Many of us think of fitness in the short term. Things like preparing for a wedding, trying to squeeze into that favorite tux or getting ready to wear shorts in the summer. But what if we treat fitness as a long-term investment? No different than your retirement account. In other [...]
Many of our readers expressed interest in improving their flexibility and mobility. Hip Airplanes are a low impact, dynamic balance exercise that targets the entire lower half of the body. They mimic the motion of balancing while engaging multiple muscle groups, making them an excellent addition to your workout/rehab/injury prevention [...]
Squats are a great way to exercise your butt and legs. But depending on the exercise you choose your results may differ. So decide which body parts you want to engage and choose the appropriate exercise accordingly. The Sumo Squat The Sumo Squat is a great exercise to strengthen your [...]
“Walking more than 3,500 steps per day has been repeatedly shown to help reduce cardiovascular and all-cause death risks. It’s low cost and assessable to most,” says Dr. Milica McDowell, a Certified Exercise Physiologist and Vice President of Operations at Gait Happens. So how can we get more steps into [...]
Yoga consists of myriads of poses, or asanas. One popular pose is the warrior-themed yoga post known as the Virabhadrasana series, or more commonly the Warrior Poses. It is an attempt to connect yoga to the warrior mindset. Warrior I (Virabhadrasana I) This pose symbolizes the moment of arrival in [...]
Pilates Reformer is an exercise routine followed by practitioners of the Joseph Pilates method that uses a specially designed piece of equipment, called the Reformer Machine, to more efficiently perform Pilates exercises. Pilates exercises are somewhat similar to Yoga and are essentially a series of low impact movements that revolve [...]
