Category Health & Fitness

How to Engage Your Abs During a Workout

How to Engage Your Abs During a Workout

You’re doing ab workouts at home, but your lower back feels the burn more than your abs. What gives? Turns out, you might just have to learn how to activate your abs. Activating your abs is essential for strengthening them,…

Top 15 Trader Joe's Spices to Enhance Your Pantry

Top 15 Trader Joe’s Spices to Enhance Your Pantry

Trader Joe’s has earned a reputation for selling unique and tasty products, but one section of the store that deserves a special shout out is their spice and seasoning collection. That’s because these aren’t your usual salt-and-pepper fare. Trader Joe’s…

BODi LAVA Featuring Elise Joan

BODi LAVA Featuring Elise Joan

Short on time but still expect fast results? BODi LAVA is your 20-minute solution. Super Trainer Elise Joan is bringing the heat and intensity in her most cutting-edge program yet. You get strength building, calorie-burning cardio, flexibility, agility, and mobility…

10 Must-Try Medicine Ball Exercises

10 Must-Try Medicine Ball Exercises

When it comes to home workouts, there are few movements as versatile and effective as medicine ball exercises. (Not to be confused with an exercise ball, also called a stability ball.) “When you’re holding on to a piece of equipment, especially…

Understanding Mantras and Their Usage

Understanding Mantras and Their Usage

Repetition is the key to mastering any new skill — whether playing a sport, speaking a new language, or learning to drive. When we repeat a saying, like a mantra, we train our brains to let go of distractions and…

The Ultimate Bodybuilding Nutrition Guide

The Ultimate Bodybuilding Nutrition Guide

Bodybuilding — the art and science of packing on serious muscle — isn’t simply about heaving heavy things. What you eat, when you eat, and how much you eat (or don’t eat) matters. Thankfully, some simple guidelines can give you a solid…

Simply Cookies & Creamy Shakeology

Simply Cookies & Creamy Shakeology

Our Shakeology mixologists have been hard at work, mad science-ing delicious, irresistible recipes with Cookies & Creamy Shakeology. They came up with some pretty amazing recipes, but this recipe is for the days you just want to savor Cookies &…

17 Plank Exercises for Firm, Flat Abs

17 Plank Exercises for Firm, Flat Abs

The plank is the one move that does it all — it helps tighten your abs, firm up your booty, and strengthen your arms. It’s one of the best overall core conditioners around, and unlike crunches, it keeps your spine…