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What Muscles Do Planks Work? How to Do a Proper Plank, According to a Personal Trainer
Whether you’re taking a group fitness class or following an exercise DVD at home, it’s a sure bet that you’ll be doing planks at some point during the workout—and for good reason. Planks are the ultimate test of total-body strength, not just your core. That’s why they’re the groundwork for many bodyweight exercises, like push-ups and burpees...
How I Protect My Mental Health Against the Isolation of Quarantine
How to Actually Enjoy Treadmill Running This Winter
Running is invigorating: feeling the wind moving through your hair, your body connecting with the earth beneath your feet, a chance to take stock of the world that moves around you and the world that moves within you. Unless, of course, the weather sucks. Then it’s time to book it indoors and hit everyone’s “favorite” cardio machine, the treadmill...
What's the Difference Between Flexibility and Mobility (and Why Should You Care)?
Flexibility used to be a simple concept to understand: if you can do the splits or touch your hands behind your shoulder blades, you’re flexible. And if you’re not flexible, you have to do some stretches. But in recent years, the term mobility has become more popular, and it doesn’t mean exactly the same thing...
6 Ways to Wake Up Without Coffee
An hour after you've gotten out of bed, you still feel sleepy and haven't started to tackle your big to-dos for the day. You want some pep in your step, but drinking coffee could makes you so anxious you feel like you could scale the walls. Or perhaps you're trying to kick a caffeine habit?
Many people are stressed these days, and sometimes they want to feel energized but not nervous or overwhelmed...
5 Myths About Protein to Stop Believing Now
Your body needs protein—that’s a fact. The macronutrient performs many critical roles in the body, including helping to enable your cells, tissues, and organs to function. So yes, you need to eat foods that contain it, because while the body synthesizes many amino acids that make up protein chains, there are some the body can't produce...
'It’s Not About Willpower.' How Metabolism Slows Down When You Try to Lose Weight
Many people trying to shed pounds have seen their diets stall after a certain amount of weight loss. A new study shows how the body’s metabolism slows as a way to balance the lower amount of calories that are consumed.
An analysis of data from 65 dieting white and Black women, ages 21 to 41, revealed that their bodies could adapt to burn, on average...
How Cold Is Too Cold to Run Outside?
When I signed up for that spring marathon, I envisioned myself at the end of a breezy race day: exhausted, victorious, and comfortable in weather-appropriate leggings and a tee shirt. What I failed to consider then, and what I am reckoning with now, is the reality of marathon training...
Save Time in the Gym While Maximizing Strength Gains With Supersets
Something about the word “superset” feels a bit intimidating—like they’re a weapon only serious strength-training devotees have in their arsenals. You’re a runner, not a weight-room junkie; there’s no room in your mileage-packed week for supersets.
Wrong. First of all, they don’t need to be intimidating...
Surprising Side Effects of Taking Immunity Supplements, Says Science
One thing everybody can agree on is that getting sick is the pits. From having a stuffy nose to experiencing a burning fever, dealing with an illness is no fun. And with COVID-19 concerns continuing to be among us, it is only natural for people to be more focused on their...