Nothing can make you feel more like you’re headed on a exercise road going nowhere than the dreaded treadmill. After all, you are literally walking, jogging, or running in place, making the treadmill quickly reminiscent of a human hamster wheel. Sure, you’re burning some calories, but even if you’re running your heart out (not literally!), taking a straightforward, cardio-only … [Read more...]
4 Must-Have Yoga Props
Just as the right running shoes can help you pound the pavement with ease and lead to faster split times, yoga props can help you get more from your posture practice. While you’re likely well familiar with the yoga mat, if you’ve ever been to a yoga studio or perused the yogi section of a sports store, you might have a few questions surrounding what’s up with all the props. … [Read more...]
No Equipment, No Problem – Easy Exercise Swaps to Try Today
You might think to have the best fitness program possible, you need to join a gym. After all, they tend to be great places to exercise, offering variety and stability in ways not always possible when working out at home. Gyms also tend to provide plenty of equipment might be beyond your budget or space availability if you were to try to duplicate it on your own. But for as … [Read more...]
Set Up Your Fitness Reps and Sets for Peak Progress
Regardless of the type of fitness you do, you’re probably familiar with the practice of reps and sets. As a quick refresher, reps--or repetitions--are the number of times you perform an exercise or movement. Sets are the number of times you perform that quantity of reps. So if you were told to do three sets of push-ups at 15 reps, you would be doing a total of 45 push-ups with … [Read more...]
Best Glute Bridges for a Better Body
Pop quiz: What lower body exercise works and tones your buns, strengthens your core, helps you run faster and jump higher, and has lots of variations to keep things interesting? If "squats" were the first thing to come to mind, you’re not wrong. All of those benefits can be associated with the stand-up-sit-down style exercise. However, the answer we were actually referring … [Read more...]