Top 10 Inspiring Movies To Help You Get Fit

We all need motivation to start working out, sometimes good movie can inspire us to lift up our butts and do something.

Pumping Iron

This documentary from 1977 introduced many Americans to both the sport of bodybuilding and its best athlete, one Arnold Schwarzenegger. So in addition to being a great film about fitness, we also have it to thank for The Terminator, Conan the Barbarian, and Total Recall. (Also, Jingle All the Way and his “Governator” years, but still …)

2. Hoosiers

Set in a time before Nike, Hoosiers is the classic underdog story of a scrappy basketball team from small-town Indiana that makes it to the state championship. Watching Gene Hackman yell out the “picket fence” play to the team is the emotional equivalent of a post-game high five.
Make it a double-feature: Hoop Dreams
Take it off the couch: Every baller needs to work on their jumping skills. Get the power to drive down the lane and spring into the air by following these foolproof pointers for increasing your vertical jump.

3.Pain & Gain

Marky Mark and the Rock star as gym rats who plot to kidnap an unscrupulous businessman played by Tony Shalhoub. What’s not to love? This story is a great takedown of the “bro subculture” of guys who value brawn more than brains.

4. Rocky

Sly Stallone tried five times, but he never topped (and never will top) the original Rocky. The Best Picture Oscar winner from 1978 contains some of the most inspiring training scenes ever committed to film. Just watch Rock go!

5. Remember the Titans

Football movies are plentiful and range in quality, but Titans gets our vote for pure inspiration. Consider the ingredients: A dash of Denzel Washington, a splash of historical setting, a heap of underdog scrappiness. Mix them together and you’ll get this uplifting Disney movie. Result: the best pep rally ever.
Make it a double-feature: The Blind Side
Take it off the couch: Do a halftime hustle. Instead of stuffing your face during halftime (or looking at kittens) get off your duff and do this routine (warning: jump squats). Then claim some healthier victory nachos.

6.The (original) Karate Kid

Wax on, wax off. Paint the fence. Training balance while standing on the bow of a rowboat. It could be argued that Pat Morita as karate instructor Mr. Miyagi was one of the original trainers to feature movement-based training as a key component of his workout regimen. Eighties heart throb Ralph Macchio portrays underdog Daniel who is training to compete in a karate tournament. “No bad student, only bad teacher. Teacher say, student do,” is one of Mr. Miyagi’s most memorable quotes, and one that is applicable to any fitness effort.

7. Warrior

Tom Hardy goes beast mode in this great MMA film from a few years ago. He doesn’t say much as he prepares to go toe-to-toe with his brother in the finals of a major tournament, but looks physically capable of tearing someone’s head off.

8. 300

This over-the-top violent movie put Gerard Butler on the map, but if you don’t want to go hit the gym after watching the Spartans in action then you don’t have a soul.
One of our most popular workouts ever is inspired from this blockbuster about the 300 Spartan men who went to war against thousands of Persians. (Try the workout for yourself.) It’s the film that made Gerard Butler (and more notably, Gerard Butler’s abs) a star.

9.Step-up

Yes, I have seen this movie because of my wife (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it), but we can’t have a list of top fitness movies without including Channing Tatum. In this movie, he’s a ne’er-do-well teen who turns to dancing in an effort to fit in and turn his life around. The soundtrack and dancing scenes will make you want to push the coffee table out of the way and boogie in your living room

10.Fight Club, Snatch and Troy

It was hard to decide which Brad Pitt movie was most worthy of recognition on this list—hence, the three-way tie. Whether it’s as Mickey, the bare knuckle-fighting Irish gypsy in Snatch; Tyler Durden, the scrappy anti-hero in Fight Club; or the warrior Achilles in Troy, each role featured Pitt’s physical prowess. Guys like these movies for the action, while women like these movies because of Brad. Regardless of your reason for watching, these films have the power to boost your motivation for training.

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Top 10 Gym’s To Visit

Some gyms are just awesome, real piece of art. So which are the best gyms to visit.

1.Tulum Jungle Gym

Tulum jungle gym is a real life fred flint stone gym. Nearly all the equipment is made of wood or stone although they still do have olympic bar and bumper plates, kettle bells, bulgarian bags, medicine balls and more functional traditional gym equipment.

