Five Common Exercises You’re Doing Wrong
No matter the type of exercise you engage in, proper form is the most important part. If you don’t have proper form, you won’t see the results you’re expecting, and you’re putting yourself at risk for more injuries. Most people are breaking their form and not even...
What to Eat Before and After a Workout
Your pre-workout food should be helping you fuel and giving your body the energy to push through an intense workout. Afterward, you should be nourishing your body that will help it recover and enough protein to encourage muscle growth. Before Before you begin...
Popular Myths About Running
Running is bad for you. It wrecks your knees, hurts your joints, and everyone knows that taking a five-mile run only feels good if you're twenty years old and at your peak performance ability. What's the point of taking it up? You would be better off crashing on your...
Pros and Cons: A.M. and P.M Workouts
People who work out regularly tend to fall into two very separate camps: those who hit the gym before sunrise, and those who don't dream of climbing onto a treadmill until sunset. Debate over whether early-morning workouts are better or more effective than evening...
Pros and Cons of Crossfit
Unless you've been living under a rock or on your couch with a bag of potato chips, you've probably heard of Crossfit. It's a fitness fad with a kick; an exercise program with a culture and community of all its own. Crossfit gyms stitch together an intense workout...
The Value of Yoga
You probably have a friend who does yoga. Odds are, they've probably subjected you to hour-long rants on how wonderful the classes are and how great they feel after contorting themselves into a pretzel But you're not so sure. After all, isn't yoga just glorified...
Warning Signs: How to Tell When You’ve Pushed a Workout Too Far
How many times have you struggled to work through just one more mile on the track or make just a few more reps at the gym? Working out requires a constant self reassessment of your capabilities and boundaries, and it can sometimes be difficult to see where the line...
Gym Membership Vs. Exercise Machine: Which Wins?
By the end of February, your New Year's resolution to work out has well and truly faded into distant memory. At the beginning of the year, you were determined that this year was going to be the start of your fitness revolution; that you would evolve into the...
Low-Cost Fitness Hacks
Let's face it - starting a fitness routine can be a serious financial drain. If you add up the cost of exercise classes, gym memberships, and fitness gear, you find yourself facing a serious monetary commitment. But regardless of what online ads and that one intense...
4 Strategies for Sticking With Your Fitness Resolutions
New Year's Eve has come and gone, and you can already feel your motivation to work out waning. Sure, you swore on your celebratory champagne that you'd work off that holiday weight and stick with your fitness goals this time, but you feel more than a little unenthused...