by Women's Health | Nov 16, 2017 | Fitness
SA-born actor Lesley-Ann Brandt kicks ass as Maze in Lucifer. She invited WH to check out the high-energy MMA workout that got her fighting fit. It’s our birthday month! So we’re throwing back to some of the awesome workouts we’ve done over the years. Every week in...
by Women's Health | Nov 15, 2017 | Fitness
By Marissa Gainsburg; Photographs Supreeya Chantalao/Freepik You could see results in as little as two weeks… Our arms are a very interesting part of our body: Unlike our legs, whose muscles activate when we’re standing, walking, even sitting, our arms rarely do...
by Women's Health | Nov 14, 2017 | Fitness
By Laurel Leicht; Photograph by Freepik Make sure your muscles are fired up and ready to go. Your body works as a unit, also known as a kinetic chain. So when one muscle group gets lazy or tense (say, your ankles), another picks up the slack. That can cause painful...
by Women's Health | Nov 14, 2017 | Fitness
In partnership with adidas; Photography by Donovon Thorne When adidas locked onto the idea of ‘Sport has the power to change lives’, they recruited five our most-loved WH fit family to headline the campaign: Pop-Up Gym’s Letshego Zulu; Mapule Ndhlovu, Cara-Lisa Sham,...
by Women's Health | Nov 14, 2017 | Fitness
By Jessica Migala; Photographs by Kate Mangostar/Freepik Read this before you shell out. It’s all over social media: fitfluencers sipping their “BCAAs” before or after a workout in order to beat fatigue, improve muscle recovery, and prevent pesky soreness. But is it a...