The Pilates roll up is one of those sneaky strength moves. It looks simple and straightforward — you’re sitting up and lying back down. But when executed with proper form and mechanics, this foundational exercise will humble even the most…
Tight hips can be debilitating. When things aren’t working right down there, even sitting or walking can cause hip pain and possibly lower-back pain as well. Luckily, there are some lower-back stretches that can help ward off this pain, increase…
Low-impact exercise may not get as much hype as explosive, leave-it-all-on-the-mat workouts. But a low-impact workout is still an effective way to burn fat, build strength, and improve endurance. Here’s what you need to know. What Is a Low-Impact Workout?…
Balancing yoga poses are an invigorating challenge. Balancing poses where you are also upside down are even better! Scorpion pose, or vrischikasana in Sanskrit, is a challenging yoga inversion that tests your concentration and your flexibility. Think you’ve got enough…
You’d be hard-pressed to find a yoga class without at least a few downward facing dog, and upward-facing dog poses, and that’s for a good reason. Appropriately done, foundational poses help fire up your whole kinetic chain, making them ideal…
Between the likes of Big Gulps, foot-long subs, and trenta-sized lattes (31 ounces!), we’re living in a super-sized world. The proof? So, if portion sizes are completely out of whack these days, then how can you tell how much you’re really eating,…
Veteran lifters avoid hammering their quads, hamstrings, or pecs every day, because if all you do is break your muscles down, they’ll never have time to recover. The same goes for doing a daily ab workout. Our abs help form…
You’ve heard the term bandied around at the gym, in yoga classes, or maybe even from your personal trainer: “engage your core.” But what does it really mean? Understanding how to engage your core helps not just with workouts but…
A great booty is the new black! Nowadays, the butt has taken on celebrity status as the one part of the body we all want to lift, shape, tighten and tone. Not only does a head-turning posterior round out (pun…
Stretching shouldn’t be an afterthought. When done regularly, it can improve your posture and ease muscle soreness. And if you’ve been spending hours hunched over a laptop (or working from your couch), there’s no feeling quite like a good stretch. The…