Workout Routines

How to get started long-distance swimming, including training techniques, goal-setting, tips, and after-swim care.

By now, we've all seen or heard about the benefits of walking 10,000 steps a day. Maybe you're shooting for more, say, 20,000 steps per day on average each week. Here are some practical tips to get there.

You can work on getting strong and well-formed arms with yoga as if you were lifting dumbbells and bars. Several large and small muscles in your upper body help you curl your fingers, move your hands, flex your wrists, extend your elbows, and lift your arms.

Aerobic activity burns abdominal fat, but yoga poses strengthen and tone the core muscles. Yogic Sun Salutation is a core strengthener and a great fat burner when done in a correct, fast and repeated way.

The relaxing effect of yoga practice tend to reduce anxiety-induced or stress-induced overeating. The benefits of a yoga practice are cumulative. Significant improvements are observed with regular practice over time.

It is common knowledge that breathing in a deep and mindful way calms the mind and body, reduces stress and anxiety, increases oxygen supply to the blood, helps keep the lungs healthy, releases muscular tension, and prepares for a deeper meditation.

Yoga helps with proper body alignment so that all your body parts move together in sync. Body alignment has an impact on our overall health. This article gives instructions on a few yoga poses that target the ribs and the hips.

Yoga is a health-enhancing practice to those who are 50 years and older. A regular and safe practice of yoga lessens the negative impact of stress, and reduces tiredness levels in healthy seniors.

Building a muscular physique for both men and women can be a slow and difficult process, especially when done naturally without drugs or supplements. Don't make the mistakes that many beginners or intermediates make when working out.

Whether you’re a beginner or Pilates veteran figuring out what to wear to your classes can help you focus on the workout. Learn about how leggings and breathable tops can make a difference in your practice and how it just might be okay to reuse your yoga wardrobe.

Learn all the tips and tricks you need to become a successful cross country runner.

An easy method to clean and refresh your yoga mat.

Most of us don’t exercise enough, but how much is enough?

Your calf muscles support most of your body weight, and they are one of the more noticeable muscle groups. Increasing the size of your calves can change how you look and feel. Strengthening them can also help you become healthier and more athletic.

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In this article, I'll share with you what I learned from using an under-the-desk pedaler, including the pros, cons, and my results.

Running is one of the most common cardio exercises in America, and it's one of the most effective to help with asthma symptoms.

There are dozens of strength training myths out there, and if you believe them, they could be sabotaging your results. Here are the top 10 of them.

Want to know how to build bigger legs? Here are the best exercises for the quadriceps, hamstrings and calves, plus some tips to help you get the most out of them.

Think of all the people who surely put in at least 10,000 steps a day on the job. Some are overweight, even by up to 100 pounds. Getting in many steps a day is important, but it’s not an effective vehicle for significant weight loss.

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Are you losing fat, but getting heavier? Most workouts that are good for burning calories are also good for improving your strength and endurance. Building muscle helps you lose fat, but it also increases the weight of your muscles.

Yoga classes at a studio and practicing yoga in your own living room each have advantages and disadvantages. Which option is right for you?

While not nearly an exhaustive list, these are seven personal benefits I have found from incorporating jumping rope into my fitness program.

Increasing your cardio endurance can be simple and fairly easy. I improved my stamina over and over again so I could bike 20 km. Then, I increased it again so I could bike 60 km. Learn how to increase your endurance.

People build muscle while their muscles are recovering from a difficult workout or activity. You can work your muscles hard with light weights or just your body weight. So, you don't need to lift heavy weights to build muscle. Learn how to build muscle without heavy weights.

Yoga is an excellent option for classroom movement breaks. These poses and yoga sequences are easy and fun for younger children who are just starting out with their yoga practice. The yoga flow sequences are short enough to incorporate into brain breaks between lessons.

Yoga can have a profound positive impact on child development in many ways. Yoga provides many life-long benefits to children, from physical fitness, and improved health, to reduced stress, and greater overall happiness.

Strong muscular legs make it easier to bike up hills and go at a fast pace. Doing strength training in the off season can prevent you from losing the muscle you gained while biking. Strengthening your legs while you are off the bike during cycling season can help you gain muscle faster.

Get ready for spring with these amazing leg workouts!

Finger push ups are one of the hardest push up variations. Progressing from easier variations to doing them on your fingers can be very difficult and painful. It can also take a long time. I discovered a quick and easy way to get good at doing finger push ups.

Beat that afternoon slump with a little yoga! Try these 5 uplifting poses to re-energize yourself!

Try these simple yoga poses for a great stretch and a better night's sleep!

Don't let sore muscles get you down! Try these 6 tips to eliminate aches and get back to your workout!

Arm workouts tend to focus on the biceps and triceps. The lower arms are often overlooked because your forearm muscles do not move your arms. After testing different lower arm exercises I started doing a wrist roller forearm workout once a day for 30 days. See my results.

Motivating myself to exercise was easy some of the time but most of the time it was hard. It was easy when I focused on improving every week so I could accomplish a fitness goal. It was hard when I was just working out to lose fat or build muscle. So I started doing 30 day challenges.

Set yourself up for success! Try these fitness challenges to reach your new year's goals!

Turn your good morning into a great morning with these 5 yoga poses!

Between balancing classes, a job, and social life, exercising, eating right, and keeping oneself in shape can be difficult for a college student. This is largely due to lack of motivation after attending to life's day-to-day tasks. Thankfully, there are ways to combat this.

Hatha yoga is a slow-paced style yoga focusing on breathing and mastering various healing poses. There is no age limit or prior experience required to practice this gentle, holistic yoga, and committing to classes and home sessions will reap lifelong benefits.

Yoga is the latest trend in fitness. It is an activity that perfectly merges physical activity with mind relaxation. But, before jumping into your first class, there are a few things you should know about.

Exercises that you can watch for free on YouTube and do at home that really help you lose weight and improve your fitness.

There are lots of exercises that can give you firm abs. I wanted strong hard abs. So I tested different ab exercises to find the best muscle building ab exercise. Then I started doing an ab workout once a day to see how quickly I could strengthen my abdominals.

Do you need to do 100 push ups a day to see results? For this challenge the challenge is not to see how many you can do. The challenge is to build muscle by doing 10 push ups a day. Instead of increasing the number of reps I switched to more difficult variations.

High intensity interval training, HIIT, can burn many fat calories in a short period of time, if done correctly. This workout will teach you how to do HIIT the right way, so you can see amazing results.

Exercises you can do every day to reach your fitness goals!

Stuck in a fitness rut? Switch up your routine with these 7 fun workouts!

Thousands of people walk their dogs for the health and bonding benefits. This type of healthy exercise is perfect for anyone who wishes to lose weight without any major diet changes or gym classes.

As a beginner, running can seem like a daunting task. Still a relative beginner myself, I have summarised my top seven tips after six months experience of running.

Want to lose all of that excess body fat? Here are five of the best cardio workouts you will ever find to burn fat and get super fit too.