By Jessica Smith for Shape.com These common misconceptions might be keeping your scale stuck, but there are easy ways to change that and lose more ...

A beginning rock climber doesn't list Mount Everest as the first mountain they're going to start rock climbing. It has to come in steps. If you have to lose 20 pounds, make your first goal five pounds, then the next goal five pounds, and so on.

As a personal trainer and nutritional consultant, I get asked a lot of questions. Apparently, while not everyone actually goes to the gym or follows a specific diet, everyone is certainly curious about it. And, for some reason, every query seems to start with "how much," "how little" or "how often."

Overall fitness doesn't just come from doing one activity over and over and over. If you want to be a good all around, the chances are you'll benefit from diversifying your training a little.

By Joe Vennare Love it or hate it, cardio workouts are essential to overall health and critical for athletic performance. Fortunately, getting a ...

To kick off their journey on "30 Days of Intent," Natalie and Iman visit celebrity trainer Holly Perkins for a lesson on fitness. We interviewed Holly on her favorite fitness techniques and ways of maintaining an exercise routine.

By Jeremey DuVall Marathon running has taken off in the last few years, and for good reason. Pounding the pavement offers amazing aerobic benefi...

If you can only find 30 minutes (or less) to fit in some exercise, what's the best use of your time -- a cardio workout or a weight training session?

What are you waiting for? Why wait until you can get to the gym or afford a gym membership to exercise? Get started now with your own home gym.

Your body's most efficient energy source is fat. Just one pound of stored fat can provide about 3,600 calories of energy, which is far more than most people actually burn in a single day.

The vast array of cardio machines is dizzying. But when it comes to getting results, boosting your fitness and shrinking your waistline, the best cardio machine is the one that burns the most calories.

By Julie Upton, RD for Health.com New research suggests that intensity is best for torching calories during your workout -- and for more than 1...

Before choosing a sport for the next quarter, I asked several of the other lazy kids for their choices and was surprised to hear that many had chosen winter cross country running.

Try these five must-know nutrition tricks to bust through your plateau.

The question I want to ask so many times when I head out for a run or to the stairs to do cardio intervals: What are you doing?

Cardio is not the fastest way to lose weight, and it's certainly not the only way. There is a solution, though, which will allow you to spend less time in the gym and see even better results.

Zumba classes have been described as happy hour without the drinks. "Ditch the workout -- join the party," is the program's trademarked slogan.

This type of fitness works the neglected muscles in your body -- those muscles that keep you from falling when you trip carrying groceries and keep you on your toes when you've forgotten you're at the end of an escalator!