Stay Trim While You Travel

Summer vacation can send your regular fitness routine off the deep end. But a good workout is still possible, even when you’re away from home. Follow these expert tips and practical suggestions for staying fit on the fly. 1. Pack your fitness clothes. “Health on the go is no longer an option, it’s a necessity,” [...]

Sexy Summer Abs

Forget endless crunches. Try this 4-minute  instead Toning your abs doesn’t have to be tedious. To get two-piece ready, all you need is four minutes of focused intensity every other day. To get strong, sexy abs you need two types of exercise: targeted ab training to build abdominal muscles, and cardiovascular training to burn excess [...]

Running Start

What to eat to finish the race The beauty of running your first 5k race is that it’s short enough for the average person to prepare for, and long enough to give you a sense of accomplishment. No matter what your natural running ability, most people can train for-and finish-a 5k (3.1 mile) sprint-distance race [...]

Interval Training Tips and Tricks

Ready to kick your workout up a notch? Fitness trainers and coaches have used interval training for years, and the exercise method has never been more popular among personal trainers than it is today. Interval training — defined as alternating short bursts of intense activity with active recovery — may be the answer to two [...]

Say Yes to Yoga (Pregnancy)

Want to stay fit during pregnancy and get back into pre-pregnancy shape afterward? Then practice yoga: In addition to being safe and effective, it comes with surprising benefits, such as improving labor and delivery. When researchers in India compared one hour a day of yoga to one hour of walking in a study of 335 [...]

The Path To Endurance

There’s more to building stamina than increasing your time on the treadmill. Find out how your endurance affects your overall health. Jim Vranas isn’t the kind of guy who just sits around. The 82-year-old World War II veteran and scientific glassblower (he made the first glass model of the DNA molecule) has always been on [...]

Fit Mom, Fit Kids

Tired of trying to work around your kids’ schedule? Work out with them Busy moms often find it a real challenge to make time for exercise. Rather than working out around your kids’ schedule, why not work out with them? Exercising with your children not only helps you stay in shape, it helps your kids [...]

Back In Balance

Got aches and pains from sitting at a desk all day? Here’s your prescription. Sitting in front of a computer or behind a desk all day can throw your body out of balance. Repetitive work postures, like hunching over your work space, abuse one muscle group and ignore its opposing muscle group, leading to imbalances [...]

Core Condition (pregnancy)

Core strength training is the answer to common prenatal discomforts such as back, shoulder and hip pain. During the postpartum period, a strong, stable core will also help you lift and carry your baby and lug around all that heavy baby-equipment. During pregnancy and the postpartum period, form and posture become extremely important. Core strength [...]

New Year, New You

Eight Strategies to help you get fit for the new year Looking good in your clothes is great motivation for starting a new exercise plan. But that’s not all you get from regular exercise. The right fitness plan can make you stronger, give you more energy, keep your bones healthy, strengthen your heart, lift your [...]

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