2.Brooklyn Zoo, New York

Guaranteed to take your ‘floor is lava’ game to the big leagues, New York’s Brooklyn Zoo is a parkour paradise. Spread out over two floors and festooned with padded mats and enough foam pits to rival Ninja Warrior (which is also the name of one of its classes), by all accounts the staff are a deft hand at teaching novices how to jump, tumble and navigate the obstacles in the speediest way possible. The ultimate urban jungle gym.

3. Bev Francis’s Powerhouse Gym – Syosset, NY

Enter Bev Francis’s Powerhouse Gym aka The East Coast Mecca, owned by Bev Francis herself, the first woman ever to bench press over 300lbs. Impressive, right? This gym is to a bodybuilder what the selfie is to a teenage girl, an absolute MUST. Equipment here is ridiculously abundant ranging from beginner level to pro status, even including a workout area for boxing, kickboxing and submission fighting.

Baring witness to workouts from greats such as Jay Cutler, Phil Heath and Kai Greene on the regular, this place has been labeled multiple times as the go to spot for any bodybuilder either a residence of or visiting New York. Last but not least, memberships at Bev Francis’s range from short term to long term with unlimited gym use and the gym is open 365 days a year…100% pump paradise ladies and gents

4.Metroflex Gym

Metroflex Gym located in Arlington, TX. It is known that this setting assisted 8x Mr. Olympia rule the competition for pretty some time. The gym was founded in year 1987 by Dobson due to the absence of hard-core gyms and the limitations of commercial gyms that has facilitated Metroflex to gain the status of exemplifying strength on each level. You can avail exercise like chalk dust occupying the previously dense air, 100+lb dumbbells banging to the ground, and sounds of firmly fought victory paint a slightest of the set in its corridors. It is known that customers can dismiss their membership whenever they wish at no sustained cost.

5.Das Gym, Vienna

The Das Gym is so freakishly focused on fitness that they have even put chip up bars in the showers and given lockers in a nickname (Dave Draper, bitch tits, etc). If you are feeling a bit low on motivation, it has motivational posters all over the walls. Just watch the video above and you’d want to book a ticket to Vienna right now.

6.La Belle Équipe, Paris

Looking every bit as boutique as the shops on the Champs-Elysees, gyms rarely come as chic as La Belle Équipe, located just a stone’s throw from Gare du Nord station and specialising in Thai boxing. Even so, it’s hard to deny the Parisian charm that fills its cosy walls, from neat wooden shelving to light paint and uncluttered décor evoking calmness, serenity and a certain je ne sais quoi few other fitness clubs can match. People battering each other senseless aside, there are also classes tailored to help busy clients deal with stress, fatigue and self-confidence and other knock-on effects of hectic working lifestyles.

7. Original Temple Gym – Birmingham, UK

It was in the year of 1962 when Temple Gym in Birmingham first came to be and 20 years later a promising young talent named Dorian Yates (who now owns Temple Gym) entered its doors forever transforming the legacy. Temple Gym is a serious weight training facility situated in a basement, unorthodox I know, representing the belief that people from all walks of life are accepted within its walls for whatever positive change they seek, something that we can all get behind.

Old school training equipped with the latest technology is the perfect description for this place which due to its presentation, feels like you’re getting the workout of your life in a dungeon laced with a hardcore ambience. Did I mention this gym is home to original Nautilus equipment? Contain your excitement folks! All in all, if it’s good enough to have helped 6x Mr. Olympia Dorian Yates build a physique even Superman secretly envies, then it’s more than good enough for you.

8.Gold’s Gym

Gold’s Gym is a series of global co-ed fitness centres (usually denoted to as gyms) from America formerly initiated by Joe Gold in Venice Beach, located in California. The gym showcases an extensive collection of group exercise classes, exercise tools, and personal trainers to help you out clients. Presently, Gold’s Gym assures to be the biggest series of unisex gyms all over the world, having over 700 locations, situated in 37 U.S. states, in Washington, D.C. and also in 20 different countries. It is known that Gold’s Gym owns a membership of over three and a half million, divides equally between female and male customers. This gym has transformed from one founding to a big chain, but the major location many people desire is the one located in Venice, California.

9.Third Space, London

Third Space operates some of the best gyms in the UK, with multiple centers in the city of London. The luxury fitness chain has tons of equipment, space, and well-trained instructors. You get your own concierge. If you have some extra cash flowing out of your pocket all the time, you can buy their VIP membership where you get private massage chairs and laundered gym kit.

