Fitness

I finished (um, binged) Netflix’s popular docu-series Cheer a week and a half ago, and my heart still hasn’t stopped pounding from the finale. As you might recall, the stakes couldn’t have been higher: the Navarro College cheer team had just spent months suffering through injuries, nonstop practice, and intense pressure to succeed, again, at

If you want to kick your fitness routine up a notch, consider giving the treadmill a break and showing the loaded barbells some love. You’ll still sweat those calories off with the added benefit of toning your body. But what is strength training, exactly? To put it simply, strength training (a.k.a. resistance training) involves using your own bodyweight or tools,

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One of the biggest mistakes I see people make when starting to work out (or jumping back into exercise after taking a break), is that they want to go right into the 2.0 level stuff they see people doing on Instagram or at the gym. They think that if it doesn’t look like it’ll kill

If there’s one thing that fans of Netflix’s riveting docuseries Cheer can agree on, it’s that Jerry Harris must be protected at all costs. The stunter was a ray of sunshine this season, stealing viewers’ hearts with his kindness, positivity, top-tier mat talk, and quiet determination to secure a place on the mat at Daytona.

If you’re dedicating valuable time in your day to a sweat sesh, chances are you want to know it’s actually worth your time, right? Okay, now raise your hand if you’ve heard different fitness philosophies about the most-effective way to rev your heart rate. Specifically, some people say cardio is the ultimate calorie-burner, while other swear by strength

There are so many different dumbbell exercises you can use to strengthen and sculpt your upper body. One in particular that I encourage my clients to do if they want to tone their shoulders, chest, and arms is the chest fly. Why? It’s incredibly effective at isolating these muscles groups because you’re lying on your back. Being in

Trends in wellness ebb and flow, but getting rejuvenating sleep has now moved beyond the fad stage and into a full-on movement. Everyone I talk to is obsessed with their sleep quality, getting to sleep faster, and making the most of their downtime. Now, I can count myself as one of those people, when an

Low-carb diets don’t have to be hard. It can actually be incredibly easy to whip up meals using low-carb ingredients, if you know what you’re doing. Eating low-carb meals becomes even easier when you make everything in your slow cooker. You can legitimately throw in the ingredients, set it, and forget about it until mealtime.

The other day I was at my local gym, walking on the Skillmill like a good little hamster, when I noticed a salesperson bringing a new prospective sign-up around on a tour. She showed off the different machines — SkiErg (skiing in one spot; no snow), Skillmill (hamster wheel for humans), Assault bike (kinda like

If there’s one thing you can count on around this time of year, it’s incredible routines from the UCLA Gymnastics team. Take Gracie Kramer’s floor choreography, for example. The 21-year-old student recently competed in a meet against Boise State, and her talents are enough to impress any “bad guy.” Commentators called Gracie’s routine “creepy” but,

If a sculpted stomach wasn’t already a fitness goal of yours, one look at Halle Berry’s rock-hard abs on Instagram just might have bumped it to the top of your shortlist. Almost as inspiring as the image itself was the caption that accompanied it, in which the actress acknowledges how much freaking effort it took to carve her

“What was the first thing you noticed in this photo?,” Ely Fisher asked when posting this to her Instagram page. “Today I saw stretch marks when I looked at this photo! Last time I looked at this photo I saw epic hair hahaha! And that’s the honest truth.” She added, “It changes for me all

Gut bacteria produce an appetite suppressant than can strengthen the effect of an exercise-based weight loss program. Share on PinterestA supplement may boost the fat-burning effects of exercise long after it has finished. The many health benefits of regular exercise are well known. However, its impact on weight loss is less clear, as exercise increases

In a recent CrossFit class, we were working on overhead squats and snatches, and our coach Laura Matuszak with Champlain Valley CrossFit had us find a wall and do this squat stretching exercise. She said for those with very tight shoulders, facing a wall encourages you to lower down into a squat with your torso

Kim Engelbrecht has been on our South African TV screens since she was 12 years old, on the educational programme called Take 5. We’ve also seen Kim on the popular local soap opera, Isidingo and the American superhero series, “The Flash”. As someone in front of the camera, it’s important to maintain a healthy lifestyle

For as long as I can remember, my moods have changed with the seasons. I grew up in Michigan, where Winter feels like it’s eight months long, and the lack of sunshine can really take a toll. The Winter before my parents moved our family to Florida, I vividly remember feeling like a whole month

Looking to sculpt your shoulders with just a set of weights? The perfect move to help you do this is the front dumbbell raise. It’s an essential shoulder exercise that will build strength and stability in the tops of your arms. Similar to a lateral dumbbell raise, this move targets your deltoids (the triangular muscles on top of

Fitness looks different for everyone — we move differently, adapt to training differently, even sweat differently — so the clothing that supports us should follow suit. Target is bringing an all-new inclusive activewear line to stores. It’s called “All in Motion,” and it’s for-real affordable for more body types. The women’s apparel will range from

Huawei’s new watch GT 2 42MM combines the sophistication of a classic timepiece with smart tech to give you a feature-rich multi-sport fitness watch that’s as functional as it is beautiful with its new aesthetic design. Super efficient Sporting the company’s Kirin A1 chip, the Watch GT 2 builds on its predecessor’s ultra-low power consumption