How the Founding Fathers Exercised Part 2
Last year on the Zim’s blog we had a lot of fun ringing in the July 4th holiday with a look at what exercises the American Founding Fathers might have done to stay fit and healthy. These techniques include the time tested traditions of lifting dumbbells and dueling...
Zim’s Body Tips: Upper Back Pain
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic more people than ever are working from home and away from their normal office environments. This often means sitting at a less than ideal working-situation. Whether it is using a laptop on a bed or turning the kitchen table into...
Zims Body Tips: Shoulder Pain
There are few things more uncomfortable than a shoulder ache. Just the other day I slept badly and woke up with such a deep pain above my arm and it was unbearable to do my normal tasks including typing at my desk. Shoulder aches have many activity-related causes...
Summer Health Affirmations
With the quarantine caused by COVID19 we here at the Zims blog feel it is safe to say things have gotten a little bit stressful. The combination of isolation, a lack of recreation and the unknown ahead has given us all more than a little anxiety. This is why we...
Zims Body Tips: Neck Pain
There is nothing that will make you more aware of how much you move your neck than when you have a pulled muscle or sore ligament. Pretty much any time you move your body it moves the neck and unlike other parts of the body lying down doesn’t necessarily help relieve...
More Best Podcasts on Running
At the beginning of the year we posted our recommendations for great podcasts about running. However, with COVID19 pushing more people out of the gyms and into outdoor running it seemed like a good idea to recommend a few more. These are podcasts which will both...
Zims Body Tips: Headaches
Here at Zims we believe our product can help people live productive, pain-free lives. Over the next few weeks we are going to be sharing tips and suggestions for pain management on different parts of the body. First up is the top of the body with the head. Anyone who...
Best Stretches for a Run
In this world of quarantine and isolation it is important we keep our exercise regiments up to date. In fact, with gyms closed many have turned to traditional running and walking to get their cardio in. This has many benefits including getting to be outside in nature...
Zim’s Ingredients: Water
One of the most underrated ingredients in the Zim's line of pain relief products is probably the simplest: water. In order to make the product work we need water but it turns out to also be a very important part of not only a healthy lifestyle but healthy skincare as...
Zim’s Ingredients: Menthol
In this series diving into the ingredients in the Zim's line of pain relief liquids I have so far stuck to naturally occurring products like aloe vera and arnica. Well, today we are taking a different approach by looking at an important compound, menthol, that is made...