10.Oxygen Gym, Kuwait

Started by Bader Bodai more than a decade ago, the Oxygen Gym is so large that just taking a tour of the gym would be like breaking a good sweat on the treadmill. Bodai now has four Oxygen Gym centers in Kuwait, each of them well equipped. No wonder Bader Bodai has been able to turn the Kuwait Bodybuilding team into one of the best in the world. Besides cardio and free weight training areas, it also has sauna rooms, prayer rooms, and a parking lot.

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Top 10 Hardcore Workout Songs

These songs are nor for weak minted people! You have been warned.
This is my personal top 10 list, this songs are on my phone when i workout.

1.Tech n9ne – Straight out the gate

Artist: Tech N9ne Featured artists: Serj Tankian, Krizz Kaliko Album: Something Else Released: 2013 Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

2. Avery watts – A cut above

Artist: Avery Watts Album: The Takeover Released: 2011 Genre: Rock

3. Shinedown – Cut the cord

Artist: Shinedown Album: Threat to Survival Released: 2015 Genre: Rock

4.Egypt central – White rabbit

Artist: Egypt Central Album: White Rabbit Released: 2011 Genre: Hard Rock

5.Cult To Follow – Murder Melody

Artist: Cult to Follow Album: Cult to Follow Released: 2008 Genre: Rock

6.THROUGH FIRE – Stronger

Artist: Through Fire Album: Breathe Released: 2016 Genres: Metal, Rock

7.Manafest – Impossible

Artist: Manafest Featured artist: Trevor McNevan Album: Glory Released: 2006 Genre: Rock

8.Hollywood Undead – Pain

Artist: Hollywood Undead Album: Swan Songs Released: 2008 Genres: Hard Rock, Rock

9.Skillet – “Not Gonna Die”

Artist: Skillet Album: Rise Released: 2013 Genres: Progressive metal, Contemporary Christian

10.Fivefold – Darker Side Of Me

Artist: Fivefold Album: Open Letter Released: 2015 Genre: Rock

If you like this list i will make second part, because i have too much good songs in my playlist. If you are looking for workout clothes check out our fitness and yoga leggings page.

Top Workout Songs Of All Time

So much awesome music, will try to fit it in top 10. This is not my favorite list, this is popular choice in the web. Next time will be mine list get ready!

1.“Push It” by Salt-N-Pepa

Tell us you don’t remember dancing to this as a kid, and we won’t believe you. Admit you didn’t know what a “fly mother” was, and we will. Either way, it’s physically impossible to listen to this 1988 hit and stay still—we recommend Salt-N-Pepa’s gymtastic dance routine as your calorie-burning mode of self-expression for this one.—Sophie Harris

2. Remember The Name – Fort Minor

This is a song which will leave you off your feet and definitely this is one the best training songs which you should not leave behind when moving up to the gym to lose that fat

3.PUMP IT, BLACK EYED PEAS

Album:Monkey Business
BPM: 152

4. Survivor – Eye of the tiger

◦ This song will put you in the mood and ultimately make you move faster in your verge of getting it done. This is a song which you will definitely not regret listening to.

5.Eminem – ‘Lose Yourself’

It’s easy to tire of your usual gym-picks but some songs will always remain firmly on the playlist. One of those is Eminem’s classic ‘Lose Yourself.’ If that doesn’t inspire you to up the speed on the running machine, what will?

6.‘Till I Collapse – Eminem

Whenever you hear hear song, you just want to fight. It gets you blood pumping and makes you want to work harder. An awesome song, I would say it’s better than lose yourself.

7. Linkin Park – Numb

◦ As we go along the list, this song will take you on a ride of tuneful music which is one of the best workout tunes.

8.Gonna Fly Now – Bill Conti

Truly gigantic song and great motivator. It gives great energy boost and makes one pump harder.

9. Sam Trocki ft. Yelawolf – Louder (ft. InkMonstarr)

◦ Moving further, rhythm n gash will not let you lose any gym or aerobics because it provides the best aerobics song.

10.Du Hast – Rammstein

Great beat and fantastic lyrics as well. Makes you move and gets your blood pumping faster with this song. The English version is good, but the German version is the best.

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Top 10 Essential Vitamins and Minerals Your Body Needs

We all need vitamins and minerals to function normally, but what are the most important that our body cant work normally without them.

