You can squat more than twice your bodyweight, but can you climb the stairs to your apartment without getting overly winded? If you just hit a new bench press personal record but your shoulders aren’t mobile enough to help you reach into that tall cabinet for the fancy wine glasses, you might decide to take […]

Breathing is something we do without thinking, but it’s a powerful tool that, when wielded correctly, can help with everything from stress to core strength to digestion…

If you, too, are guilty of living the constantly-hunched-over-a-digital-device life, you may notice a bump start to develop at the base of your neck, also referred to as a buffalo hump or dowager’s hump…

Staying fit in your 50s and beyond is a great way to keep healthy. But as you get older, you may find it challenging to maintain your fitness and health…

Yoga has the power to clear your mind, relax sore muscles, and even help you stay fit. As little as a single session can improve your mood for the day. So, imagine how wonderful it would be to stay at a yoga retreat where you could extend that experience for an entire week. Or even […]

As a health writer who works from home, I feel pretty acutely aware of how necessary movement is for my body and mind. But that doesn’t mean that I stay on top of a routine. Sure, every few hours, I’ll yawn and stretch, reaching my arms up to the sky and adding a little neck […]

We often talk about motivation as being a key factor in running success, and elite athletes seem to have it in spades. Any time our training falls to the wayside, we often blame a lack of motivation as the reason. So how do you stay motivated to avoid these lapses in training?…

According to the CDC, 27.5% of people aged 50 or higher don’t do any exercise at all…  

When you say the word wool, most people think about the scratchy sweater their grandma made them for Christmas — definitely not the type of material you want to be wearing when you’re going for a run…

Landmine exercises are user-friendly, requiring just a barbell, plates, and a landmine device. If that’s all you had in your home gym, you could easily do a challenging, full body workout…

Pickleball, the sport with the funny name, is has been the fastest-growing sport in the U.S. over the past two years, according to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association…

My Yoga Journey; from Yoga student to Yoga teacher   I started my Yoga journey aged 5 years old.  1981 – my grandmother was practicing yoga and I was mesmerised by the shapes she made with her body, I asked if I could learn the shapes too…

…If you have a very narrow time frame to get lean, then that would require a more aggressive cardio approach…

In general, our approach towards sickness has always been simple: if going to the gym can get others sick, then stay away. That counts for coughs, sniffles, sore throats, fevers, and anything that isn’t general fatigue…