Fitness
Exactly How To Do Renegade Rows
How to do Renegade Rows to increase core strength and stability and engage and define the shoulders, triceps, biceps and back.
Wellness
Rev Up Your Workouts With Interval Training
Here’s how to use interval training (HIIT or LIIT) to burn more fat during and after your workout. Use this advice to save time and get better results.
Fitness
How To Reap The Benefits Of Interval Training
You can dramatically increase your fitness with just 60 min/wk of interval training. Here’s exactly why you should do HIIT (workouts included).
Nutrition
Guilt-free Recipes For The Fourth Of July
Take advantage of fresh, local produce and make these 5 super-easy, guilt-free recipes for your Fourth of July get-together.
Nutrition
Are All Yogurts Equal? Surprising Secrets Behind The Label.
All yogurt is not equal. Learn the benefits of fermented foods like yogurt. Get our picks on the healthiest options and how to make yogurt healthy.
Fitness
How To Do A Pull-Up Properly
Master one of the best “pure strength” exercises. Get these personal trainer tips and you’ll be able to do a pull-up on your own in a few weeks.
Wellness
How To Find The Right Treadmill
From price to deck length to motor size: here’s everything you need to consider when trying to find the right treadmill for you.
Wellness
How To Lower Stress With 3 Super Practical Tips
You have more control over stress than you think. Here are 3 tips you can implement today to lower stress and feel better.
Wellness
4 Tips For Setting Up Your Exercise Bike Properly
Avoid Unnecessary Injury with these Bike Alignment Tips Highly adjustable, performance indoor cycles, such as the Horizon Elite IC7 are a great way to experience a customized workout that transfers well to road biking and indoor cycling classes. Taking the time to adjust your exercise bike into the proper position for your body and riding […]
Fitness
Get Perfect Running Form With This Simple Drill (Video)
In this 2 minute video, Running Coach Jenny Hadfield breaks down her super practical approach to assessing and improving running form.
Fitness
The Valuable Horizon Elite T9 Awarded Best Buy Treadmill!
Learn why the Horizon Fitness Elite T9 Treadmill was awarded the Best Buy Award from treadmillreviews.net!
Fitness
How To Get The Best Workout On An Elliptical Machine
Get the 5 steps that will help you burn more calories, target the right muscles and maximize the benefits of your elliptical machine workouts.
Fitness
Learn The Gymnasts' Secret Exercise For A Stronger Core
How to do this little-known ab exercise that is way more effective than crunches, planks and sit-ups at building core strength and stability.
Fitness
How To Use Lactate Threshold To Run Faster
If you want to dramatically increase your running pace and performance, do this tempo workout based on lactate threshold.
Fitness
Why The Constant Watts Setting Is the Best Way To Build Stamina
Train Smarter — Know Your Watts For anyone who has played around with the display functions on various pieces of cardio equipment, they’ve undoubtedly found use in knowing such bits of information as time, distance, calories burned, incline, pace, etc. But there’s one feature that most people tend to skip past when it comes to […]
Fitness
Get This Comprehensive List Of Strength Exercises That Work Every Muscle Of The Body
How To Do Every Weight-Lifting Exercise Under The Sun Check out the website MuscleWiki — you’ll be blown away by the detailed, step-by-step instructions (with videos) for how to do a multitude of weight-lifting exercises like squats, dead lifts, barbell rows, bench press and more. Use their handy, interactive muscle map to chose the muscles […]
Fitness
Should You Get A Running Coach? How To Decide.
I’ve been a running coach for over twenty-three years and I didn’t fully comprehend the value of a coach until I recently hired one to learn how to ride a dirt bike. Although I knew how to ride a motorcycle, I had no idea how to ride off the beaten path. I turned to an […]
Fitness
What's A Good 5K Time?
One of the most common questions I hear in my coaching practice is “what is a good time for my 5K race?” The answer to that question is layered and depends on where you are in your running career. Here’s a cliff notes version of the long conversation I have with them. What to expect […]
Wellness
How To Boost Your Metabolism And Burn An Extra 400 Calories A Day With NEAT
Here are four unbelievably easy things you can do today to boost your metabolism — no extra exercise required!
Fitness
Simple DIY Hack To Make Lunges More Effective
Make your lunges 10X more effective. Instructions on how to do Slosh Pile lunges and how to make a slosh pipe at home with a simple PVC pipe.
Fitness
What Should You Do After A Marathon PR?
Should you run more or get some rest? The harder you push yourself in a race (especially a marathon), the more gradual your return to running should be. Get a 4-week recovery plan from a professional running coach that explains exactly what you should do after a marathon PR.
Wellness
Are Sweet Potatoes or Potatoes Healthier? Learn The Surprising Truth.
Sweet potatoes and potatoes often get a bad rap for being high in calories and carbs. But the truth is they are surprisingly healthy. Turns out, both these tubers deserve a place on your plate, because as far as carbs go, they are both healthier than most.
Wellness
Why Healthy Relationships and Are Good For Your Heart (+ 3 Ways To Cultivate Them)
Three very simple ways to cultivate better relationships that will improve your heart health and quality of life. Apply these heart-healthy tips today for better health.