1.Vitamin D

Vitamin D helps our bodies absorb calcium, which is important for bone health. Not getting enough of this vitamin can increase:

your likelihood of getting sick
your chances of bone and back pain
bone and hair loss

While you technically should be able to get your daily vitamin D by being in the sunlight for 15 minutes, the reality is that over 40 percent of people in the United States don’t. Living in wintery locations with little sunlight, working an office 9 to 5 life, and applying sunscreen (which blocks vitamin D synthesis) makes getting vitamin D hard. This vitamin is also hard to come by in food, which is why Taub-Dix says to look for this ingredient in your multi.

2.Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)

The primary purpose for vitamin B1 in the body is to help your body make use of the carbohydrates you take in on a daily basis, utilizing the nutrient for energy.

Another main purpose for this nutrient is to promote a healthy nervous system where it will help maintain proper nerve transmission throughout the cells.

Where To Get It: One of the best sources of vitamin B1 in the diet comes from sunflower seeds, with a quarter cup supplying almost 50% of your daily needs. Other good sources include yellowfin tuna, black beans, and lentils.

3.VITAMIN A

GOOD FOR: Healthy eyes and general growth and development, including healthy teeth and skin.
NATURAL SOURCE: Carrots and other orange foods including sweet potato and cantaloupe melons – all of which get their hue from the carotene pigment.

4.Magnesium

Why you need it: Low levels may cause menstrual migraines and tension-type headaches, and up your diabetes risk.

How to get it: For starters, eat regular meals. In a recent study, adults who ate breakfast, lunch, dinner, and two snacks were more likely to meet the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for magnesium than those who didn’t. “Small amounts of magnesium are in many foods, so eating more meals increases your odds of getting enough,” says Pleuss. A top source: nuts. An ounce of most types offers up to 20 percent of the RDA (320 mg for women over age 30).

5. Calcium

Over 40 percent of the U.S. population doesn’t get enough calcium from their diet. This means those people aren’t getting the mineral they need for strong bones and teeth. Women in particular start losing bone density earlier, and getting enough calcium from the start is the best nutritional defense against this loss.

Foods with calcium

fortified cereals
milk, cheese, and yogurt
salty fish
broccoli and kale
nuts and nut butters
beans and lentils

6.Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

Another variation of the B vitamins, riboflavin helps the body break down and process the three macronutrients (protein, carbs, and fats), as well as promoting a healthy skin complexion.

Where To Get It: One extremely good source of vitamin B2 is Calf’s liver, which supplies you over 100% of your daily needs, however since most people are not going to willingly eat this food, milk is the single most popular source of riboflavin. One glass of milk will provide almost 30% of your daily needs, so it’s a simple way to make sure you’re getting enough.

7. VITAMIN C

GOOD FOR: Strengthening blood vessels and giving skin its elasticity, anti-oxidant function and iron absorption.
NATURAL SOURCE: Everyone knows this one – oranges! But they’re not the only source – other fruits and veggies packed with Vitamin C include guava, red and green peppers, kiwi, grapefruits, strawberries, Brussels sprouts and cantaloupe.

8.Iron

Why you need it: Not getting enough iron puts you at risk for anemia and may also lead to fatigue or hair loss.

How to get it: Fire up the grill! Three ounces of beef provides about 20 percent of the RDA (18 mg for women under 50). So does a serving of beans, tofu, or spinach, although the iron from plant foods isn’t absorbed as easily by your body. “Add a tomato salad or a few orange wedges to a vegetarian meal — the vitamin C will help your body better utilize the iron,” says Dee Sandquist, R.D., a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association.

9.Zinc

“Zinc tends to be low in older people and anyone under a lot of stress,” says Lerman. Which, (hello!) is basically everyone. And it makes sense. Zinc supports our immune system and helps our body use carbohydrates, protein, and fat for energy. It also aids in wound healing.

Foods with zinc

oysters
grass-fed beef
pumpkin seeds
spinach
organ meats
tahini
sardines
brown rice
wheat germ
tempeh

10.Vitamin B3 (Niacin)

The Top 10 Vitamins That Everyone Should Include In Their Diet!

Niacin is a third B vitamin and also plays a key role in energy production and maintaining the nervous system. In addition to this, is also promotes a healthy digestive system.

Where To Get It: Chicken breast meat is a really good source if niacin and provides 72% of your daily needs per 5 oz serving. Other foods that contain niacin include yellowfin tuna, halibut, and turkey breast.

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