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Wet & Wild: 12 Reasons to Try Aqua Zumba this Year

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The exercise phenomenon, Zumba, was born in Colombia when Alberto Perez forgot to bring the tapes (it was the 90s) for the aerobics class he was teaching. In a pinch, he used some salsa and merengue music instead and a workout craze was born.…
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Knead Time: 15 Things to Consider Before Foam Rolling Yourself

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You're a fitness nut, you're in excellent shape and you're careful about what you put into your body. You make every effort to take care of yourself, so naturally you should feel good. Right? Sadly, it's not that simple. If you feel tight…
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Your Other Side: 15 Daily Exercises for a Strong & Sexy Back

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People often overlook the power of a strong and sexy back or the importance of back exercises. We blame celebrities walking around with their washboard abs, making it pretty hard for us to focus on anything but our waists. In fact, there is…

Pain Manager: 10 Reasons why a Foam Roller is Just as Good as a Massage

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You're in excellent shape and yet you still feel pain in weird and unpleasant places. When you bend down to pick up your kids, jump up to answer the door or do basically anything involving your glutes, you can't help but let out little grunts…
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Cardio Conundrum: 15 Ways to Know Which Heart Health Exercise Regimen is Best for You

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Cardio (or aerobic) exercise is any activity that increases your heart rate and gets your lungs working harder. The American Heart Association recommends adults get a minimum of 30 minutes of moderate intensity cardio workouts, five days a…
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11 Plank Variations to Carve Out Your Abs

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We don’t need to remind you it’s swimsuit season. Time for itty-bitty bikinis, crop tops and sundresses with midriff cutouts. If your midsection looks more like a keg than a six-pack, there’s one guaranteed exercise to make your midsection…
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12 Interval Training Workouts that Change Your Body

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Interval Training workouts tone muscles and increase your metabolism in as little as 30 minutes a day—and you don’t even need to join a gym! It’s entirely possible to find (or even create!) an interval training program that fits into…
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10 New Workout Trends for Unrelenting Gym Haters

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You know you should work out. We need cardio for a strong heart, aerobics to improve our lung capacity and, most of all, toning and sculpting to keep the booty high and tight. If you joined a gym in January but haven’t been able to force…
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Demystifying 10 Yoga Terms that You Pretend to Know

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Have you found yourself eavesdropping on the die-hard practitioners in your yoga class, secretly hoping they’ll drop some context clues for those yoga terms you don’t want to admit are Greek (or Sanskrit) to you? While attempting to breathe…