Workout Routines
My Results After the 30 Squats for 30-Days Challenge
After researching squats, I did a 30-day basic bodyweight challenge and these are my results.
RAMP Warm-Up Exercise Examples (With Videos)
Are you looking for some RAMP warm-up exercises to do? Explore our guide to get an idea of what you can do to warm up before a RAMP workout, including four helpful video tutorials.
How to Start and Maintain a Walking Habit
Walking is a wonderful exercise for the body and mind, but keeping up the habit can be difficult, especially as the seasons change or as boredom creeps in. Here are some tips for keeping up with walking daily, no matter the time of year!
Are Vans Good for Running?
Are you wondering if your pair of Vans are good for running? Find out more about the weight of Vans, their arch support (or lack thereof), and other factors to consider right here.
6 Basic Leg, Back, and Bicep Workouts For Men and Women
This article outlines the basics of leg, back, and bicep exercises for both men and women. There are simple instructions on how to perform these exercises. In many cases, minimal equipment is needed.
How to Build an Anime Hero’s Finger Strength With Minimal Equipment
You've seen anime and manga characters with super strong fingers. Now time to develop your own iron digits.
Virtual Outdoor Workouts: Scenic Videos for Indoor Cycling, Running and Rowing
Biking outside is fun and exciting—indoor cardio workouts can be boring. Why not watch outdoor running and cycling videos while working out inside?
Best YouTube Dance Fitness Channels
Add some fun to your fitness routine with these YouTube Dance Fitness channels!
How to Consistently Get 10,000 Steps Every Day
Getting in 10,000 steps every day is hard. You have to plan carefully and learn where you can add more steps into your day. There are a long list of benefits associated to adding more steps into your day including: better heart health, toning and gaining muscles, and improved brain function.
Top 5 Exercises to Get a Bigger Butt
The best exercises for a bigger booty are hip thrusts, squats, deadlifts, hip extensions, and Bulgarian split squats.
A Beginner's Guide to Long-Distance Swimming
How to get started long-distance swimming, including training techniques, goal-setting, tips, and after-swim care.
Chloe Ting vs. Pamela Reif: A Physiotherapist's Review
A physiotherapist provides a detailed comparison of Chloe Ting and Pamela Reif, two popular fitness YouTubers, and the results of their home workout routines.
How to Walk an Average of 20,000 Steps a Day Each Week
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.
How to Use Yoga to Strengthen Your Arms
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.
Use Yoga to Boost Core Strength: Better Balance and Stability
Learn how to use yoga to build your core strength and balance with a step-by-step guide (with photos) through the sun salutation flow sequence.
3 Yoga Poses and Pranayama for Weight Loss
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.
How to Breathe in Yoga
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.
4 Yoga Poses to Help Correct Posture and Body Misalignment
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.
Use Yoga to Rejuvenate and Age Well
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.
10 Essential Tips for Building Muscle and Getting in Great Shape
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.
What to Wear to a Pilates Class
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.
5 Tips for Becoming a Successful Cross Country Runner
Learn all the tips and tricks you need to become a successful cross country runner.
A Quick and Simple Way to Clean Your Yoga Mat
An easy method to clean and refresh your yoga mat.
The 10,000-Step Challenge
Most of us don’t exercise enough, but how much is enough?
30-Day Challenge: 100 Calf Raises a Day for Bigger Calves
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.
30-Day Pull-Up/Chin-Up Challenge Results: Before and After
I started doing 10 pull-ups and 10 chin-ups almost every day for a back and biceps workout. Here are my results.
3 More YouTube Channels to Kick Up Your Fitness Routine for Women
Take your fitness routine to the next level or switch it up with these three YouTube channels!
How to Use a Pedal Exerciser
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.
Why You Should Try Running to Reduce Asthma Symptoms
Running is one of the most common cardio exercises in America, and it's one of the most effective to help with asthma symptoms.
Top 10 Strength Training Myths That Won't Go Away
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.
How to Build Bigger Legs: Best Quadricep, Hamstring and Calf Exercises for Mass
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.
10,000 Steps a Day: Not an Effective Method for Weight Loss
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.
Staying Motivated: Working Out With Man's Best Friend and More
Learn how to lose weight and get your body swimsuit ready while having fun and playing with your furry best friend.
5 Amazing YouTube Fitness Channels for Women
Achieve your fitness goals right at home with these five amazing YouTube channels!
Why Am I Losing Fat, but Not Losing Weight When I Exercise?
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.
Attending Yoga Class vs. Doing Yoga at Home: Which Is Right for You?
Yoga classes at a studio and practicing yoga in your own living room each have advantages and disadvantages. Which option is right for you?
7 Benefits of Jumping Rope
While not nearly an exhaustive list, these are seven personal benefits I have found from incorporating jumping rope into my fitness program.
Cardio Endurance Training Workouts. How to Increase Endurance.
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.
How to Build Muscle Without Lifting Heavy Weights
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.
Kid-Friendly Yoga Flow Sequences for Movement Breaks and Early Childhood Fitness
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.
How Young Children Benefit From Practicing Yoga
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.
Off the Bike Strength Training for Cyclists. At Home Leg Exercises for Cycling.
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.
Best Leg Workouts for Women
Get ready for spring with these amazing leg workouts!
Push up Challenge: How to Strengthen Fingers for Finger Push Ups
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.
5 Energizing Yoga Poses to Beat that Afternoon Slump
Beat that afternoon slump with a little yoga! Try these 5 uplifting poses to re-energize yourself!
5 Yoga Poses to Do in the Evening
Try these simple yoga poses for a great stretch and a better night's sleep!
6 Simple Tips to Recover From Muscle Soreness
Don't let sore muscles get you down! Try these 6 tips to eliminate aches and get back to your workout!
Best Forearm Workout for Bigger Stronger Forearms, Wrist Roller Exercise
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.
Fitness Motivation: How to Motivate Yourself to Exercise with a 30 Day Workout Challenge.
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.
3 Fitness Challenges to Join for Your Fittest Year Ever
Set yourself up for success! Try these fitness challenges to reach your new year's goals!