Fitness Tips for Healthy Living

Fitness

How Just Bring Your Body Debunks Bodyweight Exercise Myths

By Brittany Risher Englert and Mattie Schuler; March 19, 2024

Think that bodyweight exercises are “easy” or “beginner” level because they don’t require heavy lifting? Think again! Using your body to train not only saves money...

Programs

Check In on Jonathan Musick’s 300-Pound Weight-Loss Journey

By BODi; January 16, 2025

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. For Jonathan Musick, who hopes to lose more than 300 pounds, his first step...

Fitness

How to Work Out With Light Weights

By Mattie Schuler; April 25, 2024

No heavy weights at home? No problem. You can still gain muscle, strength and endurance even without heavy resistance or hefty dumbbells like you’d normally...

Fitness

72 Weightlifting Terms You Need to Know

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; April 25, 2024

To the neophyte, strength training is straightforward: pick up a weight, put it down, get strong. Spend a few weeks or months on the internet...

Fitness

The Fix for Your Knee Pain Is… Walking Backward?

By Jenessa Connor, CPT; January 25, 2024

Not since the advent of the moonwalk has walking backward had such a moment. TikTok and Instagram are filled with videos of physical therapists and...

Fitness

How Much Activity Should You Get OUTSIDE of Exercise?

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; August 2, 2024

You know exercise is essential for weight loss and overall health, but it’s not an express pass to your goals. Even if you work out...

Fitness

Getting Started With Fitness? Follow Jen Widerstrom’s 5 Top Tips for Success

By Elizabeth Millard; January 25, 2024

What’s the hardest fitness move of all? Forget about complicated cardio combinations, heavy weights, and endurance races. For a lot of us, the hardest move...

Fitness

How Do You Know if You’re Pushing Yourself Too Hard?

By Linnea Zielinski; January 3, 2024

There’s no denying that sometimes pushing outside your comfort zone is exactly what a workout — and your goals — call for. But consistently exercising at 100...

Fitness

How 11 Exercises Translate Into Daily Life

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; December 19, 2023

Active movement of any kind will help you improve your fitness — whether you’re practicing yoga, sculling down a local river, or lifting the heaviest...

Fitness

Do You Need to “Feel the Burn” to Get Results?

By Jenessa Connor, CPT; August 23, 2024

Feel the burn! It’s a common refrain in fitness — as ubiquitous as reminders to pay attention to your breath or engage your core. But what...

Fitness

Deload Week: How Slowing Down Can Speed Up Your Results

By Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP; November 30, 2023

Do you remember the last time you dialed back your workouts? Not because you had to, but because you decided to? If the answer is no, you’re overdue for...

Fitness

Can You Really Catch Up on Sleep?

By Brittany Risher Englert and Chelsea Frank; November 28, 2023

There’s nothing more important than sleep for a healthy mind and body — but sometimes, getting enough can prove elusive. Work, friends, family, stress, meal prep, workouts,...

Fitness

Does Cardio Kill Muscle Gains?

By Lauren Bedosky; November 14, 2023

Cardio can be scary for any guy or gal looking to build serious muscle. After all, the idea that cardio kills gains has been circulating around...

Fitness

Does Grunting at the Gym Actually Work?

By Eric Alt; November 10, 2023

Before you even see them, you hear them. The weight room dominants for whom a rep does not count unless it is accompanied by a mirror-rattling...

Fitness

How to Exercise After a Foot or Leg Injury

By Virginia Pelley; August 2, 2024

We hear all the time that it’s challenging to stick to a regular workout routine. So when you are happy to do the work to stay...

Fitness

11 Quiet Exercises for Apartment Dwellers

By Matt Neatock; March 7, 2024

It’s happening again. You want to exercise but can’t make a lot of noise. You may have a napping infant nearby, sensitive downstairs neighbors, or...

Fitness

Isometrics: Get Stronger Without Moving a Muscle

By K. Aleisha Fetters, C.S.C.S.; April 25, 2024

If your workouts always have you moving, it may be time to add some isometric exercises to take your results to the next level. “Isometric...

Fitness

Does Farting Burn Calories? A Flatus Update

By Eric Alt; October 24, 2023

A search for “does farting burn calories” used to bring up a seemingly plausible stat that a single fart burns 67 calories, which quickly spread...