If you’re new to running, but you’d like to sign up for a marathon one day, you’ll need to start increasing your mileage. But if you go straight from running 10 miles to 20, you’ll not only be tired and sore, but you risk injuring yourself, which prevents you from running altogether. This is where…
After founding SoulCycle, Ruth Zukerman went on to found Flywheel Sports – a high-energy, competitive indoor cycling studio that’s taking over major cities across the country. As a trainer and fitness student herself (she told us she still loves going to classes to have the student experience!), Ruth knows exactly what it takes to make…
Let’s start with what you know: you should be doing deadlifts in your workout. Let’s take that one step further with what you hate to admit: you can’t stand doing deadlifts. That’s common, but what you probably don’t know is that you’re very likely doing them wrong. And that isn’t a small problem. In fact,…
It’s so easy to fall in love with your favorite exercise and then never want to switch it up – once you find something that makes you feel great, and you start to get good at it, your first thought might be to go with what you know and stay in that safety zone. Let’s…
When we got the chance to sit down with beach babe trainers Karena and Katrina from Tone It Up, we had one question we had to ask before everything else: how do we build a strong butt like theirs? It’s no secret that these perpetually bikini-clad women are strong and toned, and we’ve definitely noticed…
We go to the gym. We work out at home. We stick to moves we know and trust, but could some of those tried and true exercises be interfering with all our hard work? We asked three trainers to tell us what exercises they think we should just stop doing. They gave us two simple…
We get it – you hate crunches. But as it turns out, you might be onto something; they might not be the most effective use of your gym time. Trainer and owner of LEKfit Lauren Kleban told us that crunches are totally overrated, and she has a supereffective alternative for you to do instead. “Planks…
Running and crazy-tight hamstrings seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly, but it doesn’t have to be that way! Hop on your mat after a run and do this short yoga sequence. It not only targets the backs of the legs, but also increases flexibility in the lower back and hips – opening…
No one likes being sidelined due to injury! It’s important to include exercises and stretches in your fitness plan that help prevent injuries. Watch and learn seven moves as our fitness host Anna Renderer teaches Dr. Travis Stork how to strengthen, stretch, and mobilize the hip and ankle. Check your local listings for The Doctors…
Barre studios have exploded over the past decade and continue to be on the rise. But is it really all it’s cracked up to be? Do those tiny pulsing movements that leave the body shaking really help you gain more strength? Are all the promises of long, lean muscles and ballet bodies really achievable without…
