Have you been lying to yourself? What you believe about exercise and the way your body responds to it can sabotage your results. For example, if you think you need to feel sore to prove you had a good workout, you can end up injured. Or maybe you justify chowing down...
Some beauty tips for you (we are not the experts) "For an eye look that’s defined but not too heavy, line your upper lash line with black eyeliner and the bottom lash line with brown eyeliner. This is one of my biggest makeup artist tricks for beautiful, soft eyes!”...
Women and 5 common gym mistakes Doing the same workout everyday: We have over 600 skeletal muscles in the human body. By doing the same workout everyday, not only are we working out on very few but these muscles do not get sufficient time for recovery leading to...
Post pregnancy belly ? If fitness is a priority for you, I believe you will make time for it, however hectic your day may be. Once you adapt a fitness routine that works for you, you can extend it to your pregnancy period, albeit with a little less intensity. It is a...
Advantages of a women only gym Annie Lenox once said “ I love to be individual, to step beyond gender”. It is liberating that there is more to yourself beyond your gender. But we can learn more about ourselves and each other by embracing our femininity. Particularly,...
Train like a man in the gym I used to workout in a gym, before starting the Contours chain in India. This gym had a separate weight training section for men and women. The logic behind this, as per their management, was that women need different weight training when...
No achievement is big or small Recently, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, I was invited by an organization to give away awards to 8 women achievers who had overcome all odds to become path breakers. Standing in front of them and talking about my own...
Sleep disorders in women and how to beat it Sleep disorders can lead to poor concentration and irritability. It can sap you of all energy leaving you depressed and with little will power to do anything Why do we lose sleep ? Common causes are stress, depression,...
Media campaigns often create negative self image in women. Working in a women only gym , we come across hundreds of women every day. It is frightening to see the devastating effect that media campaigns have on them. We are bombarded with visual images of thin models...