The dawn of summer just has this way of compelling us to want to clear the clutter in just about every area of our lives, from cleaning up the garage to lightening up our living spaces by making it that much lighter. You might even feel compelled to lighten up the load on your body as well by resolving to get rid of all the excess fat built-up over winter so that you can enjoy a leaner summer body. Summer tends to permeate every single corner of our lives and if you have limited interior space to work with, there are a few home gym essentials which will make sure your zest for getting into shape remains intact as a result of not having to dread making a long trip to the gym or having to unpack and pack some big and bulky equipment after every gym session. Continue reading →

Looking and feeling good is about more than just throwing on a cute outfit you took hours shopping for and picking out, for whatever the occasion. Clothes that fit right look even better on a body that appears as if it has been put through its paces quite rigorously in the gym, whether you’re a guy or girl. If you already have something close to a beach body any fitness junkie would be proud of, summer should undoubtedly have you just itching to show it off. Otherwise if winter has weighed you down a bit too much and you’ve not yet even started working on your summer beach body, all’s not lost and you actually have double incentive to unleash your beach body. You can win a VIP trip to Spain’s Ibiza Island by just resolving to commit to a workout and nutrition plan by MaxiNutrition, which will fast-track your beach body worthiness. Continue reading →

When we go about our daily lives and come across representatives of various charitable organisations, we tend to demonise some of them as a result of some rather negative developments around scandals in which donated monies hardly reach the originally intended recipients, if they ever reach them at all. Having to endure even a short two-minute presentation from someone whom you essentially just see as “wanting some more money from you and many others” often has us losing the essence of charity, sometimes rightfully so because of all the scams doing the rounds. There are even some times when you do donate whatever little small change you claim is all you can manage, just so that you don’t have to endure another second of being solicited, possibly conned or emotionally blackmailed in the process. Continue reading →