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…
Feeling lightheaded, faint, or dizzy after a workout can be scary — not to mention dangerous. Dr. Clifford Stark, Medical Director for Optum at Sports Medicine at Chelsea, notes that some lightheadedness and dizziness can be totally benign. Other symptoms,…
Michael Phelps said that he ate between 8,000 and 10,000 calories per day at his peak. It’s not crazy to wonder how someone can eat thousands of calories and stay in shape. How many calories does swimming burn, anyway? If…
If the endocrine system were a movie, cortisol would be cast as a villain. Also known as the “stress hormone,” cortisol seems to blame for every health complaint under the sun: mood swings, weight gain, bloating, skin issues, insomnia, and…
Picture a gymnast performing a floor routine. Their options for movement are almost infinite — they can run, flip, cartwheel, leap, or twist. Any move they make, however, can be broken down into three broad categories of movement, which anatomists…
The dumbbell bent-over row might be an “old school” back exercise, but there are few better moves for sculpting a V-shaped torso — that “ideal” upper body physique that’s wide at the shoulders, narrow at the waist, and head-turning in…
Will cranking out a handful of sacroiliac, or SI, joint exercises several times a week counteract your lower back pain? It might seem reasonable, since that’s where the joint is located, but like anything related to health and fitness, it’s not…
Whether you have lofty athletic goals like setting a marathon PR or want to be able to perform everyday, functional movements like climbing a flight of stairs efficiently and without pain, you need to work gluteus minimus exercises into your…
Had a good cry recently? Crying is a natural reaction to experiencing intense emotion. It’s often associated with feelings of sadness, but you may also shed tears when you’re overwhelmed with joy or gratitude, experiencing pain, or having a hearty…
When I inquire with my yoga students about any tightness and/or pain they may be experiencing in their muscles, they often request chest stretches (a.k.a. chest openers). Tight pectorals, pain in the chest muscles, and sore pecs are common complaints,…