Outside of actually lifting weights, one of the hardest parts of strength training is getting the right balance of calories. That balance, which includes an emphasis on protein, is crucial to making sure your muscles have the right amount of...
For many of us, adulting is a lifelong process of growing up and slowly but surely making grown-up decisions. Over the years, we might land a steady job. Over the years, we learn to do our taxes. Over the years,...
Ever wonder what Anna Karenina has to do with your motivation to show up and work toward your goals? (Besides the serious amount of motivation you need to tackle 800 pages of Russian literature, of course.) Itās right there in...
Many bodybuilders will say weight lifting is all about the form you use to lift weights.Ā Given what we know about nutrition, though, the form you use to lift food to your mouth might be just as valuable.Ā Just like...
When youāre looking to find a sustainable, healthy way to lose weight, youāve likely come across FITT and HIIT before as types of workouts that could help you reach your goals.Ā Though diet is often thought of as the more...
There are a few gold standards when it comes to diet and exercise. These recommendations follow us our whole lives and they are, for the most part, unimpeachable. Yet, we rarely follow them. Ideas like drinking more water, going out...
With all of the fun and festivities of the holidays comes certain seasonal stresses that are hard to ignore. Traveling to be with family involves, well, travel. And though air travel is close to the levels it was at in...
If thereās any industry that loves a trend, itās the fitness industry. Whether itās the latest buzzy fitness class endorsed by a celebrity or a time-honored technique repackaged as something new, working out always seems to be getting a refresh....
If thereās one thing gyms are great for, itās for keeping an eye on yourself while you lift. (Mirror, mirror, on the wallā¦ whoās the sweatiest of them all?) And for those of us who struggled through the whole pandemic...
Weāve been told time and time again that the secret to losing weight is diet and exercise. From there, weāve been told (time and time again) that the magic ratio for weight loss is 70 percent what we put into...
Gyms are open across the country, which means two things: We can all (safely!) get back to the work outs we knew and loved before the pandemic My neighbors donāt have to hear my kettle bell every morning at 6am...