Fitness
6 Amazing Elliptical Benefits Every Runner Needs To Know (Video)
The elliptical is like a little black dress, as it goes with everything, compliments your running routine, and will help you look, feel and perform at your best. It’s one of my favorite cross-training tools for runners for the following six reasons. Did you know that there are many elliptical benefits for runners? Elliptical Benefits […]
Fitness
10 Ways to Love Exercise When You Hate Working Out
If you fall into the “I Don’t Love Exercise But Want To” category, there’s hope for you! Here are 10 ways to love exercise when you hate working out. Take a look at some of these tips that will get you on the right path to making fitness a staple in your daily routine.
Nutrition
How to Crush Carb Cravings with a Heart-Healthy Almond Snack Recipe
February is heart month, and I have a special place in my heart for this occasion. (See what I did there?) My dad has suffered from a heart condition called Atrial Fibrillation since I was in middle school. It was pretty scary growing up knowing that he had such a serious issue, and he has since had surgeries […]
Wellness
The Surprising Truth About Dog Walking and Your Health
We all know that pets can contribute tremendously to our happiness for a number of reasons. Not only to they bring joy into our lives, but by making sure they get enough activity, we also meet our own needs for movement. But is it enough? If you walk your dog for 30 minutes a day […]
Wellness
The Enormous Benefit of Exercise — More Than You Think! (Infographic)
Want better sleep? More energy? Regular cardio exercise of at least 150 minutes a week benefits your heart, but that’s not all. Take a look at how it affects your entire body from your brain, skin and blood to your lungs and muscles. Exercise is imperative for a healthy heart, and a healthy life! Read […]
Fitness
The Shocking Truth: What It Really Takes For A Healthy Heart (Infographic)
Do you know fact from fiction when it comes to keeping your heart healthy? Most Americans exercise for at least 30 minutes per week. But many don’t exercise enough to keep their hearts healthy. Another compelling fact … most of us exercise to lose weight, but don’t really understand how many calories we need to […]
Fitness
Why the Pallof Press is the Ideal Way to Build a Stronger Core
Next up in my “Exercises You Should Be Doing” series is the Pallof Press. When done correctly, you’ll quickly see why this exercise is an ideal way to train the core area of the body. What makes this movement one of the very best core strengthening exercises is that, unlike the typical crunches and leg […]
Wellness
My #1 Goal is to Stop Being Dehydrated, Here’s Why
As a Nutritional Therapist, I spend a great deal of time thinking about and learning about nutrients. It all fascinates me. Going through school, one of the most shocking things I learned was that water is a nutrient. We think about Vitamin C or Protein (for example) as being nutrients, but we rarely think about […]
Wellness
How to Improve School Performance with Extra Recess
Did you hear the news flash? A groundbreaking study in Texas is showing that kids are less distracted during the school day and actually perform better academically when they spend more time at recess. It’s being called “The Texas Approach” and is modeled after a trend in Finland, which is consistently ranked as one of […]
Fitness
This Is How You Run Your Best Marathon
You’ve run a marathon, and now you have the endurance bug and you want to improve your finish time! If this is your case, you’ve come to the right place. Here is a 20 Week Training Plan for how to run your best marathon. The Faster Marathon Training Schedule is designed for those that have […]
Fitness
This Expert Rower Circuit Workout Will Help You Lose Weight
This is the second in the Winter Rowing series. Check out the first post for considerations on whether you should own a Rowing Machine: How to Increase Your Fitness this Winter by Rowing. Want to get started using your Rower? Because getting on and off of a rowing machine is so simple and there are […]
Fitness
Amazing New Technologies for Fitness from Consumer Electronics Show 2016
The annual, international Consumer Electronics Show is currently being held in Las Vegas, NV. I’m always blown away by some of the amazing technologies that are shown each year and am jealous of anyone who gets to take part in the show. Mashable recently shared some of the Best of CES 2016 and I was […]
Fitness
Exercise Bike Workouts for Fitness and Weight Loss
Are you looking for specific workouts you can do at home with an exercise bike to increase your fitness with a piece of home exercise equipment? Great, here are some routines to get your started. If you are wondering if you should own an exercise bike and which type is right for you. Read the […]
Fitness
How to Increase Fitness with Simple Indoor Bike Workouts
Are you looking for a way to dramatically increase your fitness with a piece of home exercise equipment? Owning an indoor cycle is a great way to do just that. Exercise bikes are among the most popular and fun pieces of home exercise equipment. While they offer a low impact workout for all levels of […]
Fitness
Research Based Strategies to Help your New Year's Resolutions Stick
New Year’s resolutions frequently get a bad rap and for a good reason. Did you know that simply stating your intention to change can have the ironic effect of alleviating your discomfort with the status quo … sometimes sufficiently to prevent you from actually following through with the change. In the field of social […]
Fitness
How to Train for Your First Marathon
Here’s exactly what you need to do to prepare your body and mind for the challenge of running your first marathon. Download this free 20-week training plan.
Fitness
How to Work Your Glutes with a Resistance Band
Next up in my “Exercises You Should Be Doing” series is a Resistance Band Exercise for Glutes: the Band Resisted Lateral Walk. While a lateral walk may not sound like much of an exercise, once you throw a mini resistance band into the equation you’ll see – or should I say feel – why this move […]