Circuit training is an evolving training program structured to combine low impact aerobic and anaerobic activity between sets of strength training and core exercises.
Stefan Aschan | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living
Kegels are a must in any kind of exercise program. For men and woman alike. The pelvic floor acts like the stirring wheel for your body. It gives you support and stability with any kind of movement you do.
Susan Harrow | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
Myers says that we can locate virtues inside our bodies. For example, she houses courage in her diaphragm. That's where she goes to find the energy to do a handstand in Yoga.
Sadie Nardini | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living
Mr. President, I'm sure your stress levels are unbelievable. Yet, if you want to help create change we can believe in, then you must stop bumming cigarettes. I know you've done it, and may do it again.
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living
Does exercise really boost your immune system? Two new studies examine this connection and the results are not as clear cut as everyone would like to believe.
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living
I've written before about my resolution to Get more sleep, and I'm bringing it up again, because I'm truly convinced that this is one of the first aspects of life to tackle when you start a happiness project.
Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact
Lan Yin "Eiko" Tsai, attired in a classy dress and pumps, is a standout among the spandex-clad crowd at New Jersey's City to Shore, a 150-mile bike ri...
Kari Henley | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living
Here are three classic fitness profiles of everyday folks who need a little change in their health and fitness routines, as well as a few expert tips.
Stefan Aschan | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
Dinning out can be a fun experience for those who have a digestive system that processes food properly. But not for all of us.
Los Angeles Times | Andrew Malcolm | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living
It's a given that too many Americans are obese. They don't exercise enough. The good news is their flabby thighs are hidden by their drooping stomachs...
Kari Henley | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
Most of us can't afford a personal trainer, yet the ideas, support and insights are real gems that have me rethinking the investment!
Steven Culbertson | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact
As the legislative battle over health care reform continues, politicians, health insurance representatives, employers, bus drivers, and teachers debate daily about how this proposed legislation will affect them today. Yet while we "old folks" argue, young people are proactively working to reduce future health care costs by addressing childhood obesity through service-learning.
Susan Harrow | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
Leadership expert, triathlete and mother of quadruplets, twins and three other children, DeeDee Myers is never without lipstick in her purse. She's always prepared, always presentable, no matter what.
Posted 10.13.2009 | Living
First Lady Michelle Obama is stressing small changes in diet and exercise habits as a good way to improve health and fitness....
Sadie Nardini | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living
I'm not a dude. However, I teach enough of you to be an expert in GUYS, or the Guy's Unawareness of Yoga Syndrome, which culminates in a few different ways.
Kim Bensen | Posted 10.10.2009 | Living
Quality time has to be made, not found. But that is the one thing Super(wo)man lacks. The fallout: an unfit, overweight, weak body.
Lauren Cahn | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living
Yoga cannot guarantee breast cancer survival. But what I learned, and what I believe my students learned is that yoga can reacquaint and reconnect you with your body.
William Volk | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living
More than 12.5 million children are overweight in the U.S., up from 13 % in 1999. One would expect schools to be encouraging students to exercise more. One would be sadly mistaken.
Susan Harrow | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living
Do you have a body part that you absolutely hate and sometimes feel ashamed of? Are you constantly finding ways to cover it up or hide it?
Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living
I spent most of 2007 feeling pretty spectacular about myself. For the first time in my life, I had a flat stomach and thighs that didn't rub together when I wore skirts or dresses. Then I got pregnant.
Janet Kinosian | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living
Yin yoga is not a new form, but rather a return to more meditative, traditional yoga. The emphasis is not on a lack of pain, but rather on how to feel discomfort, stay with it and move through it.
latimes.com | Jeannine Stein | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living
What's on a podcast that could make the difference between losing a modest amount of weight and losing next to none, according to a new study out of t...
Brooke Siler | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living
Because sitting tends to be a passive activity for most, muscles you'd think would relax -- after all they seem to be doing so little -- actually stiffen. Here are some ways I like to make travel time bearable.
Susan Harrow | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living
I am examined, scrutinized and commented upon. "I didn't have lines like those on my lips when I was your age," my mother says in the bright lights of her marble bathroom.
Sadie Nardini | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
This superficially focused yet deeply-ingrained striving for some unattainable, deprivation-based goal can easily overcome a good life, and swallow it whole. And those feelings can turn deadly for some of us, or at the very least, consistently ruin our days.
David Buer | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living