This light and healthy vegetarian meal prep is a veggie lover’s dream come true. Even if you’re not strictly vegetarian, this meal plan is an excellent menu to try out for a week. You’ll get your daily recommended servings of protein…
The push-up to side plank is a true full-body exercise. This move takes the push-up, which is already a crazy-effective full-body strength move on its own, and pairs it with the challenging side plank core exercise for added strength and stability benefits. “By…
You have strength to bang out a plenitude of push-ups, a bunch of burpees, and planks in perpetuity. But you have one limiting factor: wrist pain. So, it’s your joints — not your muscles — giving out that sends you…
It’s 5 p.m. — time to clock out and get ready to work out. But lunch was hours ago, and now you’re zombie-level starving. So, what’s the best snack to fuel your p.m. workout? Your pre-workout snack should definitely be…
If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you’ve probably heard about the importance of a calorie deficit — but what does that mean? Being in a calorie deficit simply means “you eat fewer calories than your body uses,” explains Dana Hunnes,…
Our chicken cacciatore recipe is loaded with fresh vegetables. This “hunter style” dish is a classic in Italian cooking and after one bite, you’ll understand why. Our clean-and-lean version of the traditional recipe makes four very hearty servings that will keep…
Three-legged downward facing dog, or tri pada adho mukha svanasana in Sanskrit, is an asymmetrical yoga pose designed to test your balance and transition your body from downward facing dog (adho mukha svanasana) to other yoga postures with ease. This pose is fantastic…
Binge-watching an entire TV series is an easy escape from everyday stress. But even if you’re sucked into a complex drama about chess or a cleverly spun whodunit, studies have found too much TV can dampen your memory capabilities. So balance out…
If you’re bored with crunches and have already experimented with every imaginable plank variation, try switching up your ab exercises with flutter kicks, also known as butterfly kicks. Just as effective as leg lifts, flutter kicks offer a more dynamic (and maybe even more…
If you’ve ever experienced “gluteal amnesia” (aka “dead butt syndrome“), you understand the importance of working gluteus medius exercises into your routine. Unlike the highly celebrated gluteus maximus that forms most of your butt’s shape and size, the gluteus medius…