Dos and Dont's for Ab Training for Every Skill Level

When it comes to working out your whole body, abdominals are an area that a lot of people want to tackle. Though tons of magazines promise easy tricks to “flat” or “toned” abs (which prompts me to remind you: your body is not a problem to fix and shrinking it isn’t the fix-all you might believe it is), there’s a science to targeting different areas...

This Healthy Habit Can Help Boost Brain Health Later in Life

We often think of dementia as something that's only a consideration among seniors. Think again, suggests a new 15,000-person study published in March in the journal Neurology. Our habits in our 20s and 30s can play a huge role in our risk for greater cognitive declines later...

Body Recomposition: How to Lose Fat and Gain Muscle at The Same Time

Personal trainers (including yours truly) often hear clients and prospective clients say they want to "tone up" or "lean out." These people know what they want -- less fat and more muscle -- but they often don't know what it takes to get there. Whether they realize it or not, these people are referring to body recomposition, the act of or altering your...

What to Do After Your Fad Diet Fails

Diets tend to fail, and the ones that promise quick weight loss through following one weird trick are especially doomed to failure. If you’ve just been on one of them, don’t just hop on a different fad diet; instead, take a minute to reflect on what you’ve learned, and make a plan to eat...

3 Alternate Terms To Help You Rethink Your Self-Care Routine

There’s no doubt that as self care as a concept has become commodified, it has shifted in perceived meaning and value. It’s now often used as a marketing tool for selling face masks and wellness retreats with quadruple-digit price tags. It’s been critiqued as vapid, selfish, as expensive. But how do you define self care? Because when...

9 Signs That You Are Dehydrated

With temperatures starting to warm up and summer in sight, it's a good time to take stock of our hydration habits.

Drinking enough water is important regardless of the season, but we tend to sweat more in hot weather, making it especially important...

6 Tips for Reconnecting with Friends You Haven't Seen During the Pandemic

The good news: as more and more Americans become vaccinated, we’ll likely feel comfortable seeing friends we haven’t seen for more than a year. The bad news? It might be weird.

The good news: as more and more Americans become vaccinated, we’ll likely feel comfortable seeing friends we haven’t seen...

Is Your Phone Making You Anxious? 6 Easy Ways to Create Healthier Boundaries

I love my phone. I take little work breaks with my yoga app and my meditation app. I order groceries at 2 p.m. and have them delivered in time to cook dinner. I’m learning Spanish with lessons on an app.

But there’s a dark side to my phone, too. I treat myself to a short social media break that sucks up 30 minutes...

Side Effects of Giving Up Chocolate, According to Science

It has been said that there is nothing better than a friend unless it is a friend with chocolate. Sweet, rich, and satisfying, chocolate is one of those foods that appeals to the masses. And with so many self-proclaimed chocoholics in the world, it is no wonder why chocolate...

What You Need to Know About Summer Camps This Year

At this time last year, most of us had no idea whether summer camps would be open for 2020, as COVID-19 spread throughout the world. This year, though the pandemic is far from over, things are looking a lot better for kids longing for a summer full of friendship bracelets, swim classes, sun burns, and silly songs — and for parents hoping to give kids some of those quintessential experiences...