a session — and if you are going to stare at it from downward dog, it might as well be a colour...
Continue reading