This thigh slimming workout is the perfect addition to your leg day routine. Targeting both your inner and outer thighs, this workout is a 5-minute solution that will help you tone, sculpt, and shape your legs. Read more »
Fitness Workout For Two
When I met my husband, his workout consisted of 15 minutes on the Stairmaster a couple of times a week, and that was it. Fast forward four years, and he had lost 50 pounds, and we were training for the Chicago Marathon. What happened? It was me! Or should I say us! Read more »
The Implications of Recovery
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that your body needs rest. I’m not talking the 7-8 hours of sleep you (presumably) get each night, I’m talking true Recovery time—you know—so those muscle tissues can regenerate and rebuild after a tough week of work outs.
Making Time To Work Out When There Isn’t Any
No time to workout? Are you working a 12-hour shift, and all you want to do after work is sleep? Making time to workout when you’re busy is hard, but if you’re willing to put a little time aside for yourself, it can be done. Here are some tips for fitting in that workout when time is limited. Read more »
How to Motivate Yourself to Live Healthier
Motivation… an elusive creature. Sometimes it’s your BFF, right there when you need it, taking you places you never thought you could go and then sometimes, all of a sudden, it’s gone! Out of nowhere it walks out on you and you’re left to figure out how to drag yourself to the gym or make another batch of chicken. The coming and going of this creature is frustrating in and of itself, never mind the actual getting fit part. But you can capture it. Read more »
8 Exercises to Build Strength for a Handstand
If you’ve been playing around with how to do Headstands and Forearm Stands, Handstands are another fun inversion to try. If you have your heart set on getting upside down, here are eight moves to practice. They’ll help you build strength and stability, so you’ll be standing on your hands in no time! Read more »
Double Unders in Crossfit
Most CrossFitters out there may disagree with the statement that double unders are as easy as air squats. But think about it for a minute. Double unders do not require a tremendous amount of strength. One only needs to hold 4 ounce handles in their hands and rotate a 3 ounce jump rope around their body. One doesn’t need a tremendous amount of explosiveness. They only need to get off the ground 3 or 4 inches. Read more »
18 Rules of Ab Training
What’s it take to build a pro-level midsection? Cellucor’s Craig Capurso enumerates the 18 most-important rules when it comes to bringing out your abs. Everyone, it seems, has an opinion on the best way to train abs. Whether it’s doing bodyweight ab exercises for higher reps to keep the midsection tight and trim, or weighted moves for lower reps to build up the bricks of the six-pack, the differences are as diverse as the qualifications of the fitness professionals who espouse them. Read more »
Diet and Exercise Plan for a Breastfeeding Mom
I have had so many requests for my postpartum fitness and eating plan. The secret here is to find balance between fat loss and maintaining your milk supply. I’ve always had trouble losing fat while breastfeeding, and so the first thing I needed to do was to accept that this might be it for now – I won’t endanger the baby’s milk supply to fit into my old clothes, my priority is mine and baby’s health. Here is what I’m doing to slowly try to drop extra fat while staying healthy and keeping up my milk supply. Read